SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Jan Wagner, Artistic Director & Conductor

HUMOR & PRANKS

Saturday, October 1 at 7:30PM

Armstrong Concert Hall

Tickets $14

Kick off the Symphony Orchestra season with a performance exploring the humorous side of the classical canon. Program highlights include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 in F Major, op. 93; Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche ( Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks ), op. 18 and Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ( Songs of a Wayfarer ) featuring Shenandoah Conservatory voice faculty member David Meyer, baritone.

FIN-DE-SIÈCLE IN PARIS

Saturday, November 12 at 7:30PM

Armstrong Concert Hall

Tickets $14

Relish in the vibrant color palette of musical works from the end of the nineteenth century in a program of works featuring Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps ( Of a spring morning ), Debussy’s Prélude à l'après-midi d’un faune ( Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun ) and Stravinsky’s revolutionary Le sacre du printemps ( The Rite of Spring ).

Student Soloists Competition Winners Concert

Saturday, February 18 at 7:30PM

Armstrong Concert Hall

Tickets $14

Join us as the Symphony Orchestra accompanies the winners of the 2022/23 Student Soloists Competition, representing students from across the Vocal/Choral, Keyboard and Instrumental Divisions. Program and winners to be announced November 2022.

Mahler 5

Saturday, April 1 at 7:30PM

Armstrong Concert Hall

Tickets $14

Celebrate Mahler’s monumental and virtuosic Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor. From the iconic trumpet solo in the “Funeral March” to the beloved Adegietto and more, Mahler’s exhilarating and breathtaking work is not to be missed in this series finale!

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Wind Ensemble

Timothy J. Robblee, Artistic Director & Conductor

Old Favorites

Saturday, September 24 at 7:30PM

Armstrong Concert Hall

Tickets $14

Kick off the Wind Ensemble season with a popular program of traditional American and English band repertoire, including Gustav Holst's Second Suite in F, based on English folk songs.

Travels

Saturday, November 5 at 7:30PM

Armstrong Concert Hall

Tickets $14

Explore varied band and chamber work repertoire with a program spotlighting David Maslanka’s expressive and moving Traveler featuring guest conductor Shaun Evans, Shenandoah University's director of athletic bands. Other highlights include Ida Gotkovsky’s monumental Poème Du Feu, and a special performance of Mike Mower’s Concerto for Flute and Wind Orchestra featuring one of Shenandoah Conservatory’s newest instrumental faculty members, Assistant Professor of Flute Julietta Curenton.

Friends

Saturday, March 4 at 7:30PM

Armstrong Concert Hall

Tickets $14

Revel in a dynamic range of works for winds, including Jonathan Newman’s “imagined ballet” Pi‘ilani and Ko‘olau, as well as spirited selections from Roshanne Etezady and more. The program also features Grammy Award-winning operatic soprano and songwriter Hila Plitmann.

The Light Of Spring

Saturday, April 15 at 7:30PM

Armstrong Concert Hall

Tickets $14

Join us for an exciting lineup of popular band repertoire, including Mason Bates’s Sideman featuring Assistant Professor of Percussion Karlyn Viña and award-winning Chinese composer Shuying Li’s Kung Fu, whose work explores the different styles and levels of what Kung Fu represents to people in a universal way.

Concert Band

Shaun Evans, Conductor

Thursday, October 13 at 7:30PM

Armstrong Concert Hall FREE

Sunday, December 4 at 2:30PM

Armstrong Concert Hall FREE

Thursday, March 9 at 7:30PM

Armstrong Concert Hall FREE

Sunday, April 30 at 2:30PM

Armstrong Concert Hall FREE

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