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PERFORMANCES 15/16

Aug.7.2015
Eridanos

7.30pm
Orchestra di Accademia Musicale Chigiana
Teatro Rozzi
Siena, Italy
Xenakis - Eridanos

Aug.30.2015
Carmen

4.00pm
Orchestre et Choeur de l’Opéra Royal de Wallonie
Opéra Royal de Wallonie 
Liége, Belgium
Bizet - Carmen

Sep.12.2015  
Five College New Music Festival

7.30pm
Victory Players 
Bezanson Recital Hall, University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center      
Amherst, MA
Soh - Incantare 2
Goh - La Perdita del Tempo e del disinganno
Koh - Frigia

Oct.15.2015

42nd UMass Multiband Pops Concert

10.00am
UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra   
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst      
Amherst, MA
Wagner - Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin

Oct.3.2015
Opening Night Gala

7.30pm
Philippe Quint, violin
Kevin Rhodes, conductor
Tian Hui Ng, cover conductor
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Springfield Symphony Hall
Springfield, MA
Dvorak - Carnival Overture
Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op.47
Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra

Oct.16.2015
42nd UMass Multiband Pops Concert

7.30pm
UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra   
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst      
Amherst, MA
Wagner - Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin

Oct.24.2015
Family and Friends Concert

4.00pm
Mount Holyoke College Choral Ensembles
Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra  
Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College     
South Hadley, MA
Sibelius - iv. Finale from Symphony No.2 in D Major Op.43
J. Strauss Jr. - Figaro Polka
Benjamin - Hope is a Thing of Feathers

Oct.28.2016
Garland of Musical Landscapes

7.30pm
Ayano Kataoka, marimba
UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra   
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst      
Amherst, MA
Borodin - On the Steppes of Central Asia
Takemitsu - Gitimalya
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.5 in E Minor, Op.64

Oct.31.2015
Monsters Ball *Kids Edition*

3.00pm
Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra  
Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College     
South Hadley, MA
Lloyd Webber - Phantom of the Opera
J. Strauss Jr. - Blue Danube Op.314
Instrument Petting Zoo
Sibelius - iv. Finale of Symphony No.2 in D Major Op.43
J. Strauss Jr. - Figaro Polka 
Gioacchino - Star Trek (2012)

Oct.31.2015
Monsters Ball *Alternate Reality*

8.00pm
Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra  
Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College     
South Hadley, MA
Lloyd Webber - Phantom of the Opera
J. Strauss Jr. - Blue Danube Op.314
Kilar - Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bernstein - Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
J. Strauss Jr. - Figaro Polka 
Gioacchino - Star Trek

Nov.7.2015
Haydn Trumpet Concerto

7.30pm
Tom Bergeron, trumpet
Kevin Rhodes, conductor
Ng Tian Hui, cover conductor
Springfield Symphony Orchestra  
Springfield Symphony Hall    
Springfield, MA
Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks
Giazotto - Adagio in G Minor
Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in Eb 
Copland - Quiet City
Mozart - Symphony No.39

Nov.18.2015
Pastoral Musings

6.30pm
UMass Amherst All-University Orchestra  
Grace Episcopal Church   
Amherst, MA
Mozart - Overture to the Magic Flute
Beethoven - Symphony No.6 in F Major "Pastorale"
Arensky - Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky

Dec.10.2015
Razzle Dazzle

8.00pm
Yiwen Li, flute
Whitney Gao, piano
Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra  
Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College     
South Hadley, MA
Mozart - Flute Concerto in G Major K.313
Grieg - Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16
Sibelius - Symphony No.2 in D Major Op.43

Dec.11.2015
Always With a Smile

7.30pm
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst      
Amherst, MA
Messiaen - Un sourire
Mozart - Piano Concerto in A Major, K.488
Shostakovich - Symphony No.5 in D Minor, Op.47

Jan.16.2016
Inaugural Mary Lyon Concert

8.00pm
Linda Laderach, violin
Philip Lima, baritone
Andrea Nwoke, soprano
Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra  
Church of the Epiphany    
Washington, DC
Panufnik - Abraham
Olsen - Lyonesse
Watkins - Dark River Suite

