"Listen fresh, Listen local"™
Jennifer Sacher Wiley
Music Director & Conductor
Welcome to the Spring set!
"Continental Folk"
Vaughan Williams "English Folk Song Suite", Huang Ruo "Folk Songs for Orchestra" (mvts 1 & 2)
Sibelius Violin Concerto (mvt 1), Fela Sowande "A Folk Symphony"
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE
Mondays, 7:15-9:30, 1/5-2/23; Rife Center, Bethany Village
325 Wesley Drive, Mechanicsburg
Mio Imai, violin soloist
Sankofa African American Theatre Company, actors
4/27
6:45 membership meeting: Bylaws revision
"Pre-dress" concert order (not exactly) with soloist & actors
7:15 Sibelius, 7:55 Vaughan Williams, 8:10 Ruo 8:20 BREAK
8:30 Sowande
CONCERT WEEKEND
Trinity High School, 3601 Simpson Ferry Rd, Camp Hill
Saturday, May 2 Dress rehearsal 10:00-12:30
10:00 Vaughan Williams, 10:20 Ruo, 10:40 Sibelius, 11:20 BREAK, 11:30 Sowande
Sunday, May 3 3:00 Concert (Pre-concert lecture 2:15)
Summer Pops!
"From Song to Shining Song: 250 years of American Music"
Repertoire
"Spiritual Songs of the New World", JSW transcription of Revolutionary War Song, Gould "American Salute", "Original Ragtime", "American Folk Song Portrait", "Rock Around the Clock", "Take Five", two songs from "Show Boat", "Highlights from Wicked", "Smooth", Santana's "Smooth", "America the Beautiful", "Return to the Indian Valley"
REHEARSALS
7:00-9:00 pm
M 6/8, TH 6/11, M 6/15, TH 6/18 (dress open to Rife residents)
CONCERTS
F 6/19 6:30 South Middleton Park, Boiling Springs
SA 6/20 7:00 Paxton Presbyterian Church, Harrisburg
M 6/22 Fredricksen Library, Camp Hill
WSSO 2026-27 Schedule at a Glance
Sunday, November 8, 2026 Masterworks Concert #1 3:00
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate "Indian Spirit at Mesa Falls" Ravel "Mother Goose" Suite
Intermission
Guest Conductor piece TBA
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 Educational Concerts 9:30, 10:45, 12:30
3 Monday rehearsals 11/16, 11/23, 12/71 Thursday rehearsal 12/10
Sunday, February 28, 2027 Masterworks Concert #2 3:00
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (movement(s) TBD)
Guest Conductor piece TBA
Pause
Joseph Cantaloube "Songs of the Auvergne" & Mahler "Rückertlieder" (selections)
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 Masterworks Concert #3 3:00
Patrick Long "Old Man & the Sea" (premiere of new orchestration)
Guest Conductor piece TBA
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
"Lord of the Rings" video from November concert, courtesy of Kathy Heym (click image)
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