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April 20, 2024 Joseph Parrish, bass-baritone Beethoven – Leonore Overture No. 3 Mahler – Rückert Lieder Debussy – La Mer AIKEN SYMPHONY Horses and Harmony April 27, 2024 Featuring 11 horses performing routines to live orchestral music AIKEN SYMPHONY May 4, 2024 Clifford Leaman, saxophone Scott Herring, vibraphone Holly Workman, violin John Williams - Main Title from Star Wars John Williams - Harry’s Wondrous World John Williams - Princess Leia’s Theme John Williams - Escapades John Williams - Raiders March John Williams - Theme from Schindler’s List John Williams - Theme from Jurassic Park John Williams - Yoda’s Theme John Williams - Throne Room & Finale USC SUMMER CONDUCTING WORKSHOP June 23-26, 2024 Mozart- Divertimento, K. 136 Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings George Walker - Lyric for Strings LOS ANGELES CONDUCTING WORKSHOP August 5-10, 2024 Beethoven - Symphony No. 2 Brahms - Symphony No. 4 Mozart - Symphony No. 39 Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919) Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 |
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April 18, 2024 Rebecca Krynski Cox, soprano Joseph Parrish, bass-baritone Alicia Walker, conductor (Scott Weiss, cover) Brahms – A German Requiem USC SYMPHONY March 19, 2024 featuring winners of the 2023-24 Concerto-Aria Competition Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 1 Tomasi - Saxophone Concerto Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra USC SYMPHONY February 6, 2024 Lun Li, violin Haydn – Symphony No. 104 “London” Walton – Spitfire Prelude and Fugue Thea Musgrave – Loch Ness Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending AIKEN SYMPHONY February 3, 2024 Lun Li, violin Walton – Crown Imperial Lunn – Downton Abbey Suite Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending Elgar – Symphony No. 1 AIKEN SYMPHONY January 19, 2024 Jessie Montgomery - Starburst Barber – Adagio for Strings Vaughan Williams – Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus” Warlock – Capriol Suite Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings AIKEN SYMPHONY January 16 & 17, 2024 Link Up: The Orchestra Swings UNION SYMPHONY December 15-16 Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker AIKEN SYMPHONY December 10, 2023 Aiken Civic Ballet Company Tish Oney, vocalist Anderson - A Christmas Festival arr. O’Laughlin - Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town arr. Goldman - The Christmas Song James Stephenson - BaSOON It Will Be Christmas arr. Walden - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Tiomkin - It’s a Wonderful Life Suite Tchaikovsky - Selections from The Nutcracker Bach/Stokowski - Sheep May Safely Graze arr. Cunliffe - Winter Wonderland arr. Stephenson - Good Christian Men, Rejoice Anderson - Sleigh Ride arr. Stephenson - I Saw Three Ships/Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella USC SYMPHONY December 5, 2023 Xavier Foley, double bass J. Strauss, Jr. - Die Fledermaus Overture Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2 Price – Concert Overture No. 1 Xavier Foley - Soul Bass AIKEN SYMPHONY November 5, 2023 Mozart – Serenade in B-flat, K. 361 “Gran Partita” USC SYMPHONY November 2, 2023 Mak Grgić, guitar Díana Thompson-Brewer, soprano Jennifer Higdon – Blue Cathedral Michael Abels – Borders Concerto Revueltas – Sensemayá Barber – Knoxville, Summer of 1915 Ginastera – 4 Dances from “Estancia” AIKEN SYMPHONY October 20, 2023 Díana Thompson-Brewer, soprano Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man Copland – Four Dance Episodes from “Rodeo” Barber – Knoxville, Summer of 1915 Grofé – Grand Canyon Suite USC SYMPHONY September 28, 2023 Hassan Anderson, oboe Nicholas Susi, piano Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 Adolphus Hailstork – Song of the Magi Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue AIKEN SYMPHONY September 22, 2023 Ying Li, piano Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 2 Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 2023 LOS ANGELES CONDUCTING WORKSHOP July 31 - August 5, 2023 Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 Brahms - Symphony No. 1 Dvořák - Symphony No. 7 Mozart - Symphony No. 41 Schumann - Symphony No. 4 (1851) Stravinsky - Le Sacre du Printemps Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4 Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 2023 USC CONDUCTING WORKSHOP June 25-28, 2023 Weber - Oberon Overture Brahms - Symphony No. 3 Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 AIKEN SYMPHONY May 14, 2023 Aisha de Haas, vocalist In the Mood Strike Up the Band Fascinating Rhythm Satin Doll Moonlight Serenade Take the A-Train All the Things You Are Goody Goody Get Happy Sing, Sing, Sing April in Paris Blue Skies The Man I Love A-Tisket A-Tasket I’m Getting Sentimental Over You Pennsylvania 5-5000 Begin the Beguine Almost Like Being in Love Mr. Paganini I Got Rhythm How High the Moon AIKEN SYMPHONY April 22, 2023 Phillip Bush, piano Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4 Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” USC SYMPHONY April 20, 2023 Concert Choir & University Chorus Children’s Choir of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Serena Hill-LaRoche, soprano Martin Bakari, tenor Edmund Milly, baritone New Sounds Quartet Anna Clyne - PIVOT Orff - Carmina Burana USC SYMPHONY March 21, 2023 Featuring winners of the 2022-23 Concerto-Aria Competition Liszt - Les Preludes Copland - Clarinet Concerto Hummel - Grand Concerto for Bassoon Schumann - Piano Concerto AIKEN SYMPHONY February 14-15, 2023 Link Up: The Orchestra Swings AIKEN SYMPHONY February 12, 2023 Jonathan Swenson, cello Weber - Oberon Overture Lalo - Cello Concerto Brahms - Symphony No. 2 USC SYMPHONY February 7, 2023 Awadagin Pratt, piano Copland - Appalachian Spring, Suite Jessie Montgomery - Rounds Meira Warshauer - Living, Breathing Earth Symphony SOUTHERN EXPOSURE NEW MUSIC SERIES February 4, 2023 Awadagin Pratt, piano Paola Prestini - Stillpoint: Code Alvin Singleton - Time Past, Time Future AIKEN SYMPHONY January 15, 2023 Haydn - Symphony No. 92 “Oxford” Mozart - Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter” AIKEN SYMPHONY December 11, 2022 Aiken Civic Ballet Company Jonathan Kaufman, tenor Anderson - A Christmas Festival Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves Tchaikovsky - Sections from The Nutcracker arr. Krogstad - Christmas at the Movies Torme (arr. Stephenson) - The Christmas Song Bach/Gounod - Ave Maria Anderson - Sleigh Ride Berlin (arr. Bennett) - White Christmas Bach (arr. Reed) - Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Schubert - Ave Maria Adam - Cantique de Noel USC SYMPHONY November 29, 2022 Natasha Paremski, piano Brahms - Symphony No. 3 Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 USC SYMPHONY October 25, 2022 Zuill Bailey, cello Stravinsky – Concerto in E-flat, “Dumbarton Oaks” Lili Boulanger – D’un matin de printemps Dvořák – Cello Concerto AIKEN SYMPHONY October 15, 2022 SooBeen Lee, violin Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture Saint-Saëns- Violin Concerto No. 3 Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 “Scottish” USC SYMPHONY USC Concert Choir and University Chorus September 22, 2022 Valerie Coleman – Umoja Gustav Holst – The Planets AIKEN SYMPHONY September 16, 2022 The Indigo Girls Fugitive Woodsong Sugar Tongue Power of Two Chickenman Mystery Happy in the Sorrow Key Virginia Wolf Love of Our Lives Damo You’ve Come a Long Way Yoke Galileo Go Ghost Kid Fears Closer to Fine AIKEN SYMPHONY September 10, 2022 Albert Cano Smit, piano Rossini - La Gazza Ladra Overture Gershwin - Piano Concerto in F Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition 2022 LOS ANGELES CONDUCTING WORKSHOP August 1-6, 2022 Copland - Appalachian Spring, Suite Stravinsky - Octet Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” Brahms - Symphony No. 3 Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 “Scottish” Elgar - Enigma Variations USC CONDUCTING WORKSHOP June 25-27, 2022 Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 Barber – Adagio for Strings USC SYMPHONY April 21, 2022 USC Concert Choir and University Chorus Edmund Milly, baritone Handel - Zadok the Priest Vaughan Williams - 5 Mystical Songs Debussy - Nocturnes Bernstein - Chichester Psalms JOYE IN AIKEN Opening Concert USC SYMPHONY March 4, 2022 Paul Jacobs, organ Haydn - Symphony No. 88 Guilmant - Symphony No. 1 USC SYMPHONY March 3, 2022 featuring winners of the 2021-22 Concerto-Aria Competition Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture “Fingal’s Cave” Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3, Mvt. I Ravel - Piano Concerto in G, Mvt. I Florence Price - Andante Moderato Dvořák - Song