4 Orchestras, 200 Musicians, 1 Exciting Concert
11/7/2012
The Rivers Youth Orchestra program will present a concert on Sunday, November 18, at 5:30 p.m. at Regis College’s Fine Arts Center in Weston. All four youth orchestras will perform in the concert: Preparatory Orchestra, conducted by Whitney Tandon; Youth Sinfornia, conducted by Susan Memoli; Philharmonia, conducted by Colleen MacDonald; and the Youth Symphony, conducted by Christopher Memoli. Nearly 200 students will perform pieces ranging from Baroque works by Vivaldi, to Romantic favorites by Rimsky-Korsakov and Sibelius.
Tickets are $10 and will be sold at the door prior to the concert. There will be a reception following the performance.
Program to include:
Preparatory Orchestra
Whitney Tandon, CONDUCTOR
• Antonio Vivaldi (arr. Steven Frackenpohl) - Allegro in D for Strings, from Concerto for Two Trumpets
• Soon Hee Newbold - Fan Dance
• Anonymous (arr. Ronald Wilcott) - Kemp’s Jig
Youth Sinfonia
Susan Memoli, CONDUCTOR
• Gustav Mahler (arr. Brad Pfeil) - Theme from Symphony No. 1, Mvt. 3
• Shirl Jae Atwell - Jeunesse
• Claude Debussy (arr. Bud Caputo) - Golliwogg’s Cakewalk
Philharmonia
Colleen MacDonald, CONDUCTOR
• Norman Leyden - Serenade for String Orchestra
• Antonio Vivaldi (arr. Kathy Fishburn) - Allegro for Cello and String Orchestra, Kanming Xu, cello
• Bert Ligon - Bossa Rojo
Youth Symphony
Christopher Memoli, CONDUCTOR
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36
• Jean Sibelius - Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op. 43, Finale