2015 - 2016 SEASON

September 27, 2015
3:00 p.m., Morehead Conference Center
"Water Music"
John Roberts, conductor

Featured Works:
  • Suite from the "Water Music" - George Frideric Handel, arr. Hamilton Harty
  • The Moldau - Bedrich Smetana
  • The Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314 - Johann Strauss II
  • The Thunderer - John Philip Sousa
  • Victory At Sea - Richard Rodgers, arr. Robert Russell Bennett

December 5, 2015
8:00 p.m., Morehead Conference Center
"Holiday Favorites" (Hometown Holidays)
*Free Admission*
Terry Durbin, conductor
Featured Works:
  • Concert Suite from “Polar Express” – Alan Silvestri
  • Movements from Suite from “The Nutcracker” – Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Chorale Prelude on “Silent Night” – Samuel Barber
  • “Troika” from Suite from Lieutenant Kije – Sergei Prokofiev
  • A Merry Mancini Christmas – Henry Mancini

February 21, 2016
3:00 p.m., Morehead Conference Center
"A Classical Bash"
Thomas Stites, conductor
Featured Works:
  • Overture to “La Clemenza di Tito” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Surprise symphony #94, Movement 2  - Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Masquerade Suite – Aram Khatchaturian
  • Clarinet Concerto, Movement 2  (Donald Grant, clarinet) - Mozart
  • Festive Overture  - Dmitri Shostakovich

April 9, 2016
7:30 p.m., Morehead Conference Center
"Let's Dance"
Kate Tamarkin, Conductor
Featured Works:
  • Polovtsian Dances from “Prince Igor” – Alexander Borodin
  • Swan Lake, Op. 20a (excerpts) - Peter Tchaikovsky  (1. Opening Scene, 2. Waltz, 3. Dance Espanole’, 4. Dance Neopolitaine, 5. Mazurka)
  • Bacchanale from ‘Samson and Delilah’ – Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Symphony No. 8: movement III – Antonin Dvorak
  • Tango Argentino – Ángel Villoldo
  • Selections from ‘West Side Story” – Leonard Bernstein (arr. Mason)
  • “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing” – Duke Ellington (arr. Sayre)

* Note: all repertoire subject to change
CRSO Ticket Prices
Adult Individual Concert Ticket - $15
Children (17 and under) Individual Concert Ticket - Free
MSU Students Free With I.D.
Student with ID (at door) - $5
Adult Season Ticket - $30
Children (17 and under) Season Ticket - Free