to the Moon from Rusalka Puccini - Senza Mama from Suor Angelica Mussorgsky/Ravel - Great Gate of Kiev USC SYMPHONY February 3, 2022 Claire Bryant, cello Haydn - Symphony No. 88 Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 1 Respighi - Pines of Rome USC SYMPHONY November 30, 2021 Blair Francis Paponiu, flute Hailstork - Fanfare on Amazing Grace Mozart - Flute Concerto No. 1 Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 AIKEN SYMPHONY October 28, 2021 Marina Lomazov, piano Dvořák - Symphony No. 7 Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 USC SYMPHONY October 26, 2021 Tina Milhorn Stallard, soprano Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture George Walker - Lilacs Beethoven - Symphony No. 4 USC SYMPHONY September 28, 2021 JD Shaw, horn Augusta Read Thomas - Fanfare of Hope and Solidarity Atterberg - Horn Concerto Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” 2021 LOS ANGELES CONDUCTING WORKSHOP August 9-14, 2021 Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique” Mozart - Symphony No. 40 Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture Mozart - Don Giovanni Overture Weber - Oberon Overture USC SYMPHONY December 3, 2019 John O’Conor, piano Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 Mahler - Symphony No. 5 USC SYMPHONY October 29, 2019 Karel Dohnal, clarinet Smetana - The Moldau Francaix - Clarinet Concerto Mozart - Symphony No. 38 “Prague” USC SYMPHONY September 26, 2019 Elena Urioste, violin Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture John Adams - Christian Zeal and Activity Gabriela Lena Frank - Three Latin American Dances Korngold - Violin Concerto 2019 LOS ANGELES CONDUCTING WORKSHOP August 5-10, 2019 Brahms - Symphony No. 2 Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 Dvořák - Symphony No. 7 Mozart - Magic Flute Overture Strauss - Die Fledermaus Overture Beethoven - Egmont Overture USC SYMPHONY April 23, 2019 Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano Ravel - Shéhérazade Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade USC SYMPHONY March 26, 2019 featuring winners of the 2018-19 Concerto-Aria Competition Julia Adolphe - Underneath the Sheen Ibert - Concertino da Camera Kevin Puts - Marimba Concerto Griffes - Poem for Flute and Orchestra Stravinsky - The Firebird Suite (1919) USC SYMPHONY February 21, 2019 Jennifer Parker-Harley, flute Christopher Rouse - Flute Concerto Mozart - Symphony No. 40 2019 SCMEA CONFERENCE USC SYMPHONY February 8, 2019 Brahms - Symphony No. 1 USC SYMPHONY December 4, 2018 USC Concert Choir & University Chorus Kelly Cae Hogan, soprano William Terwilliger, violin Poulenc - Gloria Chausson - Poeme Ravel - Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 2 USC SYMPHONY November 1, 2018 Steven Spooner, piano Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emporer” Brahms - Symphony No. 1 USC SYMPHONY September 25, 2018 Angelo Xiang Yu, violin Kabalevsky - Colas Breugnon Overture Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto Elgar - Enigma Variations 2018 LOS ANGELES CONDUCTING WORKSHOP July 30 - August 5, 2018 Brahms - Symphony No. 1 Mozart - Symphony No. 35 “Haffner” Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 “Italian” HUNAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA July 13, 2018 Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 1 Brahms - Symphony No. 1 TIANJIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA July 7, 2018 Mozart - Symphony No. 35 “Haffner” R. Strauss - Oboe Concerto Brahms - Symphony No. 1 USC SYMPHONY April 24, 2018 Joseph Eller, clarinet Nielsen - Clarinet Concerto Mahler - Symphony No. 1 USC SYMPHONY March 2-4, 2018 Kevin Vortman, tenor Bernstein - MASS: A Theater Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers USC SYMPHONY February 1, 2018 featuring the winners of the 2017-18 Concerto-Aria Competition Mohammed Fairouz - Pax Universalis Grøndahl - Trombone Concerto Sibelius - Violin Concerto Creston - Saxophone Concerto Ravel - Bolero USC SYMPHONY December 4, 2017 Phillip Bush, piano Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 3 Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique” USC SYMPHONY October 30, 2017 Ari Streisfeld, violin Dan Sweaney, viola Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” USC SYMPHONY September 28, 2017 Zuill Bailey, cello Daugherty - Tales of Hemingway Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 |