2022-2023
Travis Almany, Conductor
University Chamber Orchestra
Saturday, October 15, 7:00pm, Rudder Auditorium
Symphony No. 5 – Ludwig van Beethoven
Sunday, December 4, 3:00pm, Rudder Theatre
Holberg Suite - Edvard Grieg
- Allegro Vivace
Make Our Garden Grow from Candide – Leonard Bernstein/Ricketts
Divertimento, K. 138 – W. A. Mozart
- Allegro
Strut – Michael Daugherty
Serenade for String Orchestra – Antonin Dvorak
- Allegro Vivace
Sunday, March 5, 3:00pm, Rudder Auditorium
Overture in c minor – Franz Schubert
Adagio for Strings – Samuel Barber
Serenade for Strings Orchestra – Peter Ilitch Tchaikovsky
- Waltzer
- Finale (Tema Russa)
Saturday, April 29, 7:00pm, Rudder Auditorium
Symphony No. 9 – Antonin Dvorak
University Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday, October 15, 7:00pm, Rudder Auditorium
Symphony in D – Ignaz Pleyel/McCashin
Maestoso drammatico – Allegro con spirito
Suite of English Suites
- March from English Suite – Paul Lewis
- Intermezzo from St. Paul’s Suite – Gustavo Holst
When the Boat Comes In from Northumbrian Suite – Ian Coleman
Jaunt from English Suite – Paul Lewis
Everything – Larry Clark
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – Arr. James Zazik
Sunday, December 4, 3:00pm, Rudder Theatre
Canzona Bergamasca – Samuel Scheidt/Lipton/Law
March Militaire – Franz Scubert/Stoessel
30,000 and Forever – Brian Balmages
Nabucco Overture – Giusepe Verdi/Monday
Hungarian Dance No. 5 – Johannes Brahms/Isaac
Sunday, March 5, 3:00pm, Rudder Auditorium
Rhythm Dances – Brian Balmages
Sea Songs – Ralph Vaughan Williams
Impromptu – Jean Sibelius
Te Dije – Andy Patterson
Allegro Moderato from Symphony No. 3 – Camille Saint-Saens/Monday
An American in Paris – George Gershwin/Brubaker
Saturday, April 29, 7:00pm, Rudder Auditorium
Cosi Fan Tutte Overture – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Parrish
Four Songs for Strings – Franz Schubert/Colnot
- Serenade
- The Hunter
El Relicario: Paso Double – Padilla/Longfield
Tonight from West Side Story – Bernstein/Longfield
March of the Resistance – John Williams arr. Paul Lavendar
2021-2022
Travis Almany Conductor
University Chamber Orchestra
Friday, October 8, 7:00pm, Rudder Theater
Adagio and Fugue – W.A. Mozart
Suite for String Orchestra – Leos Janacek
Mvts I, III, IV, and VI
Momentum – Peter Hope
Mvts I, III
Lyric Metal – Brian Balmages
Encore: Mambo from West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein/Longfield
Sunday, November 21, 5:30pm, Rudder Theater
Symphony No. 104 – Franz Joseph Haydn
Mvt. 4
Symphony No. 8 – Antonin Dvorak
Mvts. 1, 3, 4
Saturday, March 5, 3:00pm, Rudder Auditorium
Fugue in G Minor – Johann Sebastian Bach/Doan
Lance Sample Guest Conductor
Sinfonia for String Orchestra - String Quartet No. 8 – Dmitri Shostakovich
Jeffrey Grogan Guest Conductor
Spanish Dance – Dimitri Shostakovich
Saturday, April 30, 7:00pm, Rudder Auditorium
Oberon Overture – Carl Maria Von Weber
Cessa di piu resistere from The Barber of Seville - Gioacchino Rossini
Tenor Soloist – Paul Kroeger
William Tell Overture – Gioacchino Rossini
University Philharmonic Orchestra
Friday, October 8, 7:00pm, Rudder Theater
Brook Green Suite – Gustav Holst
Allegro from Sinfonia No. 6 in C Minor – J.C. Bach/McCashin
Dr. Lance Sample – Guest Conductor
Pavane - Gabriel Faure/Clark
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 – Franz Liszt/Hofman
Heart of Fire – Lauren Bernofsky
Sunday, November 21, 5:30pm, Rudder Theater
Forever Joyful! – Brian Balmages
Passacaglia: Death of Falstaff from Henry V – William Walton
Requiem Mass – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Confutatis maledictis – arr. Bob Lipton
Fugue – Arr. Loreta Fin
Dies irae – Arr. Laura Kenny
Waltz No. 2 – Dmitry Shostakovich/Lavender
Loonacy – Andy Reiner
Saturday, March 5, 3:00pm, Rudder Auditorium
Rutter – Suite for Strings
Themes from “American” Quartet – Antonin Dvorak/Hoffman
Danse Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila – Camille Saint-Saens/Dackow
Saturday, April 30, 7:00pm, Rudder Auditorium
Overture in D – Christoph Gluck
Nimrod – Edward Elgar/Bender
Bethena, A Concert Waltz – Scott Joplin/McAlister
Symphony No. 5, Allegro – Ludwig van Beethoven/Hoffman
Dr. Lance Sample – Guest Conductor
Perseus – Soon Hee Newbold
Chamber Orchestra
Travis Almany, Conductor
Sunday, October 4, 3:00pm
Sinfonia No. 9 – Felix Mendelssohn
Hoe Down from “Rodeo” – Aaron Copland
Sunday, November 15, 5:00pm
Messiah Overture - George Frederick Handel
Variations on a Theme by Tchaikowsky – Anton Arensky
Simple Symphony Mvts 1, 2, 4 – Benjamin Britten
Saturday, March 6
Send in the Clowns – Stephen Sondheim/Krogstad
Introduction and Allegro – Edward Elgar
Danzas de Panama, Mvt 4 – William Grant Still
Sunday, April 25
Williams: March of the Resistance
Shostakovich: Waltz 2
Dvorak/Stroud: String Quartet Op. 96 in F American Rondo, 4thmvt
Bernstein/Bulla: Tonight and America from West Side Story
Glinka/McCashin: Russlan and Ludmilla Overture
Berlioz Weiner: Rakoczi March
Safford: Styres Rally
Verdi/Monday: Day of Wrath
Pera/Scott: Por Una Caveza
Mercury: Bohemian Rhapsody
Philharmonic Orchestra
Travis Almany, Conductor
October 4, 2020
Fidelio Finale – Ludwig van Beethoven/Dackow
Morning Song – Edward Elgar/Stroud
A Moorside Suite, Mvts 1, 3 – Gustav Holst
Romanian Folk Dances – Bela Bartok/Monday
221B Baker Street – Jeffrey Bishop
November 15, 2020
String Symphony No. 2 – Anton Filtz
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 – Edvard Grieg/Gruselle
Finale from “Sonatina, Op. 100” Antonin Dvorak/Sheinberg
The Magical World of Pixar – Robert Longfield
February 27, 2021
Overture to Semiramide – Gioachino Rossini/Lipton
English Folk Song Suite, Mvts. 1 and 3 – Ralph Vaughan Williams/Bulla
Carmen Suite – Georges Bizet/Parrish
La Cascara - Jeremy Woolstenhulme
April 24, 2021
Fanfare, Fantasy, and Fugue – Richard Meyer
Themes from Romeo and Juliet – Pyotr Tchaikovsky/Gruselle
John Williams Trilogy – John Williams/Custer
Phantom Tangos – Brian Balmages
American Reel – Kirt Mosier
Variations on Paganini – Robert McCashin
University Chamber Orchestra
Travis Almany, Conductor
Saturday, October 5, Rudder Theater, 3:00pm
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Bach: Chorale Prelude
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Elgar: Nimrod from Enigma Variations
Verdi: La Forza del Destino
Saturday, November 23, Rudder Theater, 7:00pm
Mozart: Eine Kliene Nachtmusik, Mvt 1
Mackey: Merely Possible Tragedies (commission premier)
Nielsen: Little Suite, Mvts. 1, 3
Prokofiev/Lavendar: Troika
Saturday, February 29, Rudder Theater, 2:00pm
Ireland: A Downland Suite: Rondo
Jarrett: Elegy
Chris Donze: Sneakin’ Around
Grieg: Quartet 1stmovement
April concert cancelled due Covid 19
University Philharmonic Orchestra
Travis Almany, Conductor
Saturday, October 5, 3:00pm, Rudder Theatre
Claude Debussy/Mareno: Waltz (La Plus Que Lente)
Karl Jenkins: Palladio, Mvt 1
Reznicow: Moonlight Nocturne
Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite Mvts I, IV, VI
Kirt Mosier: Green Rhythmico
Saturday, November 23, 7:00pm, Rudder Theatre
W.A. Mozart/McCashin: Magic Flute Overture
Jean Sibelius: Andante Festivo
Richard Meyer: The Elements
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1
Sammy Nestico: The Queen Bee
Saturday, February 29, 2:00pm
Johann Samitz Sinfonia in G Major
Percy Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry
Alberto Ginastera/Longfield: Danza Finale from Estancia
Jeremy Woolstenhume: The Creation of Stonehenge
Meredith Willson/Wasson: The Music Man
April concert cancelled due to Covid 19
University Chamber Orchestra
Travis Almany, Conductor
