SVYS Presents its Season Finale!

Spring Harmonies
May 14, 2005, 1:30 pm
Sacred Heart Griffin High School Auditorium (East Campus)

Musicians Gig Sheet Click Here

Our Spring Concert will feature individual and combined performances of all our ensembles, totaling over120 musicians. This year's Concerto Competition winners, Cora Embalabala (cello) and Nini Zhang and Ashley Quick (flutes), will perform as soloists with the Symphony Orhcestra.

Maestro Richard Haglund has created a program to highlight the talents of each ensemble:

Starter Strings

Selections from Essential Elements for Strings Allen/Gillespie/Hayes

Preparatory Orchestra

Firework Music G.F. Handel

Pastorale and Hymn (based on Traditional Melodies) Arr. Leidig/Niehaus

Theme and Finale    (Variations on a theme of Haydn) J. Brahms

Concert Orchestra

Fidelio Overture L.V.Beethoven

C Major Symphony, First Movement F.Schubert

Scheherazade Themes N.Rimsky-Korsakov (Nancy Yu and Madeleine Negro Solo Violins)

Symphony Orchestra

Selections from The Phantom of the Opera Webber

Three World Premieres:

Variations Cora Embalabala

The Light Emma Volkman

Classroom Chit-Chat Kaiti Jorgensen

Cello Concerto in D Minor, 1st Movement (Cora Embalabala, Soloist) E. Lalo

Concerto for Two Flutes and Orchestra in D Minor (Ashley Quick and Nini Zhang, Soloists) F.Doppler

Russian Sailor’s Dance (From the Ballet “The Red Poppy”) R. Gliere

Combined Preparatory, Concert and Symphony Orchestras

Danse Infernal, Berceuse and Finale

From Firebird Suite I.Stravinsky

To obtain a copy of the concert program, click here.

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The concert is free and open to the public. A free-will donation will be accepted at the door.

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