"Listen fresh, Listen local"™
Jennifer Sacher Wiley
Music Director & Conductor
Fall set: rehearsal details
Mondays, 7:15-9:30, Rife Performing Arts Center, Bethany Village
325 Wesley Circle, Mechanicsburg
Tate "Indian Spirit at Mesa Falls", * Ravel "Mother Goose"
Turina "Danzas Fantasticas", Still "African American Symphony"
9/21 (LOCATION CHANGE: Mechanicsburg Brethren in Christ Church (McBIC)
1050 S. York Street, Mechanicsburg)
7:15 Turina (Maestro Smith conducting) (yes percussion, timp not available, 4 horns available)
8:00 Still read-through (no timpani, celeste, banjo or percussion)
8:45 BREAK
8:55 Ravel movements 3, 4, 1 (no percussion or celeste)
9/28 TBA (Maestro Smith conducting Turina)
10/5 6:00 Membership Meeting)
7:15 Still (4 horns available)
10/12
10/19 (4 horns available)
10/26
11/2 (Pre-dress, concert order)
7:15 Tate
7:30 Ravel
8:00 Turina
8:20 BREAK, meet & greet with Maestro Smith
8:45 Still
CONCERT WEEKEND
Trinity Lutheran Church, 2000 Chestnut St, Camp Hill
Saturday, Nov 7, 10:00-12:30 Dress Rehearsal
Sunday, Nov 8, 3:00 Concert (Pre-Concert Lecture 2:15)
Supplementary Info for Fall
Click HERE for Turina notes from Maestro Jordan Smith
* "Indian Spirit at Mesa Falls" is a movement from Tate's ballet "Winter Moons". The link (above, with titles for Fall program) takes you to the composer's website, to the Winter Moons description. Scroll to recordings of the four movements and click on "Indian Spirit at Mesa Falls" to hear the recording.
Click HERE for an introductory letter from Maestro Jordan Smith
WSSO 2026-27 Schedule at a Glance
"Shared Visions"
Sunday, November 8, 2026 "Breadth of Vision" 3:00
Jordan Randall Smith, Collaborative Conductor
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate "Indian Spirit at Mesa Falls" Ravel "Mother Goose" Suite
Jacob Frasch, piano
Intermission
Joaquin Turina, Danzas Fantasticas (Maestro Smith's pick)
Still "African American" Symphony
8 Monday rehearsals 7:15-9:30 beginning 9/14
Dress rehearsal Saturday, 11/7, 10:00-12:30
Friday, December 11, 2026 "Orchestra Animals" 9:30, 10:45, 12:30
3 Monday rehearsals 11/16, 11/23, 12/71 Thursday rehearsal 12/10
Sunday, February 28, 2027 "Envision" 3:00
César Leal, Guest Conductor
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (movement(s) TBD)
Arturo Marquez, Danzon No. 2 (Maestro Leal conducting)
Pause
Joseph Cantaloube "Songs of the Auvergne" & Mahler "Rückertlieder" (selections)
Amanda Russo Stante, mezzo-soprano
Pause
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2, last movement
8 Monday rehearsals 7:15-9:30 beginning 1/4
Dress rehearsal Saturday, 2/27, 10:00-12:30
Sunday, May 2, 2027 "Visions of Grandeur" 3:00
José Luis Domínguez, Guest Conductor
Patrick Long "Old Man & the Sea" (premiere of new orchestration)
Verdi, Overture to "Nabucco" (Maestro Domínguez conducting)
Concerto TBA, wind/brass/percussionist winner of competition
Intermission
Respighi "Pines of Rome"
8 Monday rehearsals 7:15-9:30 beginning 3/8
Dress rehearsal Saturday, 5/1, 10:00-12:30
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