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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​​

10/14

7:15 Woodwinds only (Arnold 1, Bartok 1)

7:40 Brass + Woodwinds (Arnold 4)

7:55 Brass only (Arnold 1 & 3)

8:10 Tutti (Arnold 1, Arold 3, Bartok 1)

8:40 Break

8:50 Tutti Bartok 3 (no tuba), Bartok 5

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10/21, 10/28 TBA (to include spots based on Still recording, another string sectional, upper string bow-arm workshop)

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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

"Music in Motion"

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

Photos Courtesy of Jamie Fry

Hilly Landscape

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”              

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Special thanks to our chamber musicians!

HARD AT WORK YEAR ROUND 

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