Jennifer Sacher Wiley
Music Director & Conductor
"Listen fresh, Listen local"™
Welcome to Fall Set 2024!
Still "Festive Overture", Koussevitsky Bass Concerto (Patricia Weitzel soloist), Intermission, Corelli Concerto Grosso IV, Arnold Scottish Dances 1, 3, 4/Bartok Hungarian Pictures 1, 3, 5
Order of Arnold/Bartok
Arnold 1, Bartok 5, Arnold 3, Bartok 1 & 3, Arnold 4
Rehearsals Mondays 7:15-9:30 Rife Center, Bethany Village, 325 Wesley Drive, Mechanicsburg​​​
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10/28
7:15 Still strings only/Trumpet sectional in Atrium
7:45 Still tutti (yes percussion)
8:00 Bartok mvt 5 & 3 (yes percussion)
8:20 Arnold mvt 1 & 4 (yes percussion)
8:40 BREAK
8:50 Koussevitsky spots
9:10 Bartok mvt 1 (no percussion)
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11/4 Note location!
Mechanicsburg Brethren in Christ Church 1050 S. York Street, Mechanicsburg
Concert Order
7:15 Still, 7:35 Koussevitsky, 8:15 BREAK
8:25 Corelli, 8:40 Arnold/Bartok
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Concert weekend, Trinity High School, 3601 Simpson Ferry Rd, Camp Hill
Dress rehearsal Saturday, 11/9 10:30-12:30
Concert Sunday, 11/10 3:00
Score Study
Mvts 1, 3, 4 (0:00, 5:01, 9:08)
Mvts 1, 3, 5 (0:00, 4:20, 9:00)
December Set 2024
excerpts from Planets, Brahms "Shicksalslied" & more, cello soloist Michael Cameron
Mondays 11/18, 12/2, 12/9 (Rife Center, Mechanicsburg)
Thursday 12/12 (St. Patrick School, Carlisle)
Friday 12/13 School shows 9:30, 10:45, LUNCH, 12:30
Saturday 12/14 Family concert 10:00
an orchestral Jack & the Beanstalk
WSSO Pops 2024
Carmina 2024
an orchestral Jack & the Beanstalk
Photos Courtesy of Jamie Fry
2024-25 Season
Rehearsals Mondays, 7:15-9:30
November 10, 2024 “Homelands” with Patricia Weitzel, string bass soloist
(Rehearsals start 9/9, Dress 11/9)
Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso for strings TBA Malcolm Arnold Four Scottish Dances, mvt 1, 3, 4 & Bela Bartok, Hungarian Pictures, mvt 1, 3, 5; Serge Koussevitsky Bass Concerto, William Grant Still Festive Overture
Ed/Fam Concerts F 12/13, S 12/14 "Music in Motion"
(Rehearsals M 11/18, M 12/2, M 12/9, TH 12/12)
Friday Show times 9:30, 10:45, 12:30
March 2, 2025 “Into The Depths” with Damian Savarino, bass-baritone soloist
(Rehearsals start 1/6, Dress 3/1)
Ethel Smyth Boatswain & Wreckers Overtures, Mozart aria, Debussy Sunken Cathedral, Verdi aria, Robert Schuman, Symphony No. 3 “Rheinische”
May 4 2025 “Excursions” with WBP winner of concerto competition
(Rehearsals start 3/10, Dress 5/3)
Tchaikovsky “Capriccio Italien”, TBA Concerto, Copland “Appalachian Spring Suite”
Special thanks to our chamber musicians!
HARD AT WORK YEAR ROUND
Strings always welcome!
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