Susquehanna University Orchestra 2012-2013
Susquehanna University Orchestra 2012-2013
Sondheim Revue, Saturday, February 2, 8:00, Degenstein Theatre
Collaboration with SU Theatre and Opera Workshop (Douglas Powers and David Steinau, directors)
in anticipation of Stephen Sondheim’s visit to campus on Wednesday, February 6.
• Music and/or texts by Stephen Sondheim.
Concerto/Aria Competition, Tuesday, November 13, 2013
6:00-9:00 pm, Stretansky Hall
Masterworks Concert, Saturday, December 1, 8:00 pm, Weber Chapel
Featuring University Choir and Chorale (Julia Thorn and Colin Armstrong, directors)
• Francis Poulenc, Gloria
Orchestra Field Trip, Saturday, January 26, 2013 (pending funding)
New Jersey Symphony (Jacques Lacombe, conductor, with Shakespeare Theater of NJ)
• Beethoven, Symphony No. 6
• Tchaikovsky, Tempest Overture-Fantasy
• Sibelius, The Tempest
Fall Break Chamber Music Tour, Monday-Tuesday, October 15-16, 2012
Spring Break, String Orchestra Tour, March 6-9 (pending funding)
Educational Show + Traditional Program
Fall Concert, Saturday, October 6, 8:00 pm, Stretansky Hall
Featuring SU Faculty Soloists Jeffrey Fahnestock, tenor, and Marcus Smolensky, viola
•Jean-Baptiste Lully, Ballet Suite
•Max Bruch, Romance for Viola and Orchestra
•Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Misero! O Sogno
•Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Overture
Home from Tour Concert, Tuesday, March 12, 8:00, Stretansky Hall
String Orchestra Program
•Russell Peck, “Don’t Tread on Me”
•Gershwin, “Lullaby”
•Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Sinfonietta No. 1, mvt 2
•Ernest Bloch, Concerto Grosso for Strings and Piano Obbligato