October 7, 2006 Fall "Pops" Concert

Mack the Knife: That's Entertainment;
American Patrol March; Song Hits of 1910;
Candide; Nola; Hoedown;
Hummel Trumpet Concerto - Will Strieder, trumpet

November 4, 2006

Mozart - Cosifan tutte
Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1 - Sooah Chae, piano
 
Dr. Sooah Chae earned both her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees at the University of Houston Moores School of Music, while studying with Nancy Weems.  She has served on the faculties of Galveston College and College of the Mainland, and is currently a faculty of the Preparatory & Continuing Studies Department at the Moores School of Music.

Hanson - Romantic Symphony

December 1 & 2, 2006 - Christmas "Pops" Gala

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 8:00 PM

Christmas seasonal favorites by the Symphony:
White Christmas; I Saw 3 Ships; Greensleeves; Russian Christmas Music; The Christmas Song; and Cantique De Noel

Guest Artists: Gloria Dei Handbells
 Perform a mini pre-concert, and join the orchestra for Joyous Noel.

Guest Artists: Gloria Dei Lutheran Festival Choir
Will join the Symphony in performing:
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly; Joy to the World; 0 Come All Ye Faithful; Shepherd's Pipe Carol; and the Randol Bass Feast of Carols

February 24, 2007            

Chabrier - Gwendeline
Dorati - Night Music - Melodie Cunningham, flute <for bio>

Saint-Saens - Organ Symphony - Mary Horn, organ

April 14, 2007

Youth Concerto Winners Showcase 2007
Neruda's Trumpet Concerto, 1st movement - Matthew Barker, trumpet
Griifes's Poem - Anastasia Koinis, flute
Saint-Saens's Second Piano Concerto, 1st movement - Alice Wang, piano
Gershwin’s Piano Concerto - Aidin Ashoori, piano
Shostakovich's Cello Concerto, 1st movement - Nathan Haley, cello
Haydn’s Cello Concerto in D, 1st movement - Lillian Pettitt, cello
Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, last movement - Christoper Lee, violin

Smetana - Bartered Bride

May 12, 2007

Mozart - Impresario
R. Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel
Mozart - Concerto for 2 Pianos
Scott Holshouser and Nancy Weems, piano <for bios>

  
Scott Holshouser       Nancy Weems