
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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