All concerts to be held at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport, Tuesday evenings at 7:30 pm (except Family Concert). All concerts (except Family Concert) will have a Pre-Concert Talk with Dr. Gary Boerckel at 7:00 in the CAC's Capitol Lounge.
Opening Night, October 9
Rebecca Miller conducting. Special guests: Susquehanna Valley Chorale. Dvorak Te Deum, Vaughan Williams Five Mysical Songs.
Holiday Concert, December 11
Cheung Chau conducting. Season favorites with Williamsport Area High School Concert Choir.
Winter Concert, February 12
Gerardo Edelstein conducting. Prokofiev Third Piano Concerto with the 2008 Cleveland International Piano Competition winner.
Spring Concert, March 18
Viswa Subbaraman conducting. Sibelius Violin Concerto with guest violinist Greg Fulkerson. Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition.
A Night In Russia, May 13
Tomasz Golka conducting. Music from Russia, Armenia, and Turkey--including Khatchaturian's Sabre Dance and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. Former WSO music director and award-winning trumpeter Rolf Smedvig will perform Arutunian's Trumpet Concerto.
BONUS: Free Family Concert, Sat. February 23, 2:00 pm
Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals with Jamie Peck; also, 2008 Young Artists' Competition winner.
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