Sunday, October 14, 3:00pm, Rudder Theatre
Percy Grainger: Molly on the Shore
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Antonin Dvorak: Serenade for String Orchestra Op. 22
Friday, November 30, 7:00pm, Rudder Theatre
Modest Mussorgsky/orch. Rimsky-Korsakov: Night on Bald Mountain
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia,
John Williams et. al/Brubaker: The Complete Harry Potter
Bedrich Smetana: Dance of the Comedians
Saturday, February 23, 2:00pm
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in D minor Op. 3, No. 11
Giacomo Puccini: Nessun Dorma
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Serenade for String Orchestra
Saturday, April 27, 7:00pm
Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
Gustav Holst: The Planets: Mars, the Bringer of War
George Gershwin/Whitney: An American in Paris Suite
Jacques Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld
University Philharmonic Orchestra
Travis Almany, Conductor
Sunday, October 14, 3:00pm, Rudder Theatre
Georg PhilippTelemann/McCashin: Concerto in C Major
Franz Schubert/Colnot: Four Songs for Strings
James Corigliano: Reverie
Leonard Bernstein/Longfield: Tonight from West Side Story
Jose Padilla/Longfield: El Relicario
Friday, November 30, 7:00pm, Rudder Theatre
Antonin Dvorak/McCasin: Slavonic Dance Op. 46, No. 8
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow: Russian Easter Overture
John William Set:
*Dartmoor, 1912
March of the Resistance from Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Saturday, February 23, 2:00pm
Franz Haydn/Moreno: The Bird: Finale from String Quartet, Op 33, No. 3
Ralph Vaughan Williams/Longfield: Sea Songs
Wolfgang Mozart/McCashin: Overture to Idomeneo
Felix Mendelssohn/Burger: Selections from Songs Without Words
Bella Bartok/Lipton: Allegro Barbaro
Saturday, April 27, 7:00pm
Franz Schubert/Stoessel: March Militaire
Brian Balmages: Rhythm Dances
Gustav Holst: St. Paul’s Suite
Joseph Achron/McAllister: Ancient Song and Dance
Justin Hurwitz/Longfiend: La La Land
University Chamber Orchestra
Travis Almany, Conductor
Sunday, October 15, 3:00pm, Rudder Theatre
Joaquin Rodrigo: Dos miniaturas andaluzas
John Williams: A Prayer for Peace
Peter Ilitch Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra
Sunday, December 3, 7;00pm, Rudder Theatre
Franz Schubert: Symphony #8, Mvt 1
W.A. Mozart: Piano Concert no. 1, K, 37 – Miguel Sousa, Piano
Gioacchino Rossini: Overture to the Barber of Seville
Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Saturday, March 3, 3:00pm – Rudder Theatre
Benedetto Marcello: Introduction, (Aria) and Presto
Giacomo Puccini: I Crisantemi
Wiren: Serenade
Michael Daugherty: Strut
Saturday, April 28, 7:00pm, Rudder Theatre
Giuseppe: Verdi: Nabucco Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #7
University Philharmonic Orchestra
Travis Almany, Conductor
Sunday, October 15, 3:00pm, Rudder Theatre
Brian Balmages: Forever Joyful
Jean Sibelius: Impromptu
Ian Coleman: Northumbrian Suite
Pleyel: Symphony in D – First Movement
Hans Zimmer/James Kazik: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Sunday, December 3, 7:00pm, Rudder Theatre
JC Bach/Robert McCashin: Sinfonia No. 6 in G Minor - Allegro
Norman Dello Joio; Air for Strings
Andy Patterson: Te Dije
Camille Saint-Saens/Sandra Dackow: Danse Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila
Andy Reiner: Loonacy
Saturday, March 3, 3:00pm – Rudder Theatre
Samuel Scheidt/Lipton/Law: Canzona Bergamasca
Felix Mendelssohn/Robert Sieving: Symphony No. 4: Pilgrims’ March
Soon Hee Newbold: Fantasia Espanola
Pytor Tchaikovsky/Mark Hellem: Neapolitan Song
Alexander Safford: Folk Tune Air and Fiddler’s Fury
Saturday, April 28, 7:00pm, Rudder Theatre
George Handel/Sandra Dackow: Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No 1 - Allegro
