POPS ON THE PLAZA
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
MSU Brass Quintet
6:00 p.m., Cadence Bank Plaza, Starkville
(Rain location – Greensboro Center)

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN* / FOLKSONG FANTASIA**
Friday, October 1, 2010
The Symphony Orchestra
English Folksong Suite – Vaughn Williams
Variations on a Shaker Melody – Aaron Copland
Saturday Night Waltz from Rodeo – Aaron Copland
Hoe-Down from Rodeo – Aaron Copland
Ten American Folksongs - arr. Brown
Choro para Piano e Orquestra – Guarnieri
        Rosangela Sebba, Piano Soloist
Fantasia para un gentilhombre – Joaquin Rodrigo
II. Espanoleta y Fanfare de la Caballeria de Napoles
        John Oeth, Guitar
MSU Department of Music 2010 Concerto/Aria Contest Winner

*PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
Three repeat performances at 8:45 a.m., 10:20 a.m., and 1:00 p.m. for children in grades K-5;
Bettersworth Auditorium, MSU Lee Hall

**FOLKSONG FANTASIA
7:30 p.m. in Bettersworth Auditorium, MSU Lee Hall

THE MUSIC OF FRANZ SCHUBERT
Monday, November 8, 2010
The Symphony Chorus
3:00 p.m., First United Methodist Church, Starkville
Solos by Franz Schubert
        Rebecca Wasco, Soprano, Brian Nedvin, Tenor,
        Iwao Asakura, Bass
Mass in G
        Soprano, Tenor and Bass Soli, Full Chorus of Mixed
        Voices with Organ and Strings

CRISS CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The Symphony Orchestra
7:30 p.m., Bettersworth Auditorium, MSU Lee Hall
Selected Jazz and Christmas Jazz pieces with
        The SSO Big Band
        Wycliffe Gordon, Guest Soloist

STRING SUPERLATIVES
Saturday, January 8, 2011
The Symphony Orchestra
7:30 p.m., Bettersworth Auditorium, MSU Lee Hall
St. Paul’s Suite – Holst
Serenade (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) – Mozart
Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra – Zalupe
        Jason Baker, Marimba
Concertino for Violin, Viola, Piano, and String Orchestra – Phillips
        Shandy Phillips, Violin; Holland Phillips, Viola; Rosangela         Sebba, Piano

ROMANTIC RENDEVOUS
Saturday, March 5, 2011
The Symphony Orchestra
7:30 p.m., Bettersworth Auditorium, MSU Lee Hall
Leonore Overture No. 3 - Beethoven
Variations on a Rococo Theme – Tchaikovsky
        Simona Barbu, Cello
Symphony No. 8 in B (The Unfinished) – Schubert

BROADWAY SENSATIONS
Monday, March 28, 2011
The Symphony Chorus
7:30 p.m., The Greensboro Center, Starkville
Sondheim! A Choral Celebration:
        Comedy Tonight, Into the Woods, Putting It Together
        Not While I’m Around, Losing My Mind, Send in the Clowns
        Company, The Little Things You Do Together, Being Alive
Wicked Choral Highlights:
        No One Mourns the Wicked
        The Wizard and I
        One Short Day
        For Good
        Defying Gravity

The 2010-11 Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Michael R. Brown and the Symphony Chorus by Ted Beverly.

Programs for Children is coordinated by Joe Ray Underwood.