2022-2023 Season
Something Old, Something New, Something Bohemian, Something Blue
November 15, 2022 | 7:30 pm | Shoreline Center Auditorium
Portraits of a Theme - Overture No. 1 for Orchestra John Wineglass
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo Pietro Mascagni
Yuchi Chou, conductor
Euphonic Blues Nancy Galbraith
Symphony no. 1 Marion Bauer
Bohemian Rhapsody for Solo Viola Freddie Mercury/arr. Nicholas Hersh
William Goodwin, viola
We walk! We fly!
March 14, 2023 | 7:30 pm | Shorewood Auditorium
Overture No. 2, op. 24 Louise Farrenc
Hsing-Hui Hsu, conductor
Let There Be Sparrows, then Sarah Bassingthwaighte
Flight Stacey Berk
Samantha Taylor, Oboe
Global Warming Michael Abels
Yuchi Chou, conductor
English Idyll George Butterworth
Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds Tan Dun
The Music of Hummie Mann
May 16, 2023 | 7:30 pm | Shorewood Auditorium
Suite from P. T. Barnum
Suite from Dracula: Dead and Loving It
After the Rain: Suite for Orchestra
Language of the Heart: Finale
Emilie Choi, violin
Suite from CyberWorld 3D
Across the Galaxy by Carlos Garcia
Into the Night by Gabrielle Helfer
Suite from Year of the Comet
Suite from Thomas & the Magic Railroad
Suite from Robin Hood: Men in Tights (includes We’re Men in Tights by Mel Brooks)
Portraits of a Theme - Overture No. 1 for Orchestra John Wineglass
Euphonic Blues Nancy Galbraith
Symphony no. 1 Marion Bauer (co/world premiere)
Overture No. 2, op. 24 Louise Farrenc
Let There Be Sparrows, then Sarah Bassingthwaighte (world premiere)
Flight Stacey Berk (world premiere)
Global Warming Michael Abels
Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds Tan Dun
Across the Galaxy by Carlos Garcia
Into the Night by Gabrielle Helfer
2021-2022
Chamber Chatter
November 9, 2021 | 7:30 pm | First Free Methodist Church
Serenade in E minor op. 20 - Edward Elgar
Novelletten No. 1 & No. 3 - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Inner Demons - Stacy Garrop
Alice in Wonderland - Corentin Bossier
Seascapes - Ruth Gipps
Petite Symphony - Charles Gounod
March Concert
Cancelled due to Covid
Ascending
May 17, 2022 | 7:30 pm | First Free Methodist Church
Symphony no. 3 in G minor - Louise Farrenc
I. Adagio – Allegro
Persevering (world premiere) - Joe Jaxson
The Lark Ascending - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Flora Cummings, violin
Symphony no. 2 - Kurt Weill
Novelletten No. 1 & No. 3 - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Inner Demons - Stacy Garrop
Alice in Wonderland - Corentin Bossier (US premiere)
Symphony no. 3 in G minor - Louise Farrenc
Persevering - Joe Jaxson (world premiere)
The Lark Ascending - Ralph Vaughan Williams
2020 - 2021
IN THE TIME OF COVID - THREE Video CONCERT SERIES
LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID
December 2020
Antonin Dvorak/arr by Arne Dich - Serenade in D minor op. 44, Menuetto quasi Marcia for Wind nonet
Victor Ewald - Brass Quintet no. 1 op. 5, mvt 2
Erwin Schulhoff - Concertino for flute, viola, and contrabass
Alexandra Gardner - The Way of Ideas
Michael Haydn - Divertimento in D Major – Marcia, Allegro molto
Sarah Kirkland Snider - Shiner
Lauren Bernofsky - Haubrich Suite, Mvt 1 - Lovers, Mvt 4 - Portrait of a Woman
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - String Quartet op. 11 – Andante Cantabile
Louise Farrenc - Piano Quintet No. 2, op. 31
Herman Beeftink - Birds, Mvt 1 Birdsong
Valerie Coleman - Umoja – The First Day of Kwanzaa
Kenji Bunch - Songs of Sasquatch, mvt 1 - Sasquatch in Love
EMOTIONS IN THE TIME OF COVID
March 2021
Giovanni Gabrieli (1554/1557 – 1612) - Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2, from Sacrae Symphoniae
Joseph Bologne, Chavalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) - Quartet No. 4
Jenni Brandon - The Sequoia Trio for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon, Mvt 2 – “A crowd of hopeful young trees and saplings…”, Mvt 3 – The Three Graces, Mvt 4 – The Noble Trees
Gemma Peacocke - Death Wish, for mallet percussion quartet
Louise Farrenc - Quintet No. 2, Op. 31 Mvt 2 – Grave
