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A Night at the Opera with Stanford Olsen

For the opening SHSU Symphony Concert in the new James and Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Center, the orchestra welcomes world-reknowned tenor Stanford Olsen, who will sing arias by Mozart, Donizetti, Rossini, Bizet, Verdi, Puccini and others. The orchestra will also perform Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Procession of the Nobles” from the opera “Mlada” and three orchestral excerpts from [...]

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World Premiere of “Cool Night”

The University of Utah Philharmonia performed the world premiere of “Cool Night” by American composer Lawrence Dillon on September 16, 2010. A consortium of orchestras, including The Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra, the Salt Lake Symphony, the Boise Philharmonic, the Mansfield Symphony and the University of Utah Philharmonia commissioned the Schumann Trilogy to celebrate the bicentennial [...]

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Skidmore College Orchestra to Perform with Emanuel Ax

The Skidmore College Orchestra, under the baton of Dr. Anthony G. Holland, National President-Elect of the College Orchestra Directors Association will perform Haydn’s D major piano concerto with Grammy award winning concert pianist Emanuel Ax. The October 16 concert will feature Mr. Ax in the grand opening concert of the new Helen Filene Ladd Concert [...]

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