Aug.7.2015
Eridanos

7.30pm

Orchestra di Accademia Musicale Chigiana

Teatro Rozzi

Siena, Italy

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Xenakis - Eridanos

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Aug.30.2015
Carmen

4.00pm

Orchestre et Choeur de l’Opéra Royal de Wallonie

Opéra Royal de Wallonie 

Liége, Belgium

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Bizet - Carmen

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Oct.15.2015

42nd UMass Multiband Pops Concert

10.00am
UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra   

Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst      

Amherst, MA

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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

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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

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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

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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.31.2015
Monsters Ball *Kids Edition*

3.00pm
Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra  

Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College     

South Hadley, MA

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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Sibelius - Finlandia

Grieg - Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16

Nielsen - Symphony No.3, Op.27 "Sinfonia espansiva"

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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

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Gershwin - Porgy and Bess Suite

Ellington - Excerpts from the River

Schwantner - New Morning for the World

Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man

Mar.30.2016
Spring Concert

6.30pm

UMass Amherst All-University Orchestra 

Grace Episcopal Church    

Amherst, MA

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Rossini - Overture to the Barber of Seville

Watkins - Soul of Remembrance

Mozart - Symphony No.35 "Haffner"

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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

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Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus

Brown - GreyNoiseLitanies

Adams - Fearful Symmetries

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

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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

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Gershwin - An American in Paris

Sandstrom - Motorbike Odyssey

Dvorak - Symphony No.8 in G Major, Op.88

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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

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Faure - Requiem, Op.48

Saint-Saëns - Symphony No.3 in C Minor, Op.78 "Organ"

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