2017 - 2018 SEason

October 1, 2017
3:00 p.m., Morehead Conference Center
"Romantic Interlude"

Featured Works:
  • Giuseppe Verdi - Overture to the Opera 'Nabucco'
  • Howard Hanson - Serenade for Flute, Harp, and Strings (Ellen Johnson Mosely, flute; and Elaine Humphreys Cook, harp)
  • Marcel Tournier - Au Matin (Elaine Humphreys Cook, harp)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Cappriccio Italien
  • Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein - Selections from 'South Pacific', arr. Richard Rodney Bennett

December 2, 2017
8:00 p.m., Morehead Conference Center
"Hometown Holidays"
*Free Admission*
This performance is sponsored by Larry Fannin Chevrolet - Buick - GMC

Featuring the Morehead State University Black Gospel Ensemble, Roosevelt Escalante, Conductor

Featured Works:
  • Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride
  • Engelbert Humperdinck - Overture to the Opera 'Hansel und Gretel'
  • G. F. Handel / Isaac Watts, arr. Roosevelt Escalante, Jr. - Joy to the World
  • Robert MacGimsey, arr.Roosevelt Escalante, Jr. - Sweet Little Jesus Boy
  • Traditional, arr. Roosevelt Escalante, Jr - Go Tell It
  • Gustav Holst - In the Bleak Midwinter
  • Alan Silvestri - Concert Suite from 'Polar Express'

February 25, 2018
3:00 p.m., Morehead Conference Center
"Family Fun!"
Kentucky Bank Ben Malphrus Concert

Featured Works:
  • Julius Fucik - Entry of the Gladiators (Thunder and Blazes March)
  • Sergei Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf (Narrated by Dr. Greg Detweiler)
  • John Williams - Superman March
  • Jerry Goldsmith - Main Theme from Star Trek the Motion Picture

April 22, 2018
3:00 p.m., Morehead Conference Center
"Celebration!"

Featured Works:
  • Ludwig von Beethoven - Overture to 'Egmont'
  • Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Bassoon in e minor
  • Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
  • Johann Strauss - Radetzky March
  • Aaron Copland - Variations on 'Shaker Dance' from Appalachian Spring

* 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