Jan.19.2016
Mary Lyon Concert

8.00pm
Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra  
Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College    
South Hadley, MA
Panufnik - Abraham
Olsen - Lyonesse
Watkins - Dark River Suite

Feb.6.2016
Grieg Piano Concerto

7.30pm
Claire Huangci, piano
Kevin Rhodes, conductor
Ng Tian Hui, cover conductor
Springfield Symphony Orchestra  
Springfield Symphony Hall    
Springfield, MA
Sibelius - Finlandia
Grieg - Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16
Nielsen - Symphony No.3, Op.27 "Sinfonia espansiva"

Feb.27.2016
Gershwin's Porgy and Bess

8.00pm
Avery Brooks, narrator
Othalie Graham, soprano
Laquita Mitchell, soprano
Robert Mack, tenor
Kenneth Overton, baritone
Nikki Stoia, chorusmaster 
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Springfield Symphony Chorus
Springfield Symphony Hall    
Springfield, MA
Gershwin - Porgy and Bess Suite
Ellington - Excerpts from the River
Schwantner - New Morning for the World
Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man

Mar.7.2016
Concerto Prizewinners Concert

7.30pm
UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra
Bill Morrison, director
in association with the Massachusetts Multi-cultural Film Festival 
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst      
Amherst, MA
Bartok - Violin Concerto No.2
Schumann - Cello Concerto
Tomasi - Saxophone Concerto
Schumann - Symphony No.3 in Eb Major Op.97 "Rhenish"

Mar.12.2016
Stravinsky: The Firebird

7.30pm
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Kevin Rhodes, conductor
Ng Tian Hui, cover conductor
Springfield Symphony Orchestra  
Springfield Symphony Hall    
Springfield, MA
Fuchs - Piano Concerto "The Spiritualist"
Copland - Appalachian Spring
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite

Mar.30.2016
Spring Concert

6.30pm
UMass Amherst All-University Orchestra 
Grace Episcopal Church    
Amherst, MA
Rossini - Overture to the Barber of Seville
Watkins - Soul of Remembrance
Mozart - Symphony No.35 "Haffner"

Apr.1.2016

Apr.2.2016
Metamorphonics

8.00pm
Rose Flachs, choreographer
Elliott Forrest, video artist
Saulius Slezas, video artist
Yiwen Gong, film director
Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra  
Chapin Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College    
South Hadley, MA
Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus
Brown - GreyNoiseLitanies
Adams - Fearful Symmetries

Apr.9.2016

Beethoven and Brahms

7.30pm
John Novacek, piano
Kevin Rhodes, conductor
Ng Tian Hui, cover conductor
Springfield Symphony Orchestra  
Springfield Symphony Hall    
Springfield, MA
Beethoven - Symphony No.8 in F Major, Op.93
Brahms - Piano Concerto No.2 in Bb Major, Op.83

Apr.23.2016
Blockbuster Film Scores

7.30pm
Kevin Rhodes, conductor
Ng Tian Hui, cover conductor
Nikki Stoia, chorusmaster
Springfield Symphony Orchestra  
Springfield Symphony Hall    
Springfield, MA
Williams - Jaws
Williams - Star Wars
Williams - Superman
Williams - Indiana Jones
Williams - E. T.
Williams - Home Alone
Williams - Hook
Williams- Jurassic Park
Williams - Schindler's List
Williams - Saving Private Ryan
Williams - Harry Potter

Apr.25.2016
Mad Mad Odyssey

7.30pm
Gregory Spiridopoulos, trombone
University of Massachusetts Amherst Symphony Orchestra 
University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
Amherst, MA
Gershwin - An American in Paris
Sandstrom - Motorbike Odyssey
Dvorak - Symphony No.8 in G Major, Op.88

May.7.2016
Season Finale

7.30pm
Griffin McMahon, organ
Dana Varga, soprano
John Salvi, baritone,
Kevin Rhodes, conductor
Tian Hui Ng, cover conductor
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Nikki Stoia, chorusmaster
Springfield Symphony Chorus
Jonathan Harvey
Pioneer Valley Symphony Chorus
Springfield Symphony Hall
Springfield, MA
Faure - Requiem, Op.48
Saint-Saëns - Symphony No.3 in C Minor, Op.78 "Organ"
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