Below you will find a listing of our performance schedule for the 2011 - 2012 season
Concert I [Free] September 17, 2011, 7:30 p.m., Wright Auditorium ECU Symphony Orchestra
• Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 43
• Sergei Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18, with guest soloist Benjamin Hochman
Concert II September 18, 2011, 3:00 p.m. Paramount Theatre, Goldsboro, NC ECU Symphony Orchestra
• Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 43
• Sergei Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18, with guest soloist Benjamin Hochman
Concert III [Free]
October 15, 2011, 7:30 p.m., Wright Auditorium ECU Symphony Orchestra
• Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky – Suite from the Ballet "Swan Lake", Opus 20a • Sergey Koussevitzky – Double Bass Concerto, Opus 3, with guest soloist Leonid Finkelshteyn
• Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Little Russian", Opus 17
Concert IV [Free]
November 12, 2011, 7:30 p.m., Wright Auditorium ECU Symphony Orchestra
• Giuseppe Verdi – Prelude from the Opera "Macbeth"
• Max Bruch – Scottish Fantasy, Opus 46, with guest soloist Hye-Jin Kim
• Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 in A minor "Scottish", Opus 56
Concert V [Free]
December 4, 2011, 3:00 p.m., Wright Auditorium ECU Symphony Orchestra & Choirs
• George Frideric Handel – Messiah, HMW 56, with guest conductor Jeffrey Ward
Concert VI [Free]
February 11, 2012, 7:30 p.m., Wright Auditorium ECU Symphony Orchestra
• Ludwig van Beethoven – Fidelio Overture, Opus 72
• Richard Strauss - Concerto for Oboe in D major, with
guest soloist Bo Newsome
• Johannes Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, "St. Anthony Variations", Opus 56a
Concert VII [Free]
March 17, 2012, 7:30 p.m., Wright Auditorium ECU Symphony Orchestra & Choirs
• Winner composition of the 2011-2012 ECU School of Music Orchestral Composition Competition
• mark faris – Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, with guest soloist Elliot Frank (world première)
• Henry Gorecki – Beatus Vir, Opus 38, with guest soloist John Kramar
Concert VIII [Free] April 14, 2012, 7:30 p.m., Wright Auditorium ECU Symphony Orchestra
• Aaron Copland – An Outdoor Overture
• Winner of the 2010-2011 ECU Concerto Competition
• Leonard Bernstein – Symphonic Suite from "On the Waterfront"
Concert IX April 15, 2012, 3:00 p.m., Edgecombe Performance Series Keihin Auditorium,Edgecombe Community College, Tarboro, NC ECU Symphony Orchestra
• Aaron Copland – An Outdoor Overture • Winner of the 2010-2011 ECU Concerto Competition • Leonard Bernstein – Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront
