Past Programs

Fate, Love, and Hope, December 10, 2023, Lansing Middle School
Aaron Burgess, Music Director
Reuben Foley, Assistant Conductor
  • Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
  • Gustav Holst: St. Paul's Suite, Op. 29
    • conducted by Reuben Foley
  • Gustav Mahler: Um Mitternacht, movement 4 from Rükert-Lieder
    • Tamara Acosta, soprano
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy-Overture
 
Carmina Burana, May 6, 2023, Ford Hall, Ithaca College
Aaron Burgess, Music Director
Reuben Foley, Assistant Conductor
with Ithaca High School Chorale, directed by Kristin Zaryski
  • Ithaca Community Orchestra
    • Academic Festival Overture, by Johannes Brahms
  • Ithaca High School Chorale
    • Compré Pocas Copas, by Nathaniel Finke
    • Pure Imagination, by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley; arranged by Ben Bram and Tehillah Alphonso
    • TaReKiTa, by Reena Esmail
  • ICO and IHS Chorale:
    Selections from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
    Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
    1. O Fortuna
    2. Fortune Plango Vulnera
    Primo Vere
    1. Veris Leta Facies
    2. Omnia Sol Temperat*
    3. Ecce Gratum
    Uf dem Anger
    1. Tanz
    2. Were Diu Werlt Alle Min
    In Taberna
    1. Estuans Interius*
    2. Ego Sum Abbas*
    Cour D'Amours
    1. Amor Volat Undique**
    2. Stetit Puella**
    3. In Trutina**
    4. Dulcissime**
    Blanziflor et Helena
    1. Ave Formosissima
    Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
    1. O Fortuna
    *Anthony Nasto, baritone
    **Olivia Brice, soprano
 
Best of the Best, December 11, 2022, Lansing Middle School
Aaron Burgess, Music Director
Reuben Foley, Assistant Conductor
  • Emily Mayer: Faust Overture
    • conducted by Reuben Foley
  • Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 103 ("The Drumroll")
  • Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Opus 70
 
Homage, April 30, 2022, Hangar Theatre
Aaron Burgess, Music Director
  • Franz Schubert: Little Symphony for Winds (4 movements)
    1. Allegro Moderato
    2. Adagio
    3. Allegro
    4. Allegro giusto
  • Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Overture in C Major
  • Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
    1. Prélude
    2. Forlane
    3. Menuet
    4. Rigaudon
  • INTERMISSION
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Op. 107 “Reformation”
    1. Andante - Allegro con fuoco
    2. Allegro vivace
    3. Andante
    4. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace - Allegro maestoso
 
Winter Concert, December 8, 2021, First Congregational Church
Aaron Burgess, Music Director
  • Maurer: 12 Kleine Stüucke (movements 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 12)
    • performed by the ICO brass ensemble
  • Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (3 movements)
    • performed by the ICO string ensemble
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (4 movements)
    • performed by the Ithaca Community Orchestra
 
Spring Concert, cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic, April 25, 2020, Hangar Theatre
Madeline Schatz-Harris, Music Director
Aaron Burgess, Assistant Conductor
  • Berlioz: March to the Scaffold (movement 4)
    from Symphonie Fastastique
  • Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
    • Steven Stull, narrator
  • Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
    • Steven Stull, narrator
 
Classical Meets Jazz, December 14, 2019, Lansing Middle School
Madeline Schatz-Harris, Music Director
Aaron Burgess, Assistant Conductor
  • Leonard Bernstein: Selections from West Side Story
    • conducted by Aaron Burgess
  • Henry Wolking: Powell Canyons (East Coast Premiere)
    1. The Dirty Devil
    2. Dark Canyon
    3. White Canyon
    • featuring the Paul Merrill Quartet:
      • Paul Merrill, trumpet
      • Dave Solazzo, piano
      • Joey Arcuri, bass
      • Tom Killian, drums
  • George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
    • Andrea Merrill, piano
 
Music Inspired by Nature, April 27, 2019, Hangar Theatre
Madeline Schatz-Harris, Music Director
Aaron Burgess, Assistant Conductor
  • Antonio Vivaldi: La Primavera (Spring), from The Four Seasons
    • Sophia Werner, violin
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, "Pastorale", movement 1
  • Bedřich Smetana: Má Vlast (Vltava): Die Moldau
    • conducted by Aaron Burgess
  • INTERMISSION
  • Henri Wieniawski: Polonaise Brillante
    • Sophia Werner, violin
  • Gioacchino Rossini: William Tell Overture
 
Beethoven and His Influences, December 1, 2018, Lansing Middle School
Madeline Schatz-Harris, Music Director
Aaron Burgess, Assistant Conductor
  • Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 94 (The Surprise Symphony),
    movements 1 and 2
    • conducted by Aaron Burgess
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonora Overture No. 3
 
Romantically Inclined: Music from the Heart, May 5, 2018, Hangar Theater
Madeline Schatz-Harris, Music Director
Aaron Burgess, Assistant Conductor
  • Richard Wagner: Overture from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
    • conducted by Aaron Burgess
  • Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
    • Miranda Werner, violin
  • Antonín Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor
    • Owen Cummings, cello
  • Alexandra Kemp: Fragments
    • world premiere
  • P. Tchaikovsky: Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin
    • Tamara Acosta, soprano
 
Fall Concert, November 18, 2017, Hangar Theater
Madeline Schatz-Harris, Music Director
Aaron Burgess, Assistant Conductor
In collaboration with the Opus Ithaca School of Music
  • Aaron Copland: Fanfare for Common Man
  • Niccolò Paganini: Moses Variations for Solo Cello and Strings
    • Noam Ginsparg, violoncello
  • Edward Elgar: Nimrod from Enigma Variations
  • Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
    • conducted by Aaron Burgess
  • INTERMISSION: with entertainment by students of Opus Ithaca
  • Max Bruch: Violin Concerto in G Minor (3rd movement)
    • Maya Johnson, violin
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #5, 3rd and 4th movements
 
Spring Concert, April 22, 2017, Hangar Theater
James Mick, director
Brian Diller, assistant conductor
  • P. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Ballet Suite, Op. 20a, movements 1 and 2
    • conducted by Brian Diller
  • Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1, Op. 11, movement 1
    • Dave Unland, tuba soloist
  • Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite
  • Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 "New World", movement 4
    • conducted by Madeline Schatz-Harris
Collaboration with the Ageless Jazz Band
    Nick Pauldine, director
    Josh Oxford, orchestral arrangements
  • Cole Porter: Easy to Love
    • performed by the Ageless Jazz Band
  • Ennio Morricone: Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso
    • Nikola Tomić, trumpet soloist
  • Antonio Carlos Jobim: Meditation
  • Bill Evans: Waltz for Debby
 
Winter Concert, December 10, 2016, Hangar Theater
James Mick, director
Brian Diller, assistant conductor
  • Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B Minor, movement i
    • conducted by Brian Diller
  • Oxford: Concerto for Electric Guitar
    • Michael Caporizzo, soloist
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, movement ii
  • Stravinsky: Berceuse and Finale from The Firebird
 
Overtures and Opera, May 14, 2016, Hangar Theater
James Mick, director
Travis Carpenter, assistant conductor
in collaboration with Opera Ithaca
  • Beethoven: Egmont Overture
  • Hérold: Overture to Zampa
    • conducted by Travis Carpenter
  • Verdi: Overture to Nabucco
  • INTERMISSION
  • Mozart: "Là ci darem la mano" from Don Giovanni
    • Kate Clemons* and Nathan Haltiwanger* (Richard Montgomery, piano)
  • J. Strauss, Jr.: "Csárdás" from Die Fledermaus
    • Lynn Craver (Richard Montgomery, piano)
  • Offenbach: "Barcarolle" from Tales of Hoffmann
    • Kate Clemons* and Ryan Kennedy* (Richard Montgomery, piano)
  • Mozart: "O, wie will ich triumphieren" from Abduction from the Seraglio
    • Zachary James (Richard Montgomery, piano)
  • Puccini: "Vissi d'arte" from Tosca
    • Tamara Acosta (orchestral accompaniment)
  • J. Strauss, Jr.: "Champagne Song" from Die Fledermaus
    • Zachary James, Lynn Craver, Tamara Acosta, Ryan Kennedy*, Kate Clemons*, Nathan Haltiwanger*, Stephen Tzianabos*, and Sarah Welden* (orchestral accompaniment)
  • Wagner: Overture to Rienzi
* Opera Ithaca Young Apprentice
 
Orchestral Soundscapes, December 5, 2015, Hangar Theater
James Mick, director
Travis Carpenter, assistant conductor
  • Bizet: L'Arlesienne, Suite No. 2
    1. Pastorale
    2. Intermezzo
    3. Farandole
    • conducted by Travis Carpenter
  • Josh Oxford: Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra
    • Emily Ickes, marimba
  • Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre, Op. 40
    • Samantha Hecht, violin
    • conducted by Travis Carpenter
  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36
 