Franz Schubert/Brian Holmes: Symphony No. 5 – First Movement
Joshua Samuel: Raindrops
Robert Kerr: Ode to the Plains and Wild Horses Running
Modest Mussorgsky/Carrie Gruselle: Pictures at an Exhibition
University Chamber Orchestra
Travis Almany Conductor (first year)
Sunday, October 2, 3:00pm, Rudder Theatre – The 20thCentury
Bloch: Concerto Grosso (with pianist Miguel Sousa)
Whitacre/Lavender: October
Shostakovich/Gosman: Spanish Dance
Sunday, December 4, 6:30pm, Rudder Theatre- The Classical Masters
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro Overture
Mendelssohn: Die Hebrides Overture
Haydn: Symphony 104
Saturday, February 25, 4:00pm -Featuring guest composer: David Maslanka
Bach/Dean: Fugue in G “The Little”
Maslanka: Music for String Orchestra
Grieg: Holberg Suite
Saturday, April 29, 7:00pm, Rudder Theatre – The New World
Dvorak: Symphony #9 “New World”
University Philharmonic Orchestra
Travis Almany Conductor (first year)
Sunday, October 2, 3:00pm, Rudder Theatre
Lewis: English Suite
Gluck: Overture in D Major
Shostakovich/Lavender: Waltz #2
Gershwin/Brubacker: American in Paris
Sunday, December 4, 6:30pm, Rudder Theatre
Corelli/McAlister: Concerto Grosso, Op 7, No 8 in g
Phillips: Aspire
Joplin/McAlister: Bethany
Tchaikovsky/McAlister: The Nutcracker – Three Dances
Sunday, February 26, 4:30pm
Mozart/Parrish: Cosi Fan Tutte Overture
Holst: Brook Green Suite
Dvorak/Sieving: Symphony No. 8 – Allegretto Grazioso
Yes: Nicole Green
Saturday, April 29, 7:00pm, Rudder Theatre
Brahms: Waltzes No. 8, 10, 11
Strauss: Pizzicato Polka
Bernstein/Moss: West Side Story
Newbold: Perseus
The University Orchestras
Dr. Paul Sikes, Conductor
University Chamber Orchestra
October 18, 2015, Rudder Theatre
Rounds for String Orchestra (Mvt. I David Diamond
Suite For Lower Strings Clarice Assad
With Energy
With Joy
Andante
Sweetly
Wild
The Winton Suite Adam Carse
Prelude
Air
Dance
Song
Finale
December 6, 2015, Rudder Theatre
Symphony Orchestra
Tragic Overture Johannes Brahms
Slavonic Dances Antonin Dvorak
No. 1 in C major (Furiant)
No. 2 in E minor (Dumka)
No. 4 in F major (Sousedská)
Radetzky March Johann Strauss Sr.
Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson
March 6, 2016, Christ United Methodist Church, College Station
Texas A&M Symphony Orchestra and Christ UMC Sanctuary Choir
Daughters of Texas March John Philip Sousa
Saints Bound for Heaven Mack Wilberg
Rodeo Aaron Copland
Hoedown
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Mack Wilberg
Overture to Egmont Ludwig van Beethoven
Requiem for the Living Dan Forest
Sanctus
April 29, 2016, Rudder Theatre
Texas A&M Chamber Orchestra and Century Singers
Adagio and Fugue W.A. Mozart
Adagio for Strings Samuel Barber
Simple Symphony Benjamin Britten
Boisterous Bourree
Playful Pizzicato
Sentimental Saraband
Frolicsome Finale
Cradle Hymn (combined) Kim Arnesen
University Philharmonic Orchestra
October 18, 2015, Rudder Theatre
American Reel Kirt N. Mosier
Concerto Grosso in G, Op. 6, No. 1 George Frideric Handel
A tempo giusto
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro
Allegro
Capriol Suite Peter Warlock
Basse-Danse, Allegro moderato, D minor
Pavane, Allegretto, ma un poco lento, G minor
Tordion, Con moto, G minor
Bransles, Presto, G minor
Pieds-en-l’air, Andante tranquillo, G major
Mattachins (Sword Dance), Allegro con brio, F major
December 6, 2015, Rudder Theatre
Sinfonia II in D Felix Mendelssohn
Allegro
Adante
Allegro Vivace
Andante Festivo Jean Sibelius
A Moorside Suite Gustav Holst
Scherzo
Nocturne
March
March 6, 2016, Christ United Methodist Church, College Station
Texas A&M Philharmonic Orchestra and the Prime Time Youth Choir
A-roving, from Suite for Strings John Rutter
Down to the River to Pray Mary McDonald
I have a bonnet trimmed in blue, from Suite for Strings John Rutter
He is Lord of All Benjamin Harlan
O waly waly, from Suite for Strings John Rutter
The Lord is My Shepherd Allen Pote
Dashing away, from Suite for Strings John Rutter
Living Water Mary McDonald
April 30, 2016, Rudder Theatre
Selections from Twelve Tone Poems Carl Reinecke
Trauermusik aus “Zenobia” (Morning Music from Zenobia)
Kaempevisa, Altnordischs Lied (“Kaempevisa,” Old Nordic Song)
Aus “Tausend und eine Nacht” (From “A Thousand and One Nights”)
Frieden der Nacht (Peace of the Night)
Friedensmarsch aus “Zenobia” (Peace March from “Zenobia”)
Balletmusik aus der Marchen-Oper “Prinzessin Gluckskind” (Balletmusik . from the Opera, “Princess Lucky Child”)
Rosa Mundi Paul Lewis
Molly on the Shore Percy Grainger
May, 2016, Texas A&M Orchestra, Tour of Ireland
Sinfonia in D Felix Mendelssohn
Movement I, Allegro
Rosa Mundi Paul Lewis
A Moorside Suite Gustav Holst
March
Molly on the Shore Percy Grainger
Suite for Strings John Rutter
A- roving
I have a bonnet trimmed with blue
O, Waly Waly
Dashing away with the smoothing iron
American Reel Kirk Mosier
Texas A&M University Orchestra
Dr. Paul Sikes, Conductor
October 18, 2014, Rudder Theatre
University String Orchestra
Little Suite Carl Nielsen
Prelude Gerald Finzi
Souvenir de Florence Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Allegro Vivace
The Secret Language of Snow Kirk Vogel
Annui (Falling Snow)
Api (Fresh Snow on the Ground)
Siqoq (Swirling Snow Above Ridgetops)
First Performance with the Brazos Breeze Flute Choir
Robert McElroy, Conductor
December 6, 2014, Rudder Theatre
University Symphony Orchestra
Tancredi Overture Gioacchino Rossini
Concerto in G Major for Two Mandolins, RV 532 Antonio Vivaldi
Allegro
Largo
Allegro
Ross Philips and Manuel Rodriguez
Guitar, Texas A&M Students Soloists
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 Ludwig van Beethoven
Adagio Molto
Andante Cantible con Moto
Menuetto
Allegro Molto e Vivace
Spring of 2015 was the First Semester for the
University Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestras
University Chamber Orchestra
March 7, 2015, Rudder Theatre
Sanguinity Hayden Fox
World Premier
Texas A&M Student Composer
Momentum for Strings Peter Hope
Dance
Sinfonia for String Orchesta (String Quartet No. 8 Op. 110) Dmitri Shostakovich
Largo
Allegro molto
Allegretto
Largo
Largo
A Moorside Suite for String Orchestra Gustav Holst
Scherzo
Nocturne
March
May 1, 2015, Rudder Theatre
Sunrise Symphonic Mass Ola Gjeilo
The Spheres
Sunrise
The City
Identity and The Ground
First Performance with the Texas A&M Century Singers
Eric Posada, Conductor
Momentum for Strings Peter Hope
Momentum
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Ralph Vaughan Williams
University Philharmonic Orchestra
March 7, 2015, Rudder Theatre
Music from Abdelazar Henry Purcell
Overture
Rondeau
Air
Jig
Hornpipe
Air
Gabriel’s Oboe Ennio Morricone
Austin Wang, Oboe
Texas A&M Student Soloist
Songs Without Words Felix Mendelssohn
Volkslied – Folk Song
Adagio
Fruhlingslied – Spring Song
Venetianisches – Venetian Gondola Song
Light Music for Strings Alan Rawsthorne,
May 2, 2015, Rudder Theatre
Serenade for Strings Edward Elgar
Allegro Piacevole
Allegretto
Passacaglia – Death of Falstaff William Walton
St. Paul’s Suite for String Orchestra Gustav Holst
Jig
Intermezzo
Finale (The Dargason)
Texas A&M University Orchestra
Dr. Paul Sikes, Conductor
October 16, 2013, Rudder Theatre
University String Orchestra
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 J.S. Bach
Allegro
Mother of God John Tavener
Molly on the Shore Percy Grainger
Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 Peter Tchaikovsky
Pezzo in Forma Sonatina
Walzer
Finale
November 23, 2013, Rudder Theatre
University Symphony Orchestra
Finlandia Jean Sibelius
Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op. 46 Edvard Grieg
- Morning Mood (Morgenstemming)
