Summer gig

The AIMS Festival Orchestra
Graz, Austria
July 5 - August 15, 2013

The AIMS Festival Orchestra performs concerts of operatic and symphonic literature. Audio and video recorded auditions are accepted. Live auditions are scheduled in Houston, TX on Thursday, 1/17/2013.

12/20/2012 at 7:30 pm

Longview Symphony Orchestra  and Longview Area Youth Symphony members
Tonu Kalam, Music Director and Conductor
S.E. Belcher Jr. Chapel and Performing Arts Center
Longview, Texas

PROGRAM

Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6 No. 8 .... A. Corelli

Noel from Symphonic Sketches .... G. W. Chadwick

Polonaise from Christmas Eve .... N. Rimsky-Korsakov

Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 .... N. Rimsky-Korsakov

Serenade to Music .... R. Vaughan Williams

Sleigh Ride .... L. Anderson
Guest conductor Laura McKethan

Christmas Singalong .... J. Finnegan

12/11/2012 at 7:30 pm

Christmas Music Old and New
Red River Chorale
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral
Alexandria, La

PROGRAM includes:

Cradle Song .... arr. John Rutter
    Andrej Kurti and Emily Owens, violins
    Mario Torres, viola
    Paul Christopher, cello

Sussex Carol .... arr. David Willcocks

In the Bleak Mid-winter .... Harold Darke
    Cara Waring, soprano
    Dale Higginbotham, tenor

The Shepherds Farewell .... Hector Berlioz

Deck the Halls .... arr. David Willcocks

12/2/2012 @ 2:30 pm

Rapides Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Zona, Music Director
Mickey Mangun and Talor Mathews, vocalists
Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center
Alexandria, La




PROGRAM

Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla .... Glinka

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring .... Bach

Charlie Brown Christmas .... Guaraldi

Driedel Song .... Goldfarb

O Holy Night .... Adam

Sweet Little Jesus Boy .... MacGimsey

Go Tell It on the Mountain .... Spirtual

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing .... Mendelssohn

Variations on a Shaker Melody .... Copland

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year .... Pela & Wyle

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas .... Martin & Blaine

Some Children See Him .... Burt

Holiday Greetings .... arr. Swearingen

Radetzky March .... J. Strauss Sr.

11/26/2012 & 11/27/2012

Recruiting in Baton Rouge

Chris Frazier, Baton Rouge Magnet High School

Mr. & Mrs. David Cassin, The Runnels School

Mr. Williams, McKinley High School

David Thorn, Louisiana Youth Orchestra

11/17/2012 at 7:30 pm

Shreveport Symphony Orchestra
RiverView Theatre
Shreveport, Louisiana

PROGRAM

The Moldau .... Smetana

Mandolin Concerto "From the Blue Ridge" ....  Jeff Midkiff

Symphony No. 6, "Pastorale" .... Beethoven

11/11/2012 at 11:30 am

NNSO Concerto Competition Winners
Milovan Paz, cellist
Roman Carranza, violin
Chris Cox, flute (not pictured)
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, LA

Paz, Christopher, Carranza

Milovan Paz and Roman Carranza will be featured in the Concerto Winners Concert with the Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Orchestra on Monday, February 25, 2013.  Milovan Paz will perform Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No. 1, and Roman Carranza will perform the last movement of Khachaturian's Violin Concerto.

11/10/2012 at 7:30 pm

South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
Kermit Poling, Music Director and Conductor
First Baptist Church
Magnolia, Arkansas

PROGRAM

Concerto for Piccolo .... A. Vivaldi
Sally Horak, piccolo










Shadows .... E. Zwlich
Jeffrey Biegel, pianist











Gloria .... Vivaldi
Jenna Tucker, soprano and Karen Watkins, alto
Texas Woman's University Choir, South Arkansas University Heritage Singers, and El Dorado High School Choir

11/13/2012 at 6:00 pm

Jorge Rodriguez, Junior Cello Recital
MinJeong Kim, piano
Emilio Castro, violin
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, LA

PROGRAM

Rondo for Cello and Piano, Op. 94 .... A. Dvorak

Piano Trio, Op. 1, No. 3 .... L.V. Beethoven
Allegro con brio
Andante cantabile con variazioni
Menuetto. Quasi allegro
Finale. Prestissimo

Le Grand Tango for Cello .... A. Piazzolla

Longview Auditions posted 11/1/2012

Longview Symphony Orchestra

Interested in auditioning for the Longview Symphony?

If so, send your resume to Gary Bruns, Personnel Manager at snurbg@bellsouth.net.