THE SONOMA STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Proudly announces its
2023-2024 CONCERT SEASON
(all repertoire subject to change)
Saturday, September 30, 2023, 7:30pm
Season Opener
Jean Sibelius, Little Suite (SSU Brass Ensemble, Dan Norris, conductor)
Gordon Jacob, Concerto for Horn and Strings (Jason Whitney, soloist and 2023 Concerto Competition winner)
Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 4 in E Minor
Thursday, Nov 16, 2023, 7:30pm
SSU Jewish Music Series Concert
Ernest Bloch, Concerto Grosso No. 2 for String Quartet and String Orchestra
Soloists
Tammie Dyer, violin
Anna Washburn, violin
Aaron Westman, viola
Alexa Haynes-Pilon on cello
Sunday November 19, 2023, 2pm
New Wine in Old Bottles – Side by Side with Young People's Chamber Orchestra
Handel, Overture to Agrippina (YPCO only)
Márton Levente Horvath, Arcus for string orchestra (2019) (YPCO only)
Ernest Bloch, Concerto Grosso no. 2 for string quartet and strings (collaboration)
Michael Abels, Delights and Dances (2010) (collaboration)
Stravinsky, Pulcinella Suite (SSU only)
Soloists
Tammie Dyer, violin
Anna Washburn, violin
Aaron Westman, viola
Alexa Haynes-Pilon on cello
Sunday March 3, 2024, 3pm
Side by Side with SRS Youth
Ottorino Respighi, Pines of Rome
March 13-15, 2024
SSU Band & Orchestra Festival
Ottorino Respighi, Pines of Rome
Saturday, April 27, 2024, 7:30pm
Season Finale: Perspectives on America
Student composition winner TBD
Aaron Copland, Old American Songs (Charlie Whitaker, soloist and 2023 Concerto Competition winner)
Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring Suite
Valerie Coleman, Umoja