Sunday, August 21, 2011

8/21/2011 @ 8:00 p.m.

Peter Bay and Britt Cello Section


PROGRAM

An American Overture .... Britten

Piano Concerto No. 1 .... Rachmaninoff
Christopher O'Riley, piano

Symphony No. 2 .... Brahms






Saturday, August 20, 2011

Saturday, 8/20/2011 @ 7:30 p.m.

Britt Family Concert
Wes Schulz, guest conductor

PROGRAM

Maskerade Overture .... Neilson

Trumpet Concerto in E flat .... Hummel
Natalie Dungey, trumpet soloist

Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra .... Britten

Cello section, Wes Schulz, and Britt Teddy E Bear

Friday, August 19, 2011

Friday, 8/19/2011 @ 8:00 p.m.

Britt Festival Favorites
Whitney Allen Giller and Paul Christopher
PROGRAM

Academic Festival Overture .... Brahms

Vita Accademica .... Samuel Jones
James Decker, trombone

Overture to The Thieving Magpie .... Rossini

Overture to The Marriage of Figaro .... Mozart

1812 Overture .... Tchaikovsky






Sunday, August 14, 2011

Sunday, 8/14/2011, at 2:00 p.m.

Chamber Music Concert
Britt Festival Orchestra musicians
First Presbyterian Church
Medford, Oregon

PROGRAM includes Prologue to Capriccio .... Richard Strauss












Debra Akerlund, violin I
Becky Soukup, violin II
Eliseo Rene Salazar, viola I
Monica Reilly, viola II
Paul Christopher, cello I
Whitney Allen, cello II


Saturday, August 13, 2011

Saturday, 8/13/2011 @ 8:00 p.m.


PROGRAM

Dances from Galanta .... Kodaly

Concierto de Aranjuez .... Rodrigo
Sharon Isbin, guitar

Symphony No. 2 .... Sibelius

Friday, August 12, 2011

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Saturday, 8/6/2011, at 8:00 p.m.

Britt Festival Orchestra
Rehearsing
Peter Bay, Music Director and Conductor

PROGRAM

Aida: Sinfonia . . . . Verdi

Violin Concerto No. 1 . . . . Paganini
James Ehnes, violin

Scheherazade . . . . Rimsky-Korsakov
 





Friday, August 5, 2011

Friday, 8/5/2011 @ 8:00 p.m.

Britt Festival Orchestra
Peter Bay, Music Director and Conductor

PROGRAM

Les Preludes . . . . F. Liszt

Fantasia on Motives from Beethoven's The Ruins of Athens . . . . Liszt

Piano Concerto No. 1 . . . . Liszt
Muza Rubackyte, piano

Capriccio Italien . . . . P. Tchaikovsky
Joy and Milovan visit
















Tuesday, July 19, 2011

July 12-17, 2011 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, C.A.

Cello Recital
La Escuela De Musica "Victoriano Lopez"
July 15, 2011, at 6:00 pm
Paul Christopher, Jorge Rodriguez, celli and Dino Henriquez, piano

PROGRAM

Suite No. 1 in G major for Violoncello solo, BWV 1007 .... JS Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuet I and II
Gigue

Au Crepescule, Op. 29, No.2 .... J Offenbach (1819-1880)

Musette, Op. 24 .... J Offenbach

Duo for Two Violoncellos in C major, Op. 52, No. 3 .... J Offenbach
Theme: Tempo di Marcia
Variation I
Variation II
Variation III
Variation IV (Adagio)
Mouvement de Valse

Suite No. 4 in E flat major for Violoncello solo, BWV 1010 .... JS Bach
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bouree I and II
Gigue


Thanks to Mario Torres and his family for their wonderful hospitality while I was in beautiful Honduras. Also many thanks to the excellent students at Escuela de Aplicacion Musical and at La Escuela de Musica "Victoriano Lopez". It was an honor and pleasure to teach and work with such a talented group of musicians.

Rapides Symphony Auditions

Rapides Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Zona - Music Director  
2011-2012 Concert Season                                            

ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS:

CONCERTMASTER *** (PRELIMINARY AUDITION)
SECTION VIOLIN
CO-PRINCIPAL VIOLA
SECTION CELLO
ALL INSTRUMENTS -- SUBSTITUTE POSITIONS

*** - QUALIFIED AUDITIONEES WILL BE ASKED TO PLAY A
CONCERT IN THE CONCERTMASTER POSITION DURING THE 2011-12 SEASON

SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2011
NATCHITOCHES, LA
NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIV. SCHOOOL OF MUSIC
140 CENTRAL AVE.
6:30 – 8:00 P.M.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
ONE MOVEMENT OF A CONCERTO
▪      THREE STANDARD ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS OF YOUR CHOICE
SIGHT READING MAY BE ASKED OF ALL AUDITIONEES
A CURRENT RESUME

TO SCHEDULE AN AUDITION OR FOR MORE INFORMATION
PLEASE CALL 318-442-9709, EXT. 2 OR E-MAIL jowens@rapidessymphony.org

The Rapides Symphony Orchestra is a per-service professional orchestra based in Alexandria, Louisiana that performs several subscription, educational, and special events concerts each year.

For more information, please visit our web site www.rapidessymphony.org