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

Spring Orchestra Concert, Saturday, April 20

Featuring winner(s) of the Concerto/Aria Competition


Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”)

Fall Concert, Saturday, October 6, 8:00 pm, Stretansky Hall

Featuring SU Faculty Soloists Jeffrey Fahnestock, tenor, and Marcus Smolensky, viola


  1. Jean-Baptiste Lully, Ballet Suite

  2. Max Bruch, Romance for Viola and Orchestra

  3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Misero! O Sogno

  4. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Overture

Home from Tour Concert, Tuesday, March 12, 8:00, Stretansky Hall

        String Orchestra Program


  1. Russell Peck, “Don’t Tread on Me”

  2. Gershwin, “Lullaby”

  3. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Sinfonietta No. 1, mvt 2

  4. Ernest Bloch, Concerto Grosso for Strings and Piano Obbligato