40th Season – Our “Ruby” Season!
Listed are our plans for our BIG anniversary season
Listed are the five concerts in the SSO concert series. Concerts #1, 2, 3, and 4 are available as a subscription series. Concert #5 is a free concert presented al fresco.
Concert #1
October 8, 2016 at 7:30PM | Bel Air High School
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
Barton Woomert – Trumpet
Steven Woomert – Flugelhorn
Pre-concert Lecture with Maestro Bair at 7pm
- Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor
- Ronald Royer – Fantasy Variations on a Gregorian Chant for Trumpet, Flugelhorn, and Chamber Orchestra with Barton and Steven Woomert
- Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, “Scottish”
Concert #2
December 10, 2016 at 7:30PM | Bel Air High School
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
Christa Bohdel – Soprano
- Theldon Myers – Music for a Special Season
- arr. Donald Raff – Pat-A-Pan/Fum, Fum, Fum Premiere
- arr. Bruce Chase – Christmas Memories with Christa Bohdel, soprano
- Alfred Reed – Russian Christmas Music (with extra brass!)
- Tchaikovsky – March from the “Nutcracker Suite”
- Tchaikovsky/arr. Ellington – Nutcracker Suite (Jazzed Up!)
- arr. Sheldon Bair – A Christmas Sing-Along 3 Premiere
Concert #3
March 4, 2017 at 7:30PM | Bel Air High School
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
Kile Smith – Composer
- Kile Smith – Susquehanna: An Overture for Orchestra, Commissioned Work for the SSO, Premiere
- Haydn – Symphony No. 96 in D Major, “Miracle”
- Elgar – Variations on an Original Theme, Enigma, Op. 36
Concert #4
May 20, 2017 at 7:30PM | Bel Air High School
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
Kara Iwanowski – Piano
Terry Trouyet – Narrator
- David Osbon – Nelson Overture
- William Grant Still – Symphony No. 1, “Afro-American”, narrated by Terry Trouyet
- Grainger – Irish Tune from County Derry
- Arnold – Anniversary Overture
- Arnold – Padstow Lifeboat
- Arnold – Stolen Face (from the movie), with Kara Iwanowski, piano soloist
- Walton – Crown Imperial, Coronation March
Concert #5 Free Bel Air Summer Concert Series
June 4, 2017 at 7:00PM | Humbert Memorial Band Shell (rain location Bel Air High School)
Kickoff the summer with this annual Bel Air Outdoor Summer Concert event. Bring a picnic and blanket and join the SSO for some tunes under the trees.
- Rush – Spirit of Freedom
- Bair – Flourish for Orchestra (Navy) and This We’ll Defend (Army)
- Smith – Susquehanna: An Overture for Orchestra
- Grainger – Irish Tune from County Derry
- Ellington – Caravan
- Rodgers – Sound of Music (Selections)
- Reed – Greensleeves
- Walton – Crown Imperial
- arr. Bair – Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (new arrangement)
