Our Common Chords: in Recognition of America's 250th Year

Rapides Symphony Orchestra

Calvary Baptist Church

5011 Jackson Street

Alexandria, Louisiana

February 1, 2026, at 2:30 pm

PROGRAM

Corigliano ... Voyage for String Orchestra

Amram ... Theme and Variations of "Red River Valley"

                Ji Weon Ryu, Flute Soloist

Grieg ... Suite "From Holberg's Time", op. 40

                I. Prelude

                II. Sarabande

                III. Gavotte

                IV. Air

                V. Rigadon

Perkinson ... Sinfonietta, No. 2, "Generations"

                        II. Alla Sarabande

Live Music for Yoga

January 28, 2026, at 5:30 pm

Ambient Ensemble

WRAC Wellness Center

Brett Garfinkle, yoga instructor

Guest Artist Recital

Thursday, January 29, 2026, at 7:30 pm 

Anderson Auditorium

Centenary College

Shreveport, Louisiana

PROGRAM

THEME AND VARIATIONS ON “DRAW THE SACRED CIRCLE CLOSER” (2014) ...  

    ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK (B. 1941)

COMPOSITION FOR VIOLONCELLO SOLO (1962) ... URSULA MAMLOK (1923-2016)

I. BROADLY

II. CAPRICIOUS

III. WITH TENDERNESS

IV. WITH ENERGY

CELLO SUITE VARIATION (2000) ... CHRISITAN WOLFF (B. 1934)

1. TEMPO OF PRELUDE

2. TEMPO OF SARABAND

3. TEMPO OF GIGUE

CELLO VARIATIONS II (1975) ... CHARLES WUORINEN (1938-2020)

Paul Christopher, cellist

Recruiting in Monroe - Day 2

Ouachita Parish High School

681 LA-594, Monroe, LA 71203

Ouachita Junior High School

East Ouachita Middle School

Kevin Berry, Orchestra Director 

Friday, January 9, 2026

Recruiting in Monroe, Louisiana

January 8, 2026

John Pirkey, Orchestra Director

West Monroe High School

201 Riggs Street

West Monroe, Louisiana

West Ridge Middle School

Good Hope Middle School

 

Recruiting in Kilgore, Texas

Kilgore High School

Sherry Paetznick, Orchestra Director

711 North Longview Street

Kilgore, Texas

7:45 am

Moehring Basses

Mitch Moehring, Double Bass Luthier, NSU alum

115 South Rusk Street

Kilgore, Texas

4th Advent Sunday

First United Methodist Church

400 E. Sixth Street

Texarkana, Arkansas

December 21, 2025, at 10:30 am

PROGRAM with the Chancel Choir and Orchestra

 

Senior Bass Recital

Jonathan Chaparro

December 7, 2025, at 7:30 pm

Magale Recital Hall

Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Suite for Double Basses ... Colin Brumby

    Jonathan Chaparro, Zavion Sowell, William Shupak, and Karla Gonzalez

Portrait of Tracy ... Jaco Pastorius

    Jonathan Chaparro

Thanks, Buck ... Michael Pipoquinha

    

El Pescador ... Jose Barros

 

A Worldwide Yuletide Concert

Rapides Symphony Orchestra

Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center

Alexandria, Louisiana 

December 7, 2025, at 2:30 pm

PROGRAM

Christmas Eve/Sarajevo ... arr. Phillips

Festive Sounds of Hanukah ... arr. Holcombe

Finale from St. Paul's Suite ... G. Holst

Wonderful Night ... Traditional

Waltz Finale and Apotheosis from The Nutcracker ... P. Tchaikovsky

    Jarred Kennedy, student conductor

Champagne Gallop ... HC. Lumbye

Deck the Halls ... Traditional

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas ... L. Feist

    NSU Steel Drum Ensemble

Stille Nacht (Silent Night) ... arr. Hagen

Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night) ... arr. Ryden

Mele Kalikimaka ... arr. Higgins

Sweet Little Jesus Boy ... arr. MacGimsey, arr. Hamlet

    D'Nissa Hester, soprano

Holiday Greetings ... arr. Swearingen

Let There Be Peace on Earth ... Miller & Jackson, arr. Ades

Musical Stories

Mount Vernon Music Youth Outreach

402 Leftwich Street

Mt. Vernon, TX 75457

December 3, 2025

  9:00 am - West and South ES at the High School, 202 Tiger Dr., Daingerfield, TX 75638

10:00 am - Ore City ES, 1000 US 259, Ore City, TX 75683

  1:00 pm - Hughes Springs ES, 871 Taylor, Hughes Springs, TX 75656

PROGRAM

The Tortoise and the Hare ... Rex Willis

Rumpelstiltskin Meets Mozart ... Rex Willis 

 

Mark Miller and Andres Bravo, violins

Ute Miller, viola

Paul Christopher, cello