47th Season
Concert #1 – Saturday, October 21, 2023
Remembrance and Hope
Location: Bel Air High School
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
- Ludwig Beethoven – Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a
- Sheldon Bair – The Homefront 1944, American Premiere
Carolyn Black-Sotir, soprano
- Antonín Dvorák – Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88
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Concert #2 – Saturday, December 2, 2023
Our Jazzy Holiday Spirit!
Location: Bel Air High School
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
- Jesse Ayers – Fanfare and Carol
- Peter Tchaikovsky/Duke Ellington, arr. Tyzik – Nutcracker Suite
- Sheldon Bair – Christmas Sing Along
- Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Polonaise from “Christmas Eve Suite”
- Percy Grainger – Sussex Mummers Carol
- arr. Brian Folus – A Taste of Chanukah
- Felix Bernard, arr. Custer – Winter Wonderland
- arr. Sheldon Bair – The Twelve Days of Christmas
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Concert #3 – Saturday, March 16, 2024
Mozart, Brahms, Tchaikovsky!
Location: Bel Air High School
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
- Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dances No. 1 and 5
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Minuet for a Symphony, K. 409
- Peter Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
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Concert #4 – Saturday, May 18, 2024
Celebrate our Community!
Bachman, Hutt, and Gospel Choir
Location: Bel Air High School
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
- Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Matthew Bachman, Piano - Jenn Hutt – Scenes from an Urban Ballad, world premiere
Gospel Choir: David Tramontana, Chorus Master
Featuring: Aberdeen and Havre de Grace High Schools and Bel Air United Methodist Church
- Moses Hogan – Hear My Prayer (a cappella, conducted by David Tramontana)
- Stan Spottswood – You Are the Light of the World
- Benny Russell – Lord, How Come Me Here?
Benny Russell, Tenor Saxophone
Mr. Bachman’s appearance is underwritten by Jim and Beth Weed
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Concert #5 – Tuesday, June 4, 2024 (rain date: Tuesday, June 11)
Fundraiser Concert
Location: Hopkins Farm Brewery
Time: 7pm
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
- Sousa – Manhattan Beach March
- Sousa – Stars and Stripes Forever
- Rodgers – The Sound of Music Selections (Bennett)
- J. Williams/Whitney – The Empire Strikes Back Medley
- J. Williams – Hymn to the Fallen
- Gershwin – “Summertime” and “Embraceable You”
- Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 1
- TBA: American Songbook Selections
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Concert #6 – Saturday, June 15, 2024
Town of Bel Air Summer Concert Series
Location: Shamrock Park
Time: TBD
FREE
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
- Sousa – Manhattan Beach March
- Rodgers – The Sound of Music Selections (Bennett)
- J. Williams/Whitney – The Empire Strikes Back Medley
- J. Williams – Hymn to the Fallen
- Gershwin – “Summertime” and “Embraceable You”
- Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 1
- TBA: American Songbook Selections
