Music from the theatre and musicals... Phantom of the Opera, An American in Paris, Showboat, An American Symphony from Mr. Holland’s Opus and many others.
Also appearing in a Richard Rodgers medley, Vocal soloists:
Jared Plasterer Susan Laycock
2010-2011 Concert Schedule
October 24, 2010 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School, Auditorium
December 5, 2010 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School Auditorium
March 6, 2011 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School Auditorium
May 8, 2011 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School Auditorium
The Spring concert included Ballet Music for “Le Cid” by Jules Massenet and Selections from Gilbert & Sullivan: “Pirates of Penzance”, “Princess Ida”, “Yeoman of the Guard” and “The Mikado” featuring soloists Brian Keith Johnson, Jared Steven Plasterer, Susan Laycock and Kira Seaton.
March 6, 2011 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School, Auditorium Parma Hts, Ohio
The concert included Egmont Overture by Ludwig Van Beethoven, Symphony #2 (Romantic) by Howard Hanson and Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto #1 in G Minor Op. 26 performed by soloist Hristo Popov.
Described as “Virtuoso-violinist extraordinaire” (Musical Horizons), Hristo Popov, brings tremendous experience to the concert stage. Popov made his orchestral debut at the age of nine and since then has performed throughout the United States, England, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Italy, Switzerland, and Mexico as both recitalist and concerto soloist. His Carnegie Hall debut has been hailed by The Strad Magazine as “…alert and energetic” and New York Concert Review as “…impassioned and unified, with each instrument shining individually”.
December 5, 2010 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School, Auditorium Parma Hts, Ohio
Annual Holiday Concert which included Dvorak’s Violin Concerto featuring soloist Andrew Sords and a collection of Traditional Holiday Favorites.
The concert of Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony #5” and Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concerto #3” featuring piano soloist Alexander Wasserman. A native of Oak Park, California, Alexander Wasserman grew up in a musical family, and began formal piano studies with Suzanne Julian, herself a protege of renowned pianist and teacher Jakob Gimpel.
March 7, 2010 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School Auditorium Parma Hts., Ohio
Selections from “Band of Brothers” “Fanfare for the Common Man” and “Lincoln Portrait” by Aaron Copland Music from “Lord of the Rings - Return of the King” “Mars” and “Jupiter” from "The Planets" by Gustov Holst
December 6, 2009 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School Auditorium Parma Hts., Ohio
Featuring: A Collection of New and Traditional Music For the Holidays by Leroy Anderson, John Williams, Tschaikowsky’s "Nutcracker Suite #2" and more--conducted by Music Director Dr. Randolph P. Laycock .
October 25, 2009 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School Auditorium, Parma Hts., Ohio
"Bacchanale" Op 47 from "Samson & Delila" by Camille Saint-Saens "Cello Concerto No. 2" by Camille Saint-Saens featuring Guest Soloist Regina Mushabac (see info on artist below,) "The Noon Witch, A Symphonic Poem” by Antonin Dvorak and "Romanian Rhapsodie No. 1" by George Enesco.
Award winning cellist REGINA MUSHABAC is in demand as recitalist and soloist with orchestras in this country and abroad. Mushabac is professor of cello at the Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music (Cleveland). She was trained by some of the most distinguished cellists of the era. She studied at Juilliard with Leonard Rose for six years and continued with Janos Starker at Indiana University and became his teaching assistant. In addition to the complete standard repertoire, Mushabac is well known for her exploration into new music. She has performed dozens of world premieres and can be heard in solo recordings on GM Recording Label, Trumedia Records, and New World Records. For more information see her website www.reginamushabac.com
2008-2009 Concert Schedule
October 19, 2008 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School, Auditorium
December 6, 2008 3:00 pm Norwalk High School Auditorium
December 7, 2009 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School Auditorium
March 8, 2009 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School Auditorium
April 26, 2009 3:00 pm Divinity Lutheran Church, Parma
May 3, 2009 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School Auditorium
April 26, 2009 3:00 pm Divinity Lutheran Church, Parma, OH May 3, 2009 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School Auditorium Parma Hts., Ohio Mozart Divertimento No. 2 Symphony # 8 in G major by Antonin Dvorak An der schonen blauen Donau (Blue Danube Waltz) by Johann Strauss A Mighty Fortress by Vaclav Nelhybel
March 8, 2009 3:00 PM Valley Forge High School
Ouverture by Franz von Suppe, From the Opera “Pique Dame” Violin Concerto by P Tchaikovsky, Andrew Sords, Soloist Francesca Da Rimini by P. Tchaikovsky, Fantaisie D’Apres Dante
December 6, 2008 8:00 P.M. Norwalk High School, Norwalk Ohio
December 7, 2008 3:00 P.M. Valley Forge High School
Mannheim Steamrollers' Stille Nacht by Franz Gruber; Christmas at the Movies featuring selections from Miracle on 34th Street, The Polar Express, Somewhere in my Memory from the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture HOME ALONE, Making Christmas from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Where are you Christmas from Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane; Kris Kringle by Randolph Laycock Sr. A Chrismas Treat, arrangement by Robert C Bowden Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed Waltz of the Flowers, from the Nutcracker Suite by Peter Tschaikowsky A Christmas Festival by Leroy Anderson; and in Recognition of the Concert Date December 7th,Victory at Sea by Richard Rogers
October 19, 2008 3:00 P.M. Valley Forge High School
Magical Music for a Spooky Halloween The Socerer's Apprentice Funeral March of the Marionettes Mars - The Bringer of War Dance Macabre. . . and more!
2007-2008 Concert Schedule:
October 21, 2007 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School Auditorium
December 2, 2007 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School Auditorium
March 2, 2008 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School Auditorium
May 4, 2008 3:00 pm Valley Forge High School Audiorium
