Current Season
65th Season, 2024-2025
Jeffrey A. Spenner, Orchestra Artistic Director
Dr. Carolina Flores, Chorale Artistic Director
Celebrating the 150th Birthday of Charles Ives
Friday, November 1, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Bailey Auditorium, Manchester High School
134 Middle Turnpike East, Manchester, CT
Pre-concert talk at 6:45 pm
Charles Ives: Symphony No. 2
Charles Ives: They Are There!
Horatio Parker: Allegretto and Allegro non Troppo
Soomin Kim: The Blue Marble
Music of Gratitude: From Bach to Annie Lennox
featuring the choral music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
with guest choirs from CSCC-Manchester and The Hartt School
Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 7:30 pm
South United Methodist Church
1226 Main Street, Manchester, CT
Byrd: Deo Gratias
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Lift Up Your Head
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: The Lord is my Strength
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Morning and Evening Service in F Major
J.S. Bach: Chor from Wir Danke Dir Gott, BWV29
Annie Lennox, arr. by Craig Hella Johnson: 1000 Beautiful Things
Gwyneth Walker: I Thank You God
Joseph Haydn: Sing (Praise) the Lord, Ye Voices All from The Creation
Trad. Spiritual, arr. by Moses Hogan: This Little Light of Mine
Rosephanye Powell: Great is The Lord
Christopher Theofanidis: Hear Blessings Dropping Their Blossoms Around You
Martin Shaw: With the Voice of Singing
Craig Hella Johnson: Song of Gratitude
Felix Mendelssohn: “Thanks be To God” from Elijah
Back to the Classics
with guest Asli Gultekin Ozek, Viola
Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Bailey Auditorium, Manchester High School
134 Middle Turnpike East, Manchester, CT
Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite
Georg Abraham Schneider: Viola Concerto in C Major
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Celebrating Spring
with guest choirs from CSCC-Manchester and The Hartt School
Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Bailey Auditorium, Manchester High School
134 Middle Turnpike East, Manchester, CT
Lili Boulanger: D’un Matin de Printemps
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Johannes Brahms: Nänie, Op. 82
Rosephanye Powell: The Cry of Jeremiah
Fantasia and Friends
Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Bailey Auditorium, Manchester High School
134 Middle Turnpike East, Manchester, CT
Orchestra Selections
Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, first movement
Firebird Suite selections
Choral Selections
“You Will Be Found” from Dear Evan Hanson
“Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story” from Hamilton
“Go the Distance” from Hercules
“Journey to the Past” from Anastasia
“When You Believe” from Price of Egypt
“You Never Had a Friend Like Me” from Aladdin
“Bare Necessities” from Jungle Book
“Hunchback of Notre Dame Choral Suite”
Concert programs are subject to change