2023–2024 Concert Season

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