WCS 2024-25 SEASON !

Celebrating 5 Years since Inception (March 2020 - March 2025)

Westchester’s premier chamber orchestra and chamber ensemble network - and the resident orchestra of Sarah Lawrence College presents its 2024-25 Season.

ORCHESTRAL SERIES (5 concerts): with 4 returning guest conductors and a diverse array of prominent concerto soloists, as well as a collaborative program with SLC’s Arts Faculty & Students

WCS 2024-25 ORCHESTRAL SERIES

NEXT & FINAL: Sat. MAY 17 (7:30pm)

at Sarah Lawrence College (Reisinger Hall)

Ovidiu Marinescu, guest conductor

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Barber: Essay No. 1

Gershwin: Piano Concerto

(Soloist: Alan Murray, piano)

Kalinnikoff: Symphony No. 1

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Pre-concert musical offering (7:00pm):

Barber: Piano Sonata

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WCS’ RECENT CONCERTS (2024-25):

MARCH 30 (Sun, 3:00pm)

at Sarah Lawrence College (Reisinger Hall)

WCS/SLC Collaborative Concert

Caleb Thompson, guest conductor & composer

“Something Old, Something New and Something Blue”

Rossini: Overture to “The Barber of Seville”

(Katherine Cornyn, SLC Student conductor)

Benjamin Kitchen:  Symphonic Interlude (World Premiere)

     (SLC Student composer/conductor)  

Copland:  Clarinet Concerto

(Alan Schaffer, soloist)

Debussy: Petite Suite

(Encore) Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King

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Pre-concert musical offering (2:30pm):

Gershwin: “Rhapsody in Blue” (solo version)

Alan Murray, piano

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FEBRUARY 23

Stephen Moshman, guest conductor & composer

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>> Listen & Watch WCS’ Feb 23 Live Performance <<

Moshman: Prayer for Peace

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8

Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”)

(Soloist: Alan Murray, piano)

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Pre-concert musical offering (2:00pm):

Beethoven: ”Hammerklavier” Sonata

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NOVEMBER 15

>> Listen & Watch WCS’ Nov 15 Live Performance <<

at Purchase Performing Arts Center

WCS + PSO (Purchase Symphony Orchestra)

Mina Kim, conductor

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Mahler: Symphony No. 1

Ferdinand David: Trombone Concertino

(Christopher Wygonik, soloist)

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OCTOBER 13

>> Listen & Watch Oct 13 Live Performance <<

Bernard Tamosaitis, guest conductor

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Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

Mozart: Oboe Concerto (C major)

(Soloist: Justin Stewart, oboe)

Mendelssohn: “Italian” Symphony

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Pre-concert musical offering:

Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit

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WCS is a member of ArtsWestchester and is a NY State registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit

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PLEASE DONATE TO WCS, to help sustain our programming well into the future.

Westchester Chamber Soloists, Inc. is a New York State incorporated registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit.

Contributions to WCS are tax-deductible under Federal and NY State law.

Copies of WCS’ IRS tax-exemption letter are available on request.