Much Ado about Shakespeare, May 2, 2015, Hangar Theater
James Mick, director
Travis Carpenter, assistant conductor
  • Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance No. 4
    • conducted by Travis Carpenter
  • Bach: Komm Süsser Tod (arr. Stokowski)
    • conducted by Travis Carpenter
  • Vivaldi: L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 11 in D minor (RV 565)
  • Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Montagues and Capulets (Dance of the Knights)
    (Suite No. 2, Movement 1, Op. 64ter)
  • Verdi: Othello, Act 4, Ave Maria
    • Ivy Walz, mezzo soprano
  • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
    • Movement 4, March to the Scaffold
The concert featured performances by members of the Ithaca Shakespeare Company of scenes from Shakespeare's plays that inspired several pieces on the program. ISC Artistic Director Stephen Ponton has generously devoted time and effort to this collaboration with the orchestra.
 
Places of Inspiration, November 22, 2014, First Baptist Church
James Mick, director
Travis Carpenter, assistant conductor
  • Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
    • conducted by Travis Carpenter
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4, I. Prelúdio
  • George Gershwin: An American in Paris, arr. John Whitney
  • W. A. Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, KV. 313 (285c)
    • Elizabeth Shuhan, flute
  • Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 9, "New World", movement 1
 
Postcard from France, May 3, 2014, First Baptist Church
James Mick, director
Travis Carpenter, assistant conductor
  • Berlioz: Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust
    (also known as Rákóczy March)
  • Bizet: Carmen
    Suite #1:
    i. Prelude
    ii. Aragonaise
    iii. Intermezzo
    vi. Les Toréadors
    Suite #2:
    ii. Habanera
    iv. Chanson du Toréador
    vi. Danse Bohème
  • Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande
    • conducted by Travis Carpenter
  • Josh Oxford: Concertino di camera pour basse électrique et cordes
    • Sam Shuhan, electric bass
  • Saint-Saëns: Symphony #3 "Organ Symphony", Finale
    • Erik Kibelsbeck, organ
 
Classical Masters, November 23, 2013, First Baptist Church
James Mick, director
Travis Carpenter, assistant conductor
  • Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
  • Rossini: The Barber of Seville Overture
    • conducted by Travis Carpenter
  • Stamitz: String Symphony in A
  • Dittersdorf: Sinfonia Concertante in D
    • Cassandra Sulbarán, viola
    • Heather Miller Lardin, bass
  • Schubert: Symphony #9 "The Great" - first movement
 
Spring Concert, April 27, 2013, First Baptist Church
Diana Geiger, music director
James Mick, assistant conductor
  • Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 1
  • Max Buckholtz, Wails for Whales
  • Antonín Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B Minor
    • Zachary Sweet, soloist
A Collaboration with the Museum of the Earth,
with opening remarks by Dr. Warren Allmon,
Director of the Paleontological Research Institution.
 
Winter Concert, December 8, 2012, First Baptist Church
Diana Geiger, music director
James Mick, assistant conductor
  • Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
  • Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3, K. 447
    • Alex Shuhan, French Horn
  • Vaughan Williams: An English Folk Song Suite
    • conducted by Dr. James Mick
  • Saint-Saëns: Danse Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah
 
America! May 5, 2012, First Baptist Church
Diana Geiger, music director
Leah Kaller, assistant conductor
  • Gould: American Suite
  • Ungar: Ashokan Farewell
    • with readings by Ken Campbell of WSKG
      from Dear Friend Amelia
  • Dvořák: Suite in A Major (American Suite), Op. 98a
  • Lamb McCune: Fast Freight Dream
    • world premiere
  • Copland: Saturday Night Waltz and Hoedown from Rodeo
  • Berlin: Symphonic Portrait
 
The Music of Dances, December 10, 2011, First Baptist Church
Diana Geiger, music director
Leah Kaller, assistant conductor
  • Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite 1
  • Erik Satie: Gymnopédie No. 2
  • Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 61, mvt 3
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
    • Aaron Buck, violin
  • Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, Nos. 6, 7, and 8
 
The Pictures Project, May 14, 2011, First Baptist Church
Cayenna Ponchione, music director
Diana Geiger, assistant conductor
  • Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Cellos in G Minor, RV 531
    • Claude Lamothe and Leah Kaller, soloists
  • Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
    • Christopher Morgan Loy, organist
  • Carly Rhodes: Anima Magnificat*
  • Max Shuhan: Sand Girl*
  • Kay Adams: Havana II*
  • Christopher Morgan Loy: Imagining a Distant World*
*works commissioned by the Ithaca Community Orchestra.