Manchester Orchestra Announces 83rd Season
September 8, 2021 at 11:43 p.m.
Manchester Orchestra Announces 83rd Season
By Staff Report-
• Invitation to the Dance is Oct. 10 in Cordier Auditorium on the North Manchester campus of Manchester University.
The concert features music from ballet and other works inspired by dance, and it will include Manchester University professors Beate Gilliar and Jim Brumbaugh-Smith dancing to Leroy Anderson’s “Blue Tango.”
• Holiday Concert on Dec. 12 in Cordier features the “Carol Symphony” by Victor Hely-Hutchinson, “Sleigh Ride” by Frederick Delius, “March Militaire” by Franz Schubert and “The Skater’s Waltz” by Émile Waldteufel.
• Trailblazers is March 13 at the Honeywell Center in Wabash.
It celebrates African-American composer Florence Price and her “Symphony No. 1 in E minor.”
The concert will also feature high school and college winners of the orchestra’s concerto competition.
• Spaces on May 15 in Cordier is the final concert of the season, showcasing the world premiere of Lynn's five-movement concerto titled “Spaces,” written specifically for guest artist Derek Reeves. He is principal violist of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic.
All concerts are at 3 p.m. on Sundays. Masks and social distancing are required.
In advance of the March 13 concert, the orchestra invites vocalists, pianists and instrumentalists to register for its 2021-22 season concerto competition.
Competitors must be enrolled in a high school, home school program, college or university during the fall semester of 2021 to be eligible.
The application fee is $25. There are scholarship awards for high school division winders and cash awards for collegiate division winners. The competition is Nov. 20 at the university, and competition winners will perform with the orchestra at 3 p.m. March 13 during the Trailblazers concert.
Tickets are $15 general admission. Admission is free for MU students, faculty and staff, as well as anyone age 18 and younger. Go to www.manchestersymphonyorchestra.org to buy tickets or register for the competition.
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• Invitation to the Dance is Oct. 10 in Cordier Auditorium on the North Manchester campus of Manchester University.
The concert features music from ballet and other works inspired by dance, and it will include Manchester University professors Beate Gilliar and Jim Brumbaugh-Smith dancing to Leroy Anderson’s “Blue Tango.”
• Holiday Concert on Dec. 12 in Cordier features the “Carol Symphony” by Victor Hely-Hutchinson, “Sleigh Ride” by Frederick Delius, “March Militaire” by Franz Schubert and “The Skater’s Waltz” by Émile Waldteufel.
• Trailblazers is March 13 at the Honeywell Center in Wabash.
It celebrates African-American composer Florence Price and her “Symphony No. 1 in E minor.”
The concert will also feature high school and college winners of the orchestra’s concerto competition.
• Spaces on May 15 in Cordier is the final concert of the season, showcasing the world premiere of Lynn's five-movement concerto titled “Spaces,” written specifically for guest artist Derek Reeves. He is principal violist of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic.
All concerts are at 3 p.m. on Sundays. Masks and social distancing are required.
In advance of the March 13 concert, the orchestra invites vocalists, pianists and instrumentalists to register for its 2021-22 season concerto competition.
Competitors must be enrolled in a high school, home school program, college or university during the fall semester of 2021 to be eligible.
The application fee is $25. There are scholarship awards for high school division winders and cash awards for collegiate division winners. The competition is Nov. 20 at the university, and competition winners will perform with the orchestra at 3 p.m. March 13 during the Trailblazers concert.
Tickets are $15 general admission. Admission is free for MU students, faculty and staff, as well as anyone age 18 and younger. Go to www.manchestersymphonyorchestra.org to buy tickets or register for the competition.
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