- Aase’s Death (Åses død)
- Anitra’s Dance (Anitras dans)
- In the Hall of the Mountain King (I Dovregubbens hall)
The Moldau Bedrich Smetana
March 1, 2014, Rudder Theatre
University String Orchestra Featuring Composer Steven Bryant
Spanish Dance Dmitri Shostakovich
Rise Steven Bryant
Danzas de Panama for Strings William Grant Still
Danza 4, Cumbia y Congo
Guest Conductor: Travis Almany
Texas A&M Associate Director of Bands
Introduction & Allegro Edward Elgar
String Serenade Antonin Dvorak
Finale
April 26, 2014, Rudder Theatre
University Symphony Orchestra
Sonata No. 5, D’Indy “Concerto” Antonio Vivaldi
- Largo
- Allegro
- Largo
- Allegro vivace
Eric Miller, Guest Soloist, Bassoon
Southwestern University Faculty
Vivace for String Orchestra Peter Lieuwen
World Premier
Texas A&M Faculty Composer
Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88 Antonin Dvorak
- Allegro con Brio
- Adagio
- Allegretto grazioso
- Allegro ma non Troppo
Texas A&M University Orchestra
Dr. Paul Sikes, Conductor
October 13, 2012, Rudder High School Theater
University String Orchestra
Concerto for Strings in G, "Alla Rustica," Antonio Vivaldi
Presto
Adagio
Allegro
Serenade for Strings, Op. 11 Dag Wiren
Preludium
Andante espressivo
Scherzo
Marcia
Strut Michael Daugherty
Canzonetta Jean Sibelius
Eine kleine Nachtmusik W. A. Mozart
Allegro
Romanze
Menuetto
Rondo
December 2, 2012, Rudder Theater
University Symphony Orchestra
Overture to Barber of Seville Gioacchino Rossini
Norwegian Dance No. 1 Edvard Grieg
Russian Easter Overture Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
Sleigh Ride Leroy Andersen
February 8, 2013, Rudder Theater
February 9, 2013, Victoria Fine Arts Center
University String Orchestra
Strut Michael Daugherty
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Wolfgang A. Mozart
Allegro
Travis Almany, Guest Conductor
Texas A&M Associate Director of Bands
Suite Antique John Rutter
Prelude
Ostionado
Chanson
Waltz
Penny Zent, Flute Soloist
Brazos Symphony Principal Flute
Hoedown from Rodeo Aaron Copland
April 20, 2013, Rudder Theater
University Symphony Orchestra
Concerto No. 3 in Bb Major for Clarinet Karl Stamitz
Allegro moderato
Romanze
Rondo
Anna Carney, Soloist
Southwestern University Faculty
Symphony No. 7 Ludwig van Beethoven
Poco sostenuto-Vivace
Allegretto
Presto
Allegro con brio
Texas A&M University Orchestra
Dr. Paul Sikes, Conductor
October 9, 2011, Rudder High School
Texas A&M University String Orchestra
Concerto Grosso in D-minor, Op. 3 No. 11 Antonio Vivaldi
Allegro-Adagio-Allegro
Largo e spiccato
Allegro
Wyatt Smitherman, violin, Sara Ballard, violin and Simon Lee, cello
Texas A&M University Student Soloists
Upbeat Strings Derik Kendall
World Premiere
Texas A&M Student Composer
Andante Festivo for Strings Jean Sibelius
String Quartet No.3, Op. 73 Dmitri Shostakovich
III. Allegro non troppo
Suite for Strings John Rutter
A- roving
I have a bonnet trimmed with blue
O, Waly Waly
Dashing away with the smoothing iron
Classical Masters Concert
December 3, 2011, Rudder High School
Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra
Coriolanus Overture, Op. 62 Ludwig van Beethoven
Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K-546 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
No. 104 in D, the “London Symphony” Franz Joseph Haydn
Adagio – Allegro
Andante
Menuetto and Trio: Allegro
Finale: Spiritoso
February 25, 2012, Rudder High School
Texas A&M University String Orchestra
Palladio (1995) Karl Jenkins
- Allegretto
Introduction – Aria – Presto (c. 1700) B. Marcello/Bonelli
Travis Almany, Guest Conductor
Texas A&M Associate Director of Bands
Irish Tune From Country Derry (1913) Percy Aldridge Grainger
Brook Green Suite (1933) Gustav Holst
Prelude
Air
Dance
Three Choral Preludes, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring(1716) J.S. Bach/Ormandy
Signs of Life II (1986) Russell Peck
Allegro
April 22, 2012, Rudder High School
Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture (1826) Felix Mendelssohn
Signs of Life II (1986) Russell Peck
Allegro
Arioso
Scherzo
Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” (1893) Antonín Dvořák
Allegro con fuoco2010-2011
Texas A&M University Orchestra
Dr. Paul Sikes, Conductor
October 2010
Texas A&M University String Orchestra
Pizzicato Polka Johann Jr. and Josef Strauss
Concerto for Two Cellos in g minor Vivaldi
Largo
Allegro
James Deck and Amanda Rose
Texas A&M Student Soloists
Bonnie Harris-Reynolds, Harpsichord
Texas A&M Faculty
Capriol Suite Warlock
Basse-Danse
Pavane
Tordion
Bransles
Pieds-en-l’air
Mattachins (Sword Dance)
Sinfonia No. 2 in D Mendelssohn
Allegro
Andante
Allegro vivace
December 2010
Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra
Russlan and Ludmilla Overture Mikhail Glinka
Pavane pour une infant defunte Maurice Ravel
Symphony No. 35, K385, D major “Haffner” W.A. Mozart
Allegro con spirito
Andante
Menuetto
Presto
Danse Bacchanale, Act III from Samson and Dalila Camille Saint-Saëns
March, 2011
Texas A&M University String Orchestra
Overture in D to Euristeo Christoph Willibald von Gluck
Allegro
Divertimento in D Major K. 136 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro
Andante
Presto
October Eric Whitacre
Travis Almany, Guest Conductor
Texas A&M Associate Director of Bands
Holberg Suite, Suite in Olden Style, Op. 40 Edvard Grieg
Praeludium
Sarabande
Gavotte-Musette
Air
Rigaudon
April 2011
“For America” A Concert Featuring Music of American Composers
Presented by the Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra and the Christ United Methodist Church Sanctuary Choir
Directed by Dr. Paul Sikes and Mr. James Faith
Hoe Down from Rodeo Aaron Copland
God Bless America Irving Berlin/arr. Roy Ringwald
From Sea to Shining Sea Samuel Ward/Katherine Bates
Salute to the Armed Forces arr. Camp Kirkland
Anthem of Gratitude Joseph Martin/orch. Stan Pethel
Saturday Night Waltz from Rodeo Aaron Copland
The Awakening Joseph Martin
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing arr. Mack Wilberg
Battle Hymn of the Republic arr. Peter Wilhousky
Daughters of Texas John Philip Sousa/ed. Frederick Finnell
Texas A&M University Orchestra
Paul Sikes, Conductor
October 2009
Texas A&M University String Orchestra
American Reel Kirt Mosier
Air for Strings Norman Dello Joio
Serenade for Strings, Op.48 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pezzo in forma di Sonatina
Walzer
Elegie
Finale (Tema Russo)
December 2009
Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra
Fingal’s Cave Overture “Die Hebrides”, Op.26 Felix Mendelssohn
Carmen Suites Nos.1 & 2 Georges Bizet
Prelude
Aragonaise
Intermezzo
March des contrebandiers
Habanera
La garde montante
Les dragons d’Alcala
Les Toreadors
Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson
March 2010
Texas A&M University String Orchestra
Concerto in G Major for Two Violas Telemann
Brynnan Fink and Roxsan Manshouri
Texas A&M Student Soloists
Bonnie Harris-Reynolds, Harpsichord
Texas A&M Faculty
Adagio in g minor Giazotto/Albinoni
James Faith, Organ
Music Director Christ UMC
Rumanian Folk Dances Bartok/Willner
Jocul cu bâta (Dance with Stick)
Brâul (Waistband Dance)
Pe Loc (Stamping Dance)
Buciumeana (Horn Dance)
Poarga Românească (Romanian Polka)
Mărunţel (Quick Dance)
Travis Almany, Guest Conductor
Texas A&M Associate Director of Bands
Hoe Down from “Rodeo” Copland
April 2010
Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra
L’Italiana in Algeri: Overture Rossini
In the Steppes of Central Asia Borodin
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, Unfinished Schubert
Allegro moderato
Unter Donner und Blitz, op.324 (Thunder and Lightning Polka) Strauss, Johann Jr.
