Sage City Symphony
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Sage City Symphony is a community orchestra
based in Bennington, Vermont that tackles ambitious works from the traditional repertoire as well as commissioning new works. It was formed in 1973 by its first musical director, noted composer
Louis Calabro
, who was on the faculty of Bennington College
. Sage City Symphony maintains its relationship with the College, relying on the campus for rehearsal and performance space.
The Symphony attracts amateur as well as professional musicians without the requirement of auditions, drawn from Vermont
, Massachusetts
and New York states. It presents four concerts a year, starting rehearsals in September
for a performance featuring a major orchestra
l work in November
. The Symphony restarts rehearsals after the New Year for three concerts presented February
through May
: a Chamber Concert, Youth Concert and a final Spring concert featuring a significant orchestra
l work.
The Symphony is led by musical director and conductor Michael Finckel. It is governed/supported by a working volunteer Board which appoints a Manager and a Librarian. Like the players, Board members come from surrounding areas of Vermont
, Massachusetts
and New York states. The Board
contains a mix of orchestral players and long time supporters from the business and academic community.
These media outlets have included: Bennington Banner
in Bennington
VT, North Adams Transcript
in North Adams
MA, the Tri-State Pennysaver News in Bennington VT, Eastwick Press in eastern Rensselaer County of New York, the Vermont News Guide, Vermont Public Radio
(VPR), WAMC
in Albany NY, WMHT-FM
in Schenectady NY, and Catamount Access TV in Bennington
VT.
Performances are recorded by Catamount Access TV (CAT-TV) and aired subsequently. Most performances for the last several years have been recorded by Joel Patterson of Mountaintop Studios and rendered onto CD or made available for file sharing.
, registered in the State of Vermont, and relies entirely on donations and grants. Grant sources have included the National Endowment for the Humanities
, the Fund for North Bennington, the Vermont Arts Council and the Vermont Community Foundation. The Symphony enjoys steady support from individuals, local Foundations and business donors. Business donors include a range of enterprises such as The Bank of Bennington and the Vermont Country Store, which underwrote the cost of a commissioned work by Randall Neal in 2009.
. Michael Finckel attended Oberlin College Conservatory and Bennington College where he studied composition, conducting and orchestration with Louis Calabro
and Henry Brant
.
He has taught cello and composition at Bennington
and Marymount Colleges
and at Princeton
and Cornell
Universities. As a member of the faculty of the Vermont Governor's Institute on the Arts in the 1990s he taught composition to gifted junior and high school students throughout Vermont. Michael Finckel has an active career as a soloist and chamber musician, composer, teacher and conductor based in New York City
, performing with orchestral and chamber ensembles across the country and in Europe. He has a strong background in contemporary music, as well as the traditional repertoire. He has regularly collaborated with New York's leading new music ensembles and performed under the direction of Leonard Bernstein
and Pierre Boulez
.
Michael Finckel performs and coaches each year at the Composer's Conference sponsored by the Chamber Music Center of Wellesley College in Massachusetts
, and at the Chamber Music Conference and Composer's Forum of the East at Bennington College
.
, with works such as Child's Play
for children's chorus and piano composed in 1990 and performed by the Symphony again in 2009.
The Symphony started a Young Composers Project in 2009. The Symphony pays a stipend
to a mentor
to help young people prepare works for orchestral performance, alternating each year between reaching out to area high school or college age students. The high schools from which students have been drawn for this project include the Hoosac School
in Hoosick Falls New York, the Mount Anthony Union High School (Miles Yucht, Alive ) in Bennington
Vermont
, the Long Trail School
in Dorset
Vermont
, Pittsfield High School in Pittsfield
Massachusetts, and the Mount Greylock Regional High School in Williamstown
Massachusetts
. The college students have been primarily drawn from Bennington College
.
One of the compositions by a high school student, Wind Blows, was placed on You Tube by its composer. One of the high school composers from the 2009 project, Patrick Madden, received the Daniel Pearl
Berkshire Scholarship.
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
based in Bennington, Vermont that tackles ambitious works from the traditional repertoire as well as commissioning new works. It was formed in 1973 by its first musical director, noted composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
Louis Calabro
Louis Calabro
Louis Calabro, was an Italian American orchestral composer.Calabro studied piano and composition at Juilliard School of Music. Vincent Persichetti was his principal teacher there....
, who was on the faculty of Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College is a liberal arts college located in Bennington, Vermont, USA. The college was founded in 1932 as a women's college and became co-educational in 1969.-History:-Early years:...
. Sage City Symphony maintains its relationship with the College, relying on the campus for rehearsal and performance space.
The Symphony attracts amateur as well as professional musicians without the requirement of auditions, drawn from Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
and New York states. It presents four concerts a year, starting rehearsals in September
September
September is the 9th month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of four months with a length of 30 days.September in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of March in the Northern Hemisphere....
for a performance featuring a major orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
l work in November
November
November is the 11th month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of four months with the length of 30 days. November was the ninth month of the ancient Roman calendar...
. The Symphony restarts rehearsals after the New Year for three concerts presented February
February
February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with fewer than 30 days. The month has 28 days in common years and 29 days in leap years...
through May
May
May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days.May is a month of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and spring in the Northern Hemisphere...
: a Chamber Concert, Youth Concert and a final Spring concert featuring a significant orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
l work.
The Symphony is led by musical director and conductor Michael Finckel. It is governed/supported by a working volunteer Board which appoints a Manager and a Librarian. Like the players, Board members come from surrounding areas of Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
and New York states. The Board
Board
-Flat surface:* Lumber, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flat** See :Category:Engineered wood** Cutting board** Sounding board, of a musical instrument* Cardboard* Paperboard*Corrugated fiberboard*Fiberboard*Particle board, also known as chipboard...
contains a mix of orchestral players and long time supporters from the business and academic community.
Performance Information
Performance dates and programs are announced on Sage City Symphony's web site. In addition they are reported in area media outlets.These media outlets have included: Bennington Banner
Bennington Banner
The Bennington Banner is a daily newspaper published in Bennington, Vermont. Established in 1841, the paper covers local, national, and world news. The Bennington Banner sells 7,800 papers daily with a penetration of 65% in Bennington. It is distributed throughout Southwestern Vermont and eastern...
in Bennington
Bennington
-People:* Chester Bennington, lead singer of rock bands Linkin Park and Dead by Sunrise* Geoffrey Bennington, Professor of French and Professor of Comparative Literature at Emory University* Ron Bennington, co-host of the Ron and Fez radio show...
VT, North Adams Transcript
North Adams Transcript
The North Adams Transcript is a daily newspaper, published Monday through Saturday in North Adams, Massachusetts.Branded as "The Voice of the Northern Berkshires Since 1843," the Transcript covers North Adams and Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida, Hancock, Lanesborough, New Ashford, and...
in North Adams
North Adams
North Adams can refer to several places in the United States:* North Adams, Massachusetts* North Adams, Michigan...
MA, the Tri-State Pennysaver News in Bennington VT, Eastwick Press in eastern Rensselaer County of New York, the Vermont News Guide, Vermont Public Radio
Vermont Public Radio
-WVPR:-WRVT:-VPR Classical:Since 2007, VPR has broadcast classical music on a separate network. The main station is WOXR , which is licensed to Schuyler Falls, New York and serves the Burlington/Plattsburgh area....
(VPR), WAMC
WAMC
WAMC is a public radio network headquartered in Albany, New York. As of April, 2011, the network comprised 11 transmitters and 11 translators. The organization's legal name is "WAMC" and it is also known as "WAMC Public Radio" or "WAMC Northeast Public Radio Network."In addition, the station...
in Albany NY, WMHT-FM
WMHT-FM
WMHT-FM is the callsign of a classical music and NPR radio station licenced to Schenectady, New York, broadcasting on 89.1 MHz with 11 kW ERP from the Helderberg Mountains antenna farm in New Scotland, New York...
in Schenectady NY, and Catamount Access TV in Bennington
Bennington
-People:* Chester Bennington, lead singer of rock bands Linkin Park and Dead by Sunrise* Geoffrey Bennington, Professor of French and Professor of Comparative Literature at Emory University* Ron Bennington, co-host of the Ron and Fez radio show...
VT.
Performances are recorded by Catamount Access TV (CAT-TV) and aired subsequently. Most performances for the last several years have been recorded by Joel Patterson of Mountaintop Studios and rendered onto CD or made available for file sharing.
Funding
The Symphony is a not for profit 501(c)(3)Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
, registered in the State of Vermont, and relies entirely on donations and grants. Grant sources have included the National Endowment for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is located at...
, the Fund for North Bennington, the Vermont Arts Council and the Vermont Community Foundation. The Symphony enjoys steady support from individuals, local Foundations and business donors. Business donors include a range of enterprises such as The Bank of Bennington and the Vermont Country Store, which underwrote the cost of a commissioned work by Randall Neal in 2009.
Conductor
The Symphony is currently directed by Michael Finckel. Michael Finckel started his studies with his parents, cellist George Finckel and pianist Marianne ("Willie") Finckel. George Finckel and Willie Finckel were on faculty at Bennington CollegeBennington College
Bennington College is a liberal arts college located in Bennington, Vermont, USA. The college was founded in 1932 as a women's college and became co-educational in 1969.-History:-Early years:...
. Michael Finckel attended Oberlin College Conservatory and Bennington College where he studied composition, conducting and orchestration with Louis Calabro
Louis Calabro
Louis Calabro, was an Italian American orchestral composer.Calabro studied piano and composition at Juilliard School of Music. Vincent Persichetti was his principal teacher there....
and Henry Brant
Henry Brant
Henry Dreyfuss Brant was a Canadian-born American composer. An expert orchestrator with a flair for experimentation, many of Brant's works featured spatialization techniques.- Biography :...
.
He has taught cello and composition at Bennington
Bennington College
Bennington College is a liberal arts college located in Bennington, Vermont, USA. The college was founded in 1932 as a women's college and became co-educational in 1969.-History:-Early years:...
and Marymount Colleges
Marymount Manhattan College
Marymount Manhattan College is an urban, coeducational, independent, private, liberal arts college located in Manhattan, New York City, New York with a focus in performing arts. The mission of the College is to educate a socially and economically diverse student body by fostering intellectual...
and at Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
and Cornell
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
Universities. As a member of the faculty of the Vermont Governor's Institute on the Arts in the 1990s he taught composition to gifted junior and high school students throughout Vermont. Michael Finckel has an active career as a soloist and chamber musician, composer, teacher and conductor based in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, performing with orchestral and chamber ensembles across the country and in Europe. He has a strong background in contemporary music, as well as the traditional repertoire. He has regularly collaborated with New York's leading new music ensembles and performed under the direction of Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
and Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez is a French composer of contemporary classical music, a pianist, and a conductor.-Early years:Boulez was born in Montbrison, Loire, France. As a child he began piano lessons and demonstrated aptitude in both music and mathematics...
.
Michael Finckel performs and coaches each year at the Composer's Conference sponsored by the Chamber Music Center of Wellesley College in Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, and at the Chamber Music Conference and Composer's Forum of the East at Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College is a liberal arts college located in Bennington, Vermont, USA. The college was founded in 1932 as a women's college and became co-educational in 1969.-History:-Early years:...
.
Community Connections
Sage City Symphony has long had an annual Youth Concert featuring young soloists or performances with local youth groups. Past performances have included works with the Symphony and the Bennington Children's Chorus and the Green Mountain Youth Orchestra. This tradition goes back to the Symphony's founder, Louis CalabroCalabro
Calabro is the name of:People* Dino Calabro , criminal* Frank Calabro , politician* Juan Carlos Calabró , actor* Kevin Calabro , sports announcer* Louis Calabro , composer* Marian Calabro, author...
, with works such as Child's Play
Calabro
Calabro is the name of:People* Dino Calabro , criminal* Frank Calabro , politician* Juan Carlos Calabró , actor* Kevin Calabro , sports announcer* Louis Calabro , composer* Marian Calabro, author...
for children's chorus and piano composed in 1990 and performed by the Symphony again in 2009.
The Symphony started a Young Composers Project in 2009. The Symphony pays a stipend
Stipend
A stipend is a form of salary, such as for an internship or apprenticeship. It is often distinct from a wage or a salary because it does not necessarily represent payment for work performed, instead it represents a payment that enables somebody to be exempt partly or wholly from waged or salaried...
to a mentor
Mentor
In Greek mythology, Mentor was the son of Alcimus or Anchialus. In his old age Mentor was a friend of Odysseus who placed Mentor and Odysseus' foster-brother Eumaeus in charge of his son Telemachus, and of Odysseus' palace, when Odysseus left for the Trojan War.When Athena visited Telemachus she...
to help young people prepare works for orchestral performance, alternating each year between reaching out to area high school or college age students. The high schools from which students have been drawn for this project include the Hoosac School
Hoosac School
Hoosac School is a private co-educational Episcopal boarding school located in Hoosick Falls, New York in the United States.-History:Hoosac school was founded in 1889 by Dr. Edward Dudley Tibbits. Facilities are located on the Tibbits Estate which rests on near the Vermont border. The school...
in Hoosick Falls New York, the Mount Anthony Union High School (Miles Yucht, Alive ) in Bennington
Bennington
-People:* Chester Bennington, lead singer of rock bands Linkin Park and Dead by Sunrise* Geoffrey Bennington, Professor of French and Professor of Comparative Literature at Emory University* Ron Bennington, co-host of the Ron and Fez radio show...
Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
, the Long Trail School
Long Trail School
The Long Trail School is an independent college-preparatory coeducational day school serving students 6-12 located in Dorset, Vermont, United States...
in Dorset
Dorset, Vermont
Dorset is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,036 at the 2000 census. Dorset is famous for being home to America's oldest marble quarry and for being the birth place of Alcoholics Anonymnous co-founder Bill W...
Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
, Pittsfield High School in Pittsfield
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Pittsfield is the largest city and the county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the principal city of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Berkshire County. Its area code is 413. Its ZIP code is 01201...
Massachusetts, and the Mount Greylock Regional High School in Williamstown
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Williamstown is a town in Berkshire County, in the northwest corner of Massachusetts. It shares a border with Vermont to the north and New York to the west. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,754 at the 2010 census...
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. The college students have been primarily drawn from Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College is a liberal arts college located in Bennington, Vermont, USA. The college was founded in 1932 as a women's college and became co-educational in 1969.-History:-Early years:...
.
One of the compositions by a high school student, Wind Blows, was placed on You Tube by its composer. One of the high school composers from the 2009 project, Patrick Madden, received the Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl was an American journalist who was kidnapped and killed by Al-Qaeda.At the time of his kidnapping, Pearl served as the South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, and was based in Mumbai, India. He went to Pakistan as part of an investigation into the alleged links between...
Berkshire Scholarship.
Major Works Performed
Sage City Symphony has performed major works from the traditional repertoire including the following.- Symphonie FantastiqueSymphonie FantastiqueSymphonie Fantastique: Épisode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties , Op. 14, is a program symphony written by the French composer Hector Berlioz in 1830. It is one of the most important and representative pieces of the early Romantic period, and is still very popular with concert audiences...
, by Berlioz - Symphony in Three MovementsSymphony in Three MovementsSymphony in Three Movements is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine for opening night of its Stravinsky Festival to the composers's eponymous symphony from 1942–45, and lighting by Mark Stanley...
by Igor StravinskyIgor StravinskyIgor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor.... - Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, arr. by Henry BrantHenry BrantHenry Dreyfuss Brant was a Canadian-born American composer. An expert orchestrator with a flair for experimentation, many of Brant's works featured spatialization techniques.- Biography :...
- La MerLa Mer (Debussy)La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre , or simply La mer , is an orchestral composition by the French composer Claude Debussy. It was started in 1903 in France and completed in 1905 on the English Channel coast in Eastbourne...
by Debussy - Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, From the New World by Antonin DvorakAntonín DvorákAntonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
- Piano Concerto No 2Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between the autumn of 1900 and April 1901. The second and third movements were first performed with the composer as soloist on 2 December 1900...
, by Rachmaninoff, featuring Wu HanWu Han (Pianist)Wu Han is a Chinese-American pianist, and influential figure in the classical music world. Leading an unusually multifaceted career, she has risen to international prominence through her wide-ranging activities as a concert performer, recording artist, educator, arts administrator, and cultural...
soloist - Symphony No. 2 in E MinorSymphony No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 is a music piece by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, created in 1906–07. The premiere was conducted by the composer himself in St. Petersburg on 8 February 1908. Its duration is approximately 60 minutes when performed uncut; cut performances can be as...
, opus 27 by Sergei RachmaninoffSergei RachmaninoffSergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music... - Symphony no. 4 in D minor, Op 120Symphony No. 4 (Schumann)The Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120, composed by Robert Schumann, was completed in 1841 . Schumann heavily revised the symphony in 1851, and it was this version that reached publication....
, by SchumannRobert SchumannRobert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era.... - Symphony No. 4Symphony No. 4 (Shostakovich)Dmitri Shostakovich composed his Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Opus 43, between September 1935 and May 1936, after abandoning some preliminary sketch material...
by Shostakovich
Commissioned Works
Sage City Symphony commissions a new work each year. These have included the following. Some of these composers including Zeke Hecker and Bruce Hobson have been members of the Consortium of Vermont Composers, founded in 1988 and recognized in a Proclamation by Governor Shumlin making 2011 the Year of the Composer.- Three for Orchestra and Hyperpiano by Randall Neal, premiere November 14, 2010
- Concerto for Flute and Orchestra by Robert Singley premiere May 3, 2009
- Work for orchestra and percussion by Derrik Jordan, premiere spring 2008
- Mountain Paths by Bruce Hobson, premiere May 28, 2000
- Work by Susan Hurley, 1988 - 1990Susan Hurley (composer)Susan Hurley is an American composer living and working in Los Angeles, California.Hurley's compositional style is an "unusual, unique voice [and] highly individualistic." Her work "defines [the] two opposing characteristics of the post-minimalist style – lyricism and rhythmic drive ....
