2023-24 Orchestra Season
FAMILY WEEKEND CONCERT
Saturday, October 28th, 2023
7:30pm, EMPAC Concert Hall
Coleridge-Taylor – Ballade for Orchestra
inti figgis vizueta – coradh (bending)
Inocente Carreño – Margariteña; glosa sinfónica
RPI’S HOLIDAY CONCERT
Sunday, December 10th, 2023
3pm, EMPAC Concert Hall
Coleridge-Taylor – Ballade for Orchestra
Debussy – Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Frédéric Chopin – Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11, Movement 2
-Rory Devin, piano; Rensselaer Concerto Competition Winner
APRIL CONCERT - ESYO COLLABORATION
Side-by-Side with Full ESYO Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, April 13th, 2024
7pm, EMPAC Concert Hall
Samuel Barber – Violin Concerto, op. 14, Movement 1
-Maya Johnson, violin; Rensselaer Concerto Competition Winner
Jessie Montgomery – Hymn for Everyone
Shostakovich – Symphony no. 5 [Complete]
2022-23
FAMILY WEEKEND CONCERT
Saturday, October 29th, 2022
7pm, EMPAC Concert Hall
Adhan - Call to Prayer
Mxolisi Matyila - Bawo Thixo Somandla (arr. Sidumo Nyamezele)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no. 7, Movement 2
Georg Friedrich Händel – “O Terror and Astonishment” from Semele
Edward Elgar – Variations on an Original Theme, op. 34 “Enigma”, Movement 9, “Nimrod”
Olivier Messiaen – Livre du Saint-Sacremént, Movement 10, “Résurrection” (arr. Whalen)
Augusta Read Thomas – Far Past War
David Nelson/George Root – The Shining Shore (arr. Fisher-Lochhead)
PRESIDENT’S HOLIDAY CONCERT
Sunday, December 11th, 2022
3pm, EMPAC Concert Hall
Valerie Coleman – Seven O’Clock Shout
George Shearing/George David Weiss – Lullaby of Birdland
Piotr Musial – Music from Frostpunk (arr. Bollerman)
Mxolisi Matyila - Bawo Thixo Somandla (arr. Sidumo Nyamezele)
Marc Cary – Running Out of Time
Arvo Pärt – Magnificat
Edward Elgar – Variations on an Original Theme, op. 34 “Enigma”, Movement 9, “Nimrod”
Vivek Pandya & Rohan Misra – Tabla/Sarangi Duet
Lili Boulanger – Les Sirènes
eden ahbez – Nature Boy
Antonin Dvorak – Carnival Overture
APRIL CONCERT – ESYO/MUSIC-EYES COLLABORATION
Saturday, April 29, 2023
7pm, EMPAC Concert Hall
Jean Sibelius – Finlandia
Erykah Badu/James Yancey – Didn’t Cha Know (arr. Fisher-Lochhead)
Joni Mitchell – Hejira (arr. Fisher-Lochhead)
James Francies – My Day Will Come (arr. Fisher-Lochhead)
Maurice Ravel – Shéhérazade, Movement I ("Asie")
Matthew Goodheart – Ocularities (world premiere)
Modest Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpts)