Our opening concert is about anniversaries (50 years since the death of Schostokovich, 150th anniversary of Ravel’s birth, and 80 years of Florence Price’s monumental Symphony #4). We also are celebrating the new beginnings with our journey together with “With Eyes Anew”.

With Eyes Anew – Kevin Poelking
Ballet Suite #1 – Dmitri Shostakovich
Boléro – Maurice Ravel
Symphony #4 – Florence Price

Since  – Tis The Season –
Let us help bring the light back on this Solstice Celebration. We offer Seasonal Favorites which will enliven your Holiday Season!

Troika – Sergei Prokofiev
A Shakespeare Song Suite (strings only) – Martin Ellerby
Suite Pastorale- Emmanuel Chabrier
Christmas Eve Suite – Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

We will be giving two American premieres featuring a piece by one of the most important living composers in Tailand, and a piece featuring a wonderful Portuguese saxophonist, Alberto Roque.

Siam Soundscapes Overture – Narongrit Dhamabutra -– (American premiere)
Imaginary Letters- Concerto for Soprano Sax, Strings and Percussion – Marco Pütz (American premiere featuring Alberto Roque from Portugal)     
Symphony #2 – Amy Beach 

Our family concert is about dance, and as you can see from the repertoire, we’ll be doing just that. The concert features dances of all sorts, finishing with one of the best internationally known works from the most prolific living composer in Mexico, Arturo Marquez.

Join us for a truly MOVING experience. We encourage you to bring your children to this event. We all love to dance!

Spanish Dance #1 – Manuel de Falla
Danse Macabre – Camille Saint-Saëns
Hungarian Dances #6 and #5- Johannes Brahms
Three Dance Episodes from On the Town – Leonard Bernstein
Danse Négre from African Suite – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Sabre Dance – Aram Khachaturian
Danzon #2 – Arturo Marquez

The idea of “Fate” comes from Tschaikowsky himself, referring particularly to the first movement of this landmark symphony.  While his sentiments were not particularly happy at the time, the work suits our purpose of closing out the season with excitement and vigor!  We’ll also be returning to featuring the winner of the MacPhail concerto competition, with the work to be announced.  Lastly, Carlos Simon is becoming an important voice in American music today with his Four Black American Dances tracing the roots of Black American culture and music, filled with jazz and gospel influences.

Hovercraft – Jody Talbot
MacPhail concerto winner, rep TBA
Four Black American Dances – Carlos Simon
Symphony No. 4 – Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikowsky