48th Season
Concert #4 – Saturday, May 17, 2025
A ‘Spiritual’ Spring ‘Tour’
Location: Bel Air High School
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
- William Grant Still – Fanfare for American Heroes
- Morton Gould – American Salute
- Sir Malcolm Arnold – Clarinet Concerto No. 2
Christopher Nichols, clarinet - Richard Rodgers, arr. Robert Russell Bennett – Victory at Sea
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Concert #5 – Tuesday, June 3, 2024 (rain date: Tuesday, June 10)
Fundraiser Concert
Location: Hopkins Farm Brewery
Time: 7pm
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
Enjoy food trucks, raffles, and the SSO’s beautiful music from the patio of Hopkins Farm Brewery, all while supporting the Orchestra in our annual fundraiser event. Bring along the whole family along with chairs, blankets, picnics, and your sunglasses!
Popular and Film music by John Philip Sousa, Richard Rodgers, John Williams, Duke Ellington, and more.
Guest conductor: Brian Folus
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Concert #6 – Sunday, June 8, 2025
Town of Bel Air Summer Concert Series
Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Army, Navy, and Marines
Location: Shamrock Park
Festivities and the Star-Spangled Banner at 6 pm
Concert begins at 7 pm
FREE
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
This patriotic concert commemorates the 250th Anniversary of the Army, Navy, and Marines. Enjoy music celebrating these branches of the military, including works by John Philip Sousa, John Williams, Irving Berlin, Maestro Bair’s “This We’ll Defend” composed for the 100th anniversary of Aberdeen Proving Ground, and more.
Concert #1 – Saturday, October 12, 2024
Awaken to the SSO’s 48th Season!
Location: Bel Air High School
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Sheldon Bair and Karen Gorden – Conductors
- Johann Sebastian Bach/Ormandy – Sleepers Awake (Chorale Prelude)
- Josef Haydn – Symphony No. 94 in G Major, “Surprise” (from the London Symphonies)
- Peter Tchaikovsky – Sleeping Beauty Waltz
- John Williams – Theme from Angela’s Ashes
- John Williams – Suite from Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Star Wars Episode VII)
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Concert #2 – Saturday, December 7, 2024
A Holiday of Drummers Drumming!
Location: Bel Air High School
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Sheldon Bair and Brian Folus – Conductors
- Leroy Anderson – A Christmas Festival
- Daniel Dorff – A Pachelbel Christmas
- arr. Brian Folus – A Taste of Chanukah
- Sheldon Bair – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Katie Stout, soprano - arr. Sheldon Bair – Christmas Sing Along
- arr. Mark Hellem – Still, Still, Still
- arr. Sheldon Bair – The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
with steel drum ensemble Steel Pandemic - arr. Doris Reinhardt and Sheldon Bair – A Steel Pan Christmas
with steel drum ensemble Steel Pandemic - arr. Jesse Ayers – Caribbean Joy (Joy to the World for steel pans and orchestra)
- April and Welles Still – The Wooden Soldier, world premiere
- arr. Sheldon Bair – The Twelve Days of Christmas
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Assigned seating will be used for the December concert. Buy tickets early online!
Concert #3 – Sunday, March 9, 2025
The Gift of Melody – Darkness and Light!
Location: Bel Air High School
Time: 3 p.m.
Sheldon Bair – Music Director, Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra
Martha Banghart, Artistic Director of the Deer Creek Chorale
- Franz Schubert, realization by Brian Newbould – Symphony No. 7 in E Major, D. 729
- arr. Stacey Gibbs – Ride the Chariot (Deer Creek Chorale only)
- Elaine Hagenberg – Illuminare
Michael Semancik, guest conductor - John Williams – Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan
- Kile Smith – Jubilate Deo World Premiere
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