Welcome to our 2011-2012 season.

Preparations for our first concert of the season have begun! As always, Dr. Donald Portnoy will be leading the talented musicians of the USC Symphony to perform the finest orchestral literature with acclaimed guest artists.

Thursday, September 22, 2011- Vadim Gluzman, violin

Francis Scott Key- Star-Spangled Banner

Beethoven- Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67

Brahms- Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 77

Tuesday, October 18, 2011- Phillip Bush, piano

Tribute To Gian Carlo Menotti

Menotti- “March” and ”Shepherd’s Dance” from Amahl

and the Night Visitors

Menotti- The Telephone Diana Amos, soprano

                                       Jacob Will, baritone

Beethoven- Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, op. 58

Tuesday, November 15, 2011- Michael Ludwig, violin

The Red Violin 

Tchaikovsky- Nutcracker Ballet, Act II

Corigliano- The Red Violin

Tuesday, February, 14, 2012- Amoré

This Valentine’s Day program will feature three vocal soloists singing romantic highlights from movies, theatre, and the operatic world.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

- Winners of the USC Concerto-Aria Competition

Each academic year, the USC Symphony Orchestra sponsors a concerto-aria competition. Any sophomore, junior, senior, master’s, or graduate certificate student enrolled at the University of South Carolina and studying applied music on the Columbia campus may compete. Winners perform with the USC Symphony Orchestra, and the names of winners are engraved on the concerto-aria plaque, which is on permanent display in the USC School of Music. Categories are strings, woodwinds, and brass.

Prokofiev- Symphony No. 5, op. 100

Thursday, April 12, 2012- Defiant Requiem-Verdi Requiem

Tina Stallard, soprano 

Janet Hopkins, mezzo-soprano 

Walter Cuttino, tenor 

Jacob Will, baritone 

Larry Wyatt, choral director 

Murry Sidlin, guest conductor

All concerts will take place at 7:30pm at the Koger Center for the Arts.

With a season as great as this, season subscriptions are a steal! For ticket information visit: http://www.music.sc.edu/ea/orchestra/schedule.html

Interested in being a donor? Visit: http://www.music.sc.edu/ea/orchestra/form_06-07_donor.pdf

For more information about the the 2011-2012 season, see our brochure: http://www.music.sc.edu/ea/orchestra/USC%20Symphony%202011-12%20brochure.pdf