Fritz Skorzeny - Erste Suite for violin, viola, and double bass, Mvt. 1 – Geschwindmarsch, Mvt 2 – Concertino des Kontrabasses
Howard Hanson - Serenade for Flute, harp, and strings
Arthur Bird/edited by Gunther Schuller
Serenade for Wind Instruments, Mvt 1 – Allegro Moderato, Mvt 3 – Allegro Assai
Florence Anna Maunders - Transmission I for brass sextet (2020)
Gerald Finzi - Eclogue for Piano and Strings, op. 10
Kenji Bunch - Sasquatch’s Lament
Stacy Garrop - Bohemian Cafe
Hope in the Time of Covid
May 2021
WA Mozart - Horn Quintet in Eb Major, K407
Coleridge Taylor Perkinson - Sinfonietta No. 1 mvt 2 “Song Form”
Johann Georg Lickl - Cassazione
Eric Ewazen - Ballade, Pastorale & Dance
Tashi Nagata - Sonatina for Woodwind Quartet
Libby Larsen - Ridge Runner
Gerald Finzi - Romanze
Joaquin Turina - Yema & Variaciones op. 100
Arthur Bird - Serenade for Wind Instruments mvts 2 & 4
Kenji Bunch - Sasquatch Runs Free
Alexandra Gardner - The Way of Ideas
Sarah Kirkland Snider - Shiner
Lauren Bernofsky - Haubrich Suite, Mvt 1 - Lovers, Mvt 4 - Portrait of a Woman
Valerie Coleman - Umoja – The First Day of Kwanzaa
Kenji Bunch - Songs of Sasquatch, mvt 1 - Sasquatch in Love
Joseph Bologne, Chavalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) - Quartet No. 4
Jenni Brandon - The Sequoia Trio for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon, Mvt 2 – “A crowd of hopeful young trees and saplings…”, Mvt 3 – The Three Graces, Mvt 4 – The Noble Trees
Gemma Peacocke - Death Wish, for mallet percussion quartet
Louise Farrenc - Quintet No. 2, Op. 31 Mvt 2 – Grave
Florence Anna Maunders - Transmission I for brass sextet (2020)
Kenji Bunch - Sasquatch’s Lament
Stacy Garrop - Bohemian Cafe
Coleridge Taylor Perkinson - Sinfonietta No. 1 mvt 2 “Song Form”
Tashi Nagata - Sonatina for Woodwind Quartet
Libby Larsen - Ridge Runner
Kenji Bunch - Sasquatch Runs Free
2019-2020
April 2020 and June 2020 cancelled due to Covid
Reform & Reason
Faust Overture, Op. 46 Emilie Mayer
Short Piece for Orchestra Julia Perry
Morceau de concert for Horn & Orchestra, Op. 9 Camille Saint-Saëns
Addison Kotulski, french horn
Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op 107 Reformation Felix Mendelssohn
Strength and the Art of Dance
Dame Ethel Smyth - Serenade
Maria Newman – Chorales for Brass and Percussion
Michael Daugherty – Red Cape Tango
Emmanuel Séjourné - Losa
Arturo Márquez – Danzón No 2Arturo Márquez – Danzón No 2
·2019 – 2020 Season
Emilie Mayer - Faust Overture
Ethel Smyth - Serenade (1890)
Maria Newman - Chorales for Brass and Percussion (2002)
Arturo Márquez - Danzón No. 2 (1994)
2018/2019
2018 – 2019 Season
Julian Garvue - Concertino for Piano and Orchestra (world premiere)
Hanna Henn - Sankofa (2017)
Makenna Carrico - Chocolate (world premiere)
Leanna Primiani - 1001 for Orchestra and Pre-recorded electronics (world premiere)
Nancy Galbraith - Euphonic Blues (2012)
Silvestre Revueltas - Sensemayá (1937)
Walt Wagner - The Miracle” Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1996)
2017/2018 Season
2017 – 2018 Season
Amy Beach - Gaelic Symphony op. 32 (1884)
Angelique Poteat - Beyond Much Difference (2014)
David Lien - Aeromancy (world premiere)
The Gothard Sisters Concert
2016/2017 Season
2016 – 2017 Season
Lili Boulanger - D'un soir triste and D'un matin de printemps (1918)
Brendan McMullen - Unquestioned (world premiere)
Alexandria Gardner - The Way of Ideas (2007)
Caroline Shaw - En'tracte (2014)
Anna Clyne - Within Her Arms (2009)
Angelique Poteat - Floral Interactions (2007)
Jessie Montgomery - Starburst (2012)
Jennifer Higdon - Concerto for Violin (2008)
Andy Clausen - This is Water (world premiere)
2015/2016 Season
2015 2016 Season
Leanna Primiani - Sirens for Orchestra (2008)
Angelique Poteat - Listen to the Girls (world premiere)
2014/2015 Season
2014-15 Season
Victoria Bond - El Yunque (world premiere)
2012/2013 Season
Angelique Poteat - A Spring Grove (world premiere)
Sarah Bassingthwaighte - A Mountain Symphony (world premiere)
Jennifer Higdon - Concerto for Orchestra (2002)
Will Langlie-Miletich - Glass Music (world premiere)