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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT December 5, 2024 Nové Deypalan, guest conductor Isabel Ong, violin David Clay Mettens - Fracture/Mosaic Sibelius - Violin Concerto Schumann - Symphony No. 4 AIKEN SYMPHONY HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS December 8, 2024 The Aiken Symphony Brass Quintet Juanita Campbell, narrator Stephenson - Holiday Fanfare Medley No. 1 Stephenson - Bells of Christmas Suite Stephenson - Hanukkah Medley Anderson - Sleigh Ride Krogstad - Christmas at the Movies Stephenson - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Stephenson - In the Bleak Midwinter Holcombe - ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Stephenson - Joy to the World AIKEN SYMPHONY YING LI RETURNS January 11, 2025 Ying Li, piano Mozart - Divertimento, K. 136 Mozart - Symphony No. 39 Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 USC SYMPHONY STUDENT SPOTLIGHT February 6, 2025 Featuring the winners of the 2024-25 Concerto-Aria Competition SOUTH CAROLINA BALLET ORCHESTRA ROMEO AND JULIET February 8, 2025 Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet AIKEN SYMPHONY ROMANCE AT THE SYMPHONY February 15, 2025 Ashley Emerson, soprano Dominic Armstrong, tenor Rimsky-Korsakov - Dance of the Tumblers from “The Snow Maiden” Gounod - Juliette’s Waltz from “Romeo and Juliette” Puccini - O mio babbino caro from “Gianni Schicchi” Duparc - Phidylé Verdi - L’esule from “8 Romanze” Strauss - Allerseelen Mascagni - Intermezzo from “Cavalleria Rusticana” Verdi - Un di felicé from “La Traviata” Loewe - Overture to “Camelot” Loewe - The Simple Joys of Maidenhood from “Camelot” Weill - What Good Would the Moon Be? From “Street Scene” Weill - We’ll Go Away Together from “Street Scene” Borodin - Stranger in Paradise from “Kismet” Loewe - On the Street Where You Live from “My Fair Lady” Bernstein - I Feel Pretty from “West Side Story” Bernstein - Tonight from “West Side Story” AIKEN SYMPHONY DVOŘÁK’S SERENADES March 23, 2025 Dvořák - Serenade for Strings Dvořák - Serenade for Winds THE JOFFREY BALLET with the USC SYMPHONY April 5, 2025 Featuring works by Milhaud, Verdi, Vivaldi and others USC SYMPHONY USC CONCERT CHOIR USC UNIVERSITY CHORUS BEETHOVEN’S NINTH April 22, 2025 Tina Milhorn Stallard, soprano Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano Dominic Armstrong, tenor Jacob Will, bass-baritone Augusta Read Thomas - Aureole Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 USC SYMPHONY USC CONCERT CHOIR USC UNIVERSITY CHORUS BEETHOVEN’S NINTH April 25, 2025 St. John’s United Methodist Church, Aiken, SC Tina Milhorn Stallard, soprano Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano Dominic Armstrong, tenor Jacob Will, bass-baritone Beethoven - Egmont Overture Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 AIKEN SYMPHONY CAPRICCIO ESPAGNOL May 10, 2025 Mak Grgić, guitar Bizet - Carmen Suites, Nos. 1 & 2 Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez Turina - La procession del rocio Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol |
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THE THREE B’s November 3, 2024 Bach/Stokowski - Prelude in B Minor, BWV 869 Beethoven - Symphony No. 2 Brahms - Symphony No. 4 USC SYMPHONY FACULTY SPOTLIGHT October 29, 2024 Michael Harley, bassoon Tayloe Harding - Winning Azaleas John Fitz Rogers - Still David Kirkland Garner - Móinn (world premiere) John Williams - Five Sacred Trees for bassoon and orchestra AIKEN SYMPHONY SYMPHONY IN BRASS October 11, 2024 Gabrielli - Canzon duodecimi toni Richard Strauss - Feierlicher Einzug Ewazen - Symphony in Brass Susato - The Danserye Grieg - Funeral March Hazell - Three Brass Cats USC SYMPHONY THE PHOENIX AND THE FIREBIRD September 26, 2024 WU Wei, sheng FANG Man - The Song of the Flaming Phoenix Stravinsky - The Firebird Suite (1919) AIKEN SYMPHONY THE PLANETS September 20, 2024 Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture Holst - The Planets 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 USC SUMMER CONDUCTING WORKSHOP June 23-26, 2024 Mozart- Divertimento, K. 136 Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings George Walker - Lyric for Strings ATLANTA INSTRUMENTAL CONDUCTING INSTITUTE June 5-8, 2024 Gounod - Petite Symphonie Grieg - Holberg Suite Jacob - Old Wine in New Bottles Mozart - Divertimento, K. 136 Mozart - Serenade, K. 375 Florence Price - Adoration George Walker - Lyric for Strings AIKEN SYMPHONY MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU A John Williams Celebration May 4, 2024 Holly Workman, violin Clifford Leaman, saxophone Scott Herring, vibraphone Jonathan Burns, bass Main Title from “Star Wars: A New Hope” Harry’s Wondrous World from “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” Princess Leia’s Theme from “Star Wars” Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra Raiders March from “Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark” Theme from “Schindler’s List” Yoda’s Theme from “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” Throne Room & Finale from “Star Wars: A New Hope” AIKEN SYMPHONY HORSES AND HARMONY April 27, 2024 Featuring horses performing routines to live orchestral music by Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams, Elgar, von Suppe and more! AIKEN SYMPHONY LA MER April 20, 2024 Joseph Parrish, bass-baritone Beethoven – Leonore Overture No. 3 Mahler – Rückert Lieder Debussy – La Mer USC SYMPHONY BRAHMS REQUIEM April 18, 2024 Rebecca Krynski Cox, soprano Joseph Parrish, bass-baritone Alicia Walker, conductor Brahms – A German Requiem USC SYMPHONY RISING STARS 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 