- The Birthmark by Zeke Hecker premiere 1989
- Blood Memory: A Long Quiet After the Call by Tina DavidsonTina Davidson-Background:Davidson was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1952, and was raised in Oneonta, New York and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received her BA in piano and composition from Bennington College in 1976 where she studied with Henry Brant, Louis Calabro, Vivian Fine and Lionel Nowak.She founded the...
premiered June 1, 1986 - Symphony for Orchestra with Piano Obbligato by T.L. Read, premiere 1986
- Missa Brevis for chorus SATB, strings (piano reduction for rehearsal (1983) Opus 72, written for the Bennington College Chorus Recorded 1984: Sage City SymphonyLouis CalabroLouis Calabro, was an Italian American orchestral composer.Calabro studied piano and composition at Juilliard School of Music. Vincent Persichetti was his principal teacher there....
- Tundra by Michael Finckel
- Sonnet for Baritone and Orchestra, Text: John Keats, baritone Wayne Dalton, by Vivian FineVivian FineVivian Fine was an American composer.Over her 70 year career, Vivian Fine became one of America’s most important composers. She wrote virtually without a break for 68 years, producing over 140 works...
. Conducted by Louis Calabro. Premiere December 5, 1976. - Concerto for Percussion Quartet and Orchestra by Marta PtaszynskaMarta PtaszynskaMarta Ptaszyńska is a composer, percussionist and professor of music at the University of Chicago. She has been described as "one of the best known Polish woman composers" as well as "a virtuoso percussionist specializing in performances of contemporary music."-Orchestral music:-Vocal and...
, work listed as premiered by Sage City Symphony under Louis CalabroLouis CalabroLouis Calabro, was an Italian American orchestral composer.Calabro studied piano and composition at Juilliard School of Music. Vincent Persichetti was his principal teacher there....
on October 10, 1974
Chamber Works Performed in 2009 - 2010
- Symphony No. 13 in D MajorSymphony No. 13 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 13 in D major was written in 1763 for the orchestra of Haydn's patron, Prince Nikolaus Esterházy, in Eisenstadt.The work can be precisely dated thanks to a dated score in Haydn's own hand in the National Library of Budapest. Two other Haydn symphonies are known to have...
by Joseph HaydnJoseph HaydnFranz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms... - Serenade in D Minor, Opus 44Serenade for Wind Instruments (Dvorák)Serenade for wind instruments, cello and double-bass in D minor, Op. 44 , is a chamber composition by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák....
by Antonin DvorakAntonín DvorákAntonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many... - Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat K 412Horn Concertos (Mozart)The four Horn Concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are a major part of most professional horn players' repertoire. The concertos were written for his friend Joseph Leutgeb , whom he had known since childhood...
by Mozart, John Eagle soloist - Jupiter Symphony by Mozart
- Suite from Gesta Romanorum by Robert Zimmerman
- Elegy for Cello and Orchestra, Opus 24Cello sonataA cello sonata is usually a sonata written for cello and piano, though other instrumentations are used, such as solo cello. The most famous Romantic-era cellos sonatas are those written by Johannes Brahms and Ludwig van Beethoven...
by FaureGabriel FauréGabriel Urbain Fauré was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th century composers... - Grand Duo Concertante for Violin and Double BassGran Duo ConcertanteThe Gran Duo Concertante was composed by the Italian double bass virtuoso Giovanni Bottesini in 1880. Originally written for two double basses and orchestra, the piece was premiered by Bottesini and Luigi Negri, a former classmate of the composer...
by Giovanni BottesiniGiovanni BottesiniGiovanni Bottesini was an Italian Romantic composer, conductor, and a double bass virtuoso.-Biography:Born in Crema, Lombardy, he was taught the rudiments of music by his father, an accomplished clarinetist and composer, at a young age and had played timpani in Crema with the Teatro Sociale before...
, soloists Kaori Washiyama and Robert Zimmerman double bass - Five Greek Songs by Maurice RavelMaurice RavelJoseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
, soprano soloist Kerry Ryer-Parke - Cantique de Jean RacineCantique de Jean RacineCantique de Jean Racine is a work for mixed chorus and piano or organ by Gabriel Fauré. Written by the nineteen year old composer in 1864-5, the piece won Fauré the first prize when he graduated from the École Niedermeyer and was first performed the following year on August 4, 1866, with...
by FaureGabriel FauréGabriel Urbain Fauré was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th century composers...