2007-2008 Season - The Columbia Orchestra

2007-2008 Season : All Events

Past Events

Classical Concert 1: Tchaikovsky's Fourth

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 7:30 p.m.
Jim Rouse Theatre

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4
Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Richard Strauss - Horn Concerto

Chamber Concert

Friday, November 2, 2007 - 8:00 p.m.
Christ Episcopal Church

Details

Hear the members of the orchestra up close playing great music in small ensembles. This FREE concert features music by Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn. Mozart, Persichetti, a new work by the orchestra's new principal bassoonist, Monica De Leon.

Classical Concert 2: Ganz Plays Brahms

Saturday, December 1, 2007 - 7:30 p.m.
Jim Rouse Theatre

Brian Ganz, piano

Details

Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1
Charles Ives - Symphony No. 2

Young People's Concert

Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 12:30 p.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Jim Rouse Theatre

Peabody Violin Choir, Christian Tremblay, Director

Details

Benjamin Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Symphonic Pops

Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 7:30 p.m.
Jim Rouse Theatre

Details

A salute to Stephen Sondheim, greatest hits from Rodgers and Hammerstein, highlights from Grieg’s Peer Gynt, and great film music from Pirates of the Caribbean to Psycho. The program will also feature the local premiere of Deus Ex Machina by Maryland composer Mark Lortz.

Chamber Concert

Saturday, March 8, 2008 - 7:30 p.m.
Christ Episcopal Church

Details

Hear the members of the orchestra up close playing great music in small ensembles. And it is FREE.

Classical Concert 3: Embracing the Millions: A Community Arts Project

Saturday, April 5, 2008 - 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 6, 2008 - 3:00 p.m.
Jim Rouse Theatre

Details

Is Beethoven’s vision of a universal brotherhood possible in the 21st century? Regional performers, artists, and students explore the urgent questions raised by the world’s most famous symphony throughout the season culminating this concert. Visit www.embracingthemillions.org to learn more and participate in the experience.

Chamber Concert

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 8:00 p.m.
Christ Episcopal Church

Details

Hear the members of the orchestra up close playing great music in small ensembles. And it is FREE.

Classical Concert 4: Pictures at an Exhibition

Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 7:30 p.m.
Jim Rouse Theatre

Alan Zhang, violin
Brian Kim, violin

Details

Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
Christopher Rouse - Rapture
Edouard Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole, First Movement
Camille Saint-Saëns - Rondo Capriccioso

Chamber Concert

Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 3:00 p.m.
Christ Episcopal Church

Details

Violinist Brenda Anna, pianist Nancy Smith, and cellist Jason Love perform a program including Maurice Ravel's Piano Trio and the Trio No. 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich. And it is FREE.

Events and performers are subject to change.