Texas A&M University Orchestra
Paul Sikes, Conductor
December 2008
Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra
Finlandia, op. 26, no. 7 Jean Sibelius
Fantasia on Greensleeves Ralph Vaughan Williams
Molly on the Shore Percy Aldridge Grainger
Wellington’s Victory, op. 91 Ludwig van Beethoven
March 2009
Texas A&M University String Orchestra
Chacony Henry Purcell
St. Paul’s Suite Gustav Holst
Jig
Ostinato
Intermezzo
Finale, The Dargason
Travis Almany, Guest Conductor
Texas A&M Associate Director of Bands
Simple Symphony Benjamin Britten
Boisterous Bourree
Playful Pizzicato
Sentimental Saraband
Frolicsome Finale
April 2009
Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra
Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld Offenbach
Piano Concerto No. 9 “Jeunehomme” K. 27 Mozart
Allegro
Juhee Choi, Piano
Texas A&M Student Soloist
Pie Jesus, from Requiem Faure
Mary Jan Black, Soprano Soloist
March Slave Tchaikovsky
Texas A&M University Orchestra
Paul Sikes, Conductor
1styear as a class at Texas A&M
December 2007
Fall Concert
Egmont Overture, Op. 84 Ludwing van Beethoven
Serenade for Strings, Op. 20 Edward Elgar
Allegro piacevole
Larghetto
Allegretto
Symphony No. 94 in G Major “The Surprise Symphony” Joseph Haydn
Adagio cantabile – Vivace assai
Andante
Menuetto
Allegro di molto
April 2008
Spring Concert
Concerto Grosso No. 1, Op. 6 Handel
A tempo giusto
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro
Allegro
Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op. 46 Edvard Grieg
Morning Mood (Morgenstemning)
Aase's Death (Åses død)
Anitra's Dance (Anitras dans)
In the Hall of the Mountain King (I Dovregubbens hall)
Hungarian Dances Nos. 5 and 6 Brahms
TAMU Orchestra Club
Beau Benson, Student Conductor
December, 2006
Winter Concert: Symphony no. 1 in C major, Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony no. 8 in B minor D. 759 "Unfinished", Franz Schubert
Finlandia, Jean Sibelius
May 2007
Spring Concert: Night on Bald Mountain,
Modest Mussorgsky & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Symphony No. 1, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Intermezzo, Modest Mussorgsky
2005-06
TAMU Orchestra Club
Brad Cawyer, Student Conductor
December, 2005
Winter Concert: Dah Boodyet Radost, Konstantin Zhigulin
Symphony no. 9 in E, op.95, Antonín Dvorák
May, 2006
Spring Concert: Kyrie from Mass: "Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La",
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
"May the God of Wit inspire..." from The Fairy Queen, Henry Purcell
Concerto in C major for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra: Andantino,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Faith O'Neal, harp; Jason Blank, flute
The Hebrides Overture, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Dolly, Suite, Gabriel Fauré
Prelude and Quadruple Fugue, Alan Hovhaness
TAMU Orchestra Club
Brad Cawyer, Student Conductor
December, 2005
Winter Concert: Dah Boodyet Radost, Konstantin Zhigulin
Symphony no. 9 in E, op.95, Antonín Dvorák
May, 2006
Spring Concert: Kyrie from Mass: "Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La",
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
"May the God of Wit inspire..." from The Fairy Queen, Henry Purcell
Concerto in C major for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra: Andantino,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Faith O'Neal, harp; Jason Blank, flute
The Hebrides Overture, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Dolly, Suite, Gabriel Fauré
Prelude and Quadruple Fugue, Alan Hovhaness
TAMU Orchestra Club
Brad Cawyer, Student Conductor
December, 2004
Winter Concert: Concerto for Flute in D Major, K. 314, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Jason Blank, flute
Academic Festival Overture, Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dances Nos. 5, 6 and 7, Johannes Brahms
Emperor Waltz, Op. 437, Johann Strauss, Jr.
Radetzky March, Johann Strauss, Sr.
May, 2005
Spring Concert: "Berceuse" & "Final" from The Firebird, Igor Stravinsky
Marche Slav, P.I. Tchaikovsky
Overture on 3 Russian Themes, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
"Gopak" from The Fair at Sorochinsky, Modest Moussorgsky
Concerto #2 for Piano, 2nd movement, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Brian Davidson, piano
TAMU Orchestra Club
Brad Cawyer, Student Conductor
1styear of the orchestra club at Texas A&M
December, 2003
Winter Concert:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Johann Sebastian Bach
Adagio for Strings, Samuel Barber
Divertimento in D, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Holiday selections:
White Christmas, W&M by Irving Berlin Arr. by Bruce Chase
Christmas Medley, Arr. by Arthur Harris
Sleigh Ride, Leroy Anderson
May, 2004
Spring Concert:
St. Paul’s Suite for String Orchestra, mvmts 1 and 4, Gustav Holst
Hoe-Down from Rodeo, Aaron Copland
L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1, mvmts 1 and 2, Georges Bizet
Nimrod from Enigma Variations, Edward Elgar
Finlandia, Jean Sibelius