THE LARK ASCENDING 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 THE CROWN IMPERIAL February 3, 2024 Lun Li, violin Walton – Crown Imperial Lunn – Downton Abbey Suite Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending Elgar – Symphony No. 1 AIKEN SYMPHONY STRINGS ATTACHED 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 EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH CONCERTS January 16 & 17, 2024 Link Up: The Orchestra Swings UNION SYMPHONY THE NUTCRACKER December 15-16 Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker AIKEN SYMPHONY HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS 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 SOUL BASS 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 MAIL FROM MOZART November 5, 2023 Mozart – Serenade in B-flat, K. 361 “Gran Partita” USC SYMPHONY MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS 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 MADE IN AMERICA 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 RHAPSODY IN BLUE 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 RACHMANINOV & TCHAIKOVSKY 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 HOW HIGH THE MOON 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 PHILLIP BUSH PLAYS BEETHOVEN April 22, 2023 Phillip Bush, piano Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4 Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” USC SYMPHONY CARMINA BURANA 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 RISING STARS 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 EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH February 14-15, 2023 Link Up: The Orchestra Swings AIKEN SYMPHONY ROMANTIC CLASSICS February 12, 2023 Jonathan Swenson, cello Weber - Oberon Overture Lalo - Cello Concerto Brahms - Symphony No. 2 USC SYMPHONY AWADAGIN PRATT AND APPALACHIAN SPRING 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 WINTER IN VIENNA January 15, 2023 Haydn - Symphony No. 92 “Oxford” Mozart - Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter” AIKEN SYMPHONY HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS 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 NATASHA PAREMSKI PLAYS RACHMANINOV 2 November 29, 2022 Natasha Paremski, piano Brahms - Symphony No. 3 Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 USC SYMPHONY ZUILL BAILEY PLAYS DVOŘÁK 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 MENDELSSOHN’S SCOTTISH October 15, 2022 SooBeen Lee, violin Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture Saint-Saëns- Violin Concerto No. 3 Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 “Scottish” USC SYMPHONY THE PLANETS USC Concert Choir and University Chorus September 22, 2022 Valerie Coleman – Umoja Gustav Holst – The Planets AIKEN SYMPHONY THE INDIGO GIRLS 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 PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION 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 MASTERPIECES FOR CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA 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 RISING STARS 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 PINES OF ROME February 3, 2022 Claire Bryant, cello Haydn - Symphony No. 88 Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 1 Respighi - Pines of Rome USC SYMPHONY SIBELIUS 2 November 30, 2021 Blair Francis Paponiu, flute Hailstork - Fanfare on Amazing Grace Mozart - Flute Concerto No. 1 Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 AIKEN SYMPHONY DVOŘÁK & TCHAIKOVSKY October 28, 2021 Marina Lomazov, piano Dvořák - Symphony No. 7 Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 USC SYMPHONY LILACS October 26, 2021 Tina Milhorn Stallard, soprano Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture George Walker - Lilacs Beethoven - Symphony No. 4 USC SYMPHONY DVOŘÁK’S NEW WORLD 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 MAHLER 5 December 3, 2019 John O’Conor, piano Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 Mahler - Symphony No. 5 USC SYMPHONY DIRECT FROM PRAGUE October 29, 2019 Karel Dohnal, clarinet Smetana - The Moldau Francaix - Clarinet Concerto Mozart - Symphony No. 38 “Prague” USC SYMPHONY ELENA URIOSTE PLAYS KORNGOLD 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 SCHEHERAZADE April 23, 2019 Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano Ravel - Shéhérazade Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade USC SYMPHONY RISING STARS 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 MOZART 40 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 MADE IN PARIS 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 BEETHOVEN’S EMPORER November 1, 2018 Steven Spooner, piano Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emporer” Brahms - Symphony No. 1 USC SYMPHONY ENIGMA VARIATIONS 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 MAHLER 1 April 24, 2018 Joseph Eller, clarinet Nielsen - Clarinet Concerto Mahler - Symphony No. 1 USC SYMPHONY BERNSTEIN’S MASS March 2-4, 2018 Kevin Vortman, tenor Bernstein - MASS: A Theater Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers USC SYMPHONY RISING STARS 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 FAMOUS LAST WORDS December 4, 2017 Phillip Bush, piano Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 3 Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique” USC SYMPHONY BEETHOVEN’S PASTORAL October 30, 2017 Ari Streisfeld, violin Dan Sweaney, viola Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” USC SYMPHONY ZUILL BAILEY PLAYS TALES OF HEMINGWAY September 28, 2017 Zuill Bailey, cello Daugherty - Tales of Hemingway Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 |