2024-2025 Symphony Orchestra Performances & Repertoire
Fall 2024
Dvořák’s New World
Friday, September 17 at 7:30 pm
Andrew Grams, conductor
Kayleigh Kim, violin*
- Walton: Violin Concerto
- Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
Orchestral Fireworks
Friday, October 25 at 7:30 pm
Jerry Hou, conductor^
- Joel Thompson: To See the Sky
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
- Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra
Virtuoso Spotlight
Friday, November 6 at 7:30 pm
Jerry Hou, conductor^
Anne Pinkerton, oboe*
Dana Rath, cello*
- Yano: Oboe Concerto
- Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Brahms, Strauss & Blacher
Friday, December 6 at 7:30 pm
William Eddins, conductor
Jonathan Mak, piano*
- Blacher: Variations on a Theme of Paganini
- Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
- Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Spring 2025
Stravinsky, Brahms & Yi
Saturday, February 1 at 7:30 p.m.
Christopher James Lees, conductor
- Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
- Chen Yi: Duo Ye No. 2 (Full orchestra version)
- Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Romantic Rachmaninoff
Saturday, February 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Cristian Mӑcelaru, conductor^
- Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
- Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
Student Composers Spotlight
Friday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
- Oliver Dubon: Speak Louder Than Words (2024)⁰
- Tian Qin: Point Ninety-Nine (2024)⁰
- Jake Sandridge: Between Shades (2024)⁰
- Ethan Soledad: Cages of Jade (2024)⁰
- Daniel Zlatkin: Rothko Echoes (2024)⁰
New Beginnings
Friday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
- Gabriela Ortiz: Antrópolis
- Ravel: La valse
- Sam Wu: aerial silk roads (2024)^
- Elgar: Enigma Variations
*Shepherd School Concerto Competition winner, 2024
⁰Shepherd School student composer
^Shepherd School alumnus