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Spring 2023
Suite No. 1 from Carmen – George Bizet
Seven O’Clock Shout – Valerie Coleman
Concerto for Piano, No. 2 op. 18, C minor – Sergei Rachmaninoff
featuring Nicole Johnson, a winner of the 2023 UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition
Theme and Variations on “La Folia” – Archangelo Corelli
featuring the UMBC Symphony String Chamber Ensemble
Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin
featuring Dave Warshaw, a winner of the 2023 UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition
Fall 2022
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 – Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky
Spring 2022
Glow – Jeffery Martin (World Premiere)
Symphony No. 8 in B minor “Unfinished”, D. 759 – Franz Schubert
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 – Felix Mendelssohn
featuring Gaby Echiverri, winner of the 2022 UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition
Dances in the Canebrakes – Florence Price
Great is Thy Faithfulness – William M. Runyan
featuring Professor Janice Jackson and the UMBC Gospel Choir and Jubilee Singers
Fall 2021
featuring guests soloists Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet
Four Dances from “Estancia”, Op. 8a – Alberto Ginastera
Prepárense – Astor Piazolla
Con creces – Pedro Giraudo
Impetuoso – Pedro Giraudo
Con un nudo en la garganta – Pedro Giraudo
Libertango – Astor Piazzolla, arr. Giraudo
Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 – Ludwig van Beethoven
Spring 2021
UMBC Symphony Orchestra Strings
St. Paul’s Suite – Gustav Holst
Lyric for Strings – George Walker
Serenade for Strings – Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Fall 2019
Billy the Kid: Ballet Suite – Aaron Copland
Cello Concerto in D Minor Éduoard Lalo
featuring Collin David, a winner of the 2019 UMBC Symphony
Concerto Competition
Sensemayá – Silvestre Revueltas
Pictures at an Exhibition – Modest Mussorgsky
Spring 2019
Child’s Play – Collin David (American Premiere)
Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroises, Op. 26 – Albert Franz Doppler
featuring Sara Cochran, a winner of the 2019 UMBC Symphony
Concerto Competition
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
featuring Molly Schneider, a winner of the 2019 UMBC Symphony
Concerto Competition
Concertino for Piano Trio and Strings, H. 232 – Bohuslav Martinů
featuring Trio Des Alpes
The Planets, Op. 32 – Gustav Holst
Fall 2018
Hungarian March from “La damnation de Faust” – Hector Berlioz
Suite Hébraïque – Ernest Bloch
featuring Donia Galarowicz, a winner of the 2018 UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition
Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129 – Robert Schumann
featuring Michael Bradshaw, a winner of the 2018 UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition
Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma), Op. 36 – Edward Elgar
Spring 2018
Concerto in A Minor for Oboe and Strings – Ralph Vaughan Williams
featuring Anne Saba, a winner of the 2017-18 UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition
Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra – Launy Grøndahl
featuring Daniel Sperlein, a winner of the 2017-18 UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor – Florence Price
featuring student conductor Molly Schneider
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, “From the New World,” Op. 95 – Antonín Dvořák
Fall 2017
Pieces for Prepared Piano and Strings – Toshiro Mayuzumi
Romance for Violin, Op. 23 – Amy Beach
Danzón No. 2 – Arturo Marquez
Ma Mere L’Oye (Mother Goose) Suite – Maurice Ravel
featuring student conductors Ananth Batni, Molly Schneider, and Jermaine Fryer
Symphony No. 3 in D Minor – Gustav Mahler
VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Emfunden. (Slow, Serene, Deeply Felt)
“What Love Tells Me”
Spring 2017
Overture to “La Forza del Destino” – Giuseppe Verdi
featuring student conductor Bentley Corbett-Wilson
Rhapsody No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra, Sz. 89 – Béla Bartók
featuring Haley Kirychuk, a winner of the 2016 UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition
Threnody for Choir, Orchestra, Five Narrators, and Electronic Music – R. Murray Schafer
Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Op. 107 (“Reformation”) – Felix Mendelssohn
Fall 2016
Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra – Bruce Broughton
featuring Samuel Ambrose, a winner of the 2016 UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition
Concerto in E Minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 85 – Edward Elgar
featuring Michael Bradshaw, a winner of the 2016 UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23 – Peter Ilyitch Tchkaikovsky
featuring Myungeun Jung, a winner of the 2016 UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition
L’Oiseau de Feu, Suite No. 2 (The Firebird) – Igor Stravinsky
Spring 2016
Overture to “Egmont” Op. 84 – Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Oboe in C Minor – Benedetto Marcello
featuring Shabnam Parsa, a winner of the 2015 UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition
Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, op. 18 – Sergei Rachmaninoff,
featuring Isaac Becker-Howell, a winner of the 2015 UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition
Unseen – Zach Thomas (World Premiere)
Animals of the Solstice; Calm of the Equinox – Karena Ingram (World Premiere)
Afro-American Symphony – William Grant Still
Fall 2015
Three Pieces for String Orchestra – Sofia Kamayianni
Dance – Sofia Kamayianni
The Solitary Voice – Rahilia Hasanova
Bolero – Ravel
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 – Tchaikovsky
Spring 2015
Concerto in D Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 47 – Jean Sibelius
featuring Erika Koscho, a Winner of the 2014-2015 UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 74 – Carl Maria von Weber
featuring Brian Simon, a Winner of the 2014-2015 UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition
Finlandia, Op. 26 – Jean Sibelius
Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 – Hector Berlioz
Fall 2014
Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 – Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Triple Concerto – Daniel Schnyder, featuring Trios des Alpes
Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 – Dmitri Shostakovich
Spring 2014
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73 – Carl Maria von Weber
featuring Terri Baumann, winner of the 2013 UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition
L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1 – Georges Bizet
L’Arlesienne Suite No 2 – Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 “Pathetique” – Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky
Fall 2013
Czech It Out!
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 53 – Antonin Dvorak
featuring Ariel Byrd, Winner of the 2013 UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition
Blanik from “Ma Vlast” (My Homeland) Bedrich Smetana
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 “From the New World” – Antonin Dvorak