48th Season
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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Concert #3 – Date to be confirmed
The Gift of Melody – Darkness and Light!
Location: Bel Air High School
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
- Franz Schubert/realization by Brian Newbould – Symphony No. 7 in E Major, D. 729
- arr. Stacey Gibbs – Ride the Chariot
- Elaine Hagenberg – Illuminaire
Michael Semancik, guest conductor - John Williams – “Hymn to the Fallen” from Saving Private Ryan
- Kile Smith – Jubilate Deo, world premiere
Chors: Deer Creek Chorale – Martha Banghart, director; Goucher Choral Society
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Concert #4 – Date to be confirmed
A ‘Spiritual’ Spring ‘Tour’
Location: Bel Air High School
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Idomeneo Overture, K. 366
- Sir Malcolm Arnold – Clarinet Concerto No. 2
Christopher Nichols, clarinet - William Grant Still – Fanfare for American Heroes
- George Gershwin – Cuban Overture (Rumba)
- Jesse Ayers and Charles Myricks, Jr. – There’s a Stirrin’ in the Water, a Celebration of the Spiritual
Harford Combined Choirs – David Tramontana, Choral Master
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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
Repertoire TBD
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Concert #6 – Date to be confirmed
Town of Bel Air Summer Concert Series
Location: Shamrock Park
Time: TBD
FREE
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
Repertoire TBD
