Brockport Symphony Orchestra®
 

 WESTERN NEW YORK'S MOST EXCITING COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA 
SINCE 2010

     Guest Vocal Artist                   Narrator
    Mary Wojciechowski               Bill Andrews
                              Deputy Mayor of Brockport


ERIE CANAL BICENTENNIAL CONCERT TOUR
WITH THE GOLDEN EAGLE STRING BAND 

Thursday, September 28, 2017, 7:30pm
Rochester Museum & Science Center
Eisenhart Auditorium
257 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607
Free Admission & Parking - Donations Gratefully Accepted
In conjunction with the World Canals Conference & the opening of the Rochester Museum & Science Center's new canal exhibit

Thursday, October 5, 2017, 7:30pm
Brookdale Brockport (also known as The Landing)
90 West Avenue, Brockport, NY 14420
Special performance for seniors & families

Saturday, October 7, 2017, 3:00pm
Empire State Plaza
Clark Auditorium
222 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12230
Free Admission & Parking
Command Performance at the New York State Museum celebrating the opening of the museum's new canal exhibit

Dewitt Clinton's Grand Canal March

Richard Willis/restored & arranged by William Hullfish

The Grand Canal Waltz

Edward Riley/restored & arranged by William Hullfish

Meeting of the Waters

Samuel Woodworth/restored & arranged by William Hullfish

Down by the Erie Canal

George M. Cohan

Concert Selections from "The Farmer Takes a Wife" 

Arlen & Harburg/restored & arranged by Jonathan Allentoff

Mary Wojciechowski, Guest Vocal Artist

Low Bridge, Everybody Down

Thomas Allen

Performed by the Golden Eagle String Band

Erie Canal Portrait (World Premiere)

Jonathan Allentoff

Bill Andrews, Narrator

Songs of the Erie Canal for Narrator, String Band & Orchestra

Jonathan Allentoff & William Hullfish

Bill Andrews, Narrator

Golden Eagle String Band

Text from Rome Haul by Walter Edmonds


This tour is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts at the Livingston Arts Center, a member supported organization.



                       Eisenhart Auditorium                                                     Clark Auditorium


VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION CONCERT

WITH THE AMADEUS CHORALE & 

SPENCERPORT COMMUNITY CHORUS


Sunday, November 5, 2017, 3:00pm
Temple Beth El Auditorium
139 Winton Road, Rochester, NY
Free Admission & Parking

Featuring patriotic favorites, gems from the Great American Songbook, poetry and more!

The Star Spangled Banner                   

Francis Scott Key          

A Salute to the Armed Forces                     

Fifty Nifty United States                     

Ray Charles                                    

Alexander's Ragtime Band                 

Irving Berlin                                 

You're a Grand Old Flag                     

George M. Cohan

Theme from "Mister Roberts"

Franz Waxman

What a Wonderful World

Bob Thiele and George Weiss

America the Beautiful

Samuel Ward

Grover's Corners

Aaron Copland

Salute to America

Mark Hayes





Temple Beth El Auditorium

Celebrate the Holiday Season with the Brockport Symphony Orchestra!

5th ANNUAL HOLIDAY CONCERT AT
THE
MALL AT GREECE RIDGE
Saturday, November 18, 2017, 3:00pm, Barnes & Noble Courtyard
271 Greece Ridge Center Drive, Rochester, NY

3rd ANNUAL HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE FOR SENIORS & FAMILIES AT
BROOKDALE BROCKPORT
Thursday, November 30, 2017, 7:30pm
90 West Avenue, Brockport, NY



8th ANNUAL HOLIDAY POPS CONCERT

Saturday, December 2, 2017, 4:00pm
St. Luke's Episocpal Church
14 State Street
Brockport, NY 14420
Free Admission, Parking & Dessert Reception 
Donations to the orchestra with a portion for St. Luke's & canned items for the Brockport Ecumenical Food Shelf gratefully accepted at the door

Featuring songs of the season, a world premiere silent film score, and our annual holiday sing-along!

Mary Wojciechowski, Guest Vocal Artist
Steve Hahn, Trumpet Soloist
Dr. Sidney Rosenzweig, Guest Film Professor

Theme from "Elf"

John Debney

Menuet from Orchestral Suite No. 2

J. S. Bach

Christmas Time is Here

Vince Guaraldi

Steve Hahn, Trumpet Soloist

The Christmas Dream (1900)

World Premiere Silent Film Score

Jonathan Allentoff

Special Introduction by Dr. Sidney Rosnezweig

Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep

from "White Christmas"

Irving Berlin

It Comes Around the Same Time Each Year

Van Alexander & Lee Hale

We Need a Little Christmas

from "Mame"

Jerry Herman

I Have a Menorah

Terri Rosenhouse and Barbara Savage

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Sing-along)

Johnny Marks

Mary Wojciechowski, Guest Vocal Artist



Historic Sanctuary at St. Luke's Episcopal Church

"GLOBAL CONNECTIONS" CONCERT
WITH THE AMADEUS CHORALE

Saturday, March 24, 2018, 7:00pm
Twelve Corners Presbyterian Church
1200 Winton Road, Rochester, NY 14618
Concert Tickets: $10
Ample Free Parking 
Complimentary Dessert Reception

Featuring beautiful choral/orchestral masterpieces and folk songs from around the world performed by the joint forces of the Amadeus Chorale and the Brockport Symphony Orchestra!

Twelve Corners Presbyterian Church Sanctuary


Small Voices

Jim Papolulis

Banks of Doon

Donna Gartman Schultz

If You Can Walk You Can Dance

Elizabeth Alexander

Sakura

Japanese Folk Song/arr. Michael Scott

De Colores

Spanish Folk Song

Kingston Market

Caribbean Folk Song

Suliram

Indonesian Folk Song

Changamano

Swahili Folk Song

Ancient City

Australian Folk Song

Tutira Mai

Maori Folk Song

Kwaheri

Kenyan Folk Song

Russian Sailor's Dance

Reinhold Gliere

Nimrod from the Enigma Variations

Edward Elgar

Jasmine Flower

Traditional Chinese Folk Song

Goin' Home for Clarinet & Orchestra

Antonin Dvorak & William Arms Fisher

Rachel Roessel, Clarinet Soloist






SOLOIST SHOWCASE CONCERT


Sunday, April 29, 2018, 4:00pm

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

14 State Street

Brockport, NY 14420

Free Admission, Parking & Dessert Reception 

Donations to the orchestra with a portion for St. Luke's and canned items for the Brockport Ecumenical Food Shelf gratefully accepted at the door


Featuring symphonic masterpieces, new compositions, and Hollywood favorites with three internationally-acclaimed artists!


Emmanuel Sikora, Composer & Pianist

Jaesun Han, Violin Soloist

Melissa Szurgyi, Flute Soloist

Mary Wojciechowski, Guest Vocal Artist

Three Prom Dances (World Premiere)
Emmanuel Sikora
Sinfonia in C Major
Tomaso Albinoni
A Dutch Idyll for Flute & Orchestra
Louis M. Gottschalk
Melissa Szurgyi, Flute Soloist
Allegro from Violin Concerto No. 4
W. A. Mozart
Jaesun Han, Violin Soloist
Liebst Du Um Schönheit
Gustav Mahler
Hollywood Favorites
Mary Wojciechowski, Vocal Soloist

Our ninth exciting season will be announced very soon!
Special Guest Artist for Fall 2018: NPR Host Michael Lasser