October 25, 2011 AMERICAN CELEBRATION
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Charles Ives: Variations on "America," (arr by William Schuman)
Lee Johnson’s Horace King piece (commissioned via NEA Challenge Grant)
Antonin Dvoråk: Symphony No. 9, op 95, B178 (From the New World)
November 22, 2011 VOICES OF AUTUMN
Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, op. 9
LaGrange Symphony Chorus
Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor, op 20
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, op 48
December 13, 2011 CHRISTMAS WITH THE LSO
Traditional holiday favorites and the ever-popular sing-along featuring
LaGrange High School Chorus, Katie Westbrook, director
March 20, 2012 CONCERTO FESTIVAL
Johann Wilhelm Hertel: Double Concerto for Trumpet and Oboe, Eb Major
Lauren Murray, oboe and Rob Murray, trumpet
Frank Martin: Ballade for Trombone and Orchestra
Bradley Palmer, trombone
Antonin Dvoråk: Concerto for Violin, A minor, op. 53
Maryna Yermolenko, violin (2011 Young Artist Competition Winner)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (abbreviated version)With the LaGrange Symphony Youth Orchestra, LYSO String Ensemble, and Piccolo String Ensemble
April 17, 2012 SPRING FINALE
Antonin Dvoråk: Concerto for Cello in B minor, op. 104, B. 191.
Wendy Warner, cello
Other pieces from recommendations by patrons, TBD in fall 2011