WCS Kicks off our 2025-26 SEASON !
Celebrating 5 Years since Inception (2020 - 2025)
Westchester’s premier chamber orchestra and chamber ensemble network - and the resident orchestra of Sarah Lawrence College - embarks on a 2025-26 Season full of adventurous programming, distinguished soloists and conductors, and collaborations with SLC and Purchase Performance Arts & University Students and Faculty.
ORCHESTRAL SERIES (5 concerts): with 5 returning guest conductors and a diverse array of prominent concerto soloists, as well as a collaborative program with SLC’s Arts Faculty & Students
2025-26 SEASON (Oct 4 / Nov 23 / Feb 8 / Mar 6 / May 30)
KICKOFF CONCERT - Saturday, October 4, 7:30pm
(Note that Season Subscriptions exclude March 6 performance, which is handled by Purchase Performing Arts Center)
OCTOBER 4 (7:30pm) - Subscription Concert (#1 of 4)
Sommer Center / Iona University (Bronxville, NY)
171 White Plains Road
Caleb Thompson, Conductor
GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante for Strings & Orchestra
Soloists: Lori Horowitz (violin)
Joel Rudin (viola)
SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Egyptian”)
Soloist: Alan Murray (WCS Exec Director)
UPCOMING
NOV 23 (Sunday at 3:00pm) - Subscription Concert (#2 of 4)
Sarah Lawrence College / Reisinger Hall
Bernard Tamosaitis, Conductor
DE FALLA: Three-Cornered Hat (Suite No. 1)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor
Sayuri IIda, soloist
DVORAK: Silent Woods
Bernard Tamosaitis, cello soloist
BIZET: Symphony in C
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FEB 8 (Sunday at 3:00pm) - Subscription Concert (#3 of 4)
VENUE TBA
Stephen Moshman, Conductor
FLORENCE PRICE: Dance Suite
MOSHMAN: New Work for Orchestra
HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto
Michael McSpedon, soloist
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica")
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MAR 6 (Friday evening ~7pm; to be confirmed)
Collaborative Concert with Purchase Symphony Orchestra
at Purchase Performing Arts Center
(tickets available only at PPAC)
Mina Kim, Conductor
Opening Work TBA
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 (“Choral”)
with New Choral Society
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MAY 30 (Saturday at 7:30pm) - Subscription Concert (#4 of 4)
Sarah Lawrence College / Reisinger Hall
Ovidiu Marinescu, Conductor
Overture (TBA)
KHACHATURIAN: Piano Concerto
Alan Murray, soloist
DVORÁK: Symphony No. 9 ("New World")
MARCH 30
at Sarah Lawrence College (Reisinger Hall)
WCS/SLC Collaborative Concert
Caleb Thompson, guest conductor & composer
>> Listen & Watch WCS’ Feb 23 Live Performance <<
“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 (from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1)
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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
WCS 2024-25 SEASON
>> Listen & Watch: WCS 2024-25 Season YouTube Playlist <<
MAY 17 (Sat, 7:30pm)
>> Listen & Watch WCS’ Feb 23 Live Performance <<
at Sarah Lawrence College (Reisinger Hall)
Ovidiu Marinescu, guest conductor
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Barber: Essay No. 1 for Orchestra
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
(Alan Murray, soloist)
Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1
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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.
