Jacob Schnitzer, conductor

Jacob Schnitzer, conductor

Wilbur Lin, music director
Tiffany Townsend, soprano
Katie Trigg, mezzo-soprano
Daniel McGrew, tenor
Morgan-Andrew King, bass
Columbia Chorale – Emily Edgington Andrews, artistic director
Jacob Schnitzer, assistant conductor

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

The opening concert of our annual Firefly Music Festival celebrates the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. The Missouri Symphony Orchestra will kick off the concert with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1. After intermission, they will be joined by the Columbia Choral and four of the most exciting young solo voices from across the country to present the 9th Symphony, which was first performed just over 200 years from this date. With its well-known final movement, commonly known as “Ode to Joy,” the audience will leave excited for what is to come the rest of the festival.

Ernest BLOCH Sacred Service
with Kent State University Choirs

Kent State Music, Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, and The Temple Tifereth-Israel: Bloch’s Sacred Service
Cantor Vladimir Lapin, baritone
Dr. Jacob Schnitzer, conductor
Dr. Bret Peppo, chorus master

The Kent State University Orchestra and combined Choirs, joined by Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple Cantor Vladimir Lapin join to present Ernest Bloch’s (first President of the Cleveland Institute of Music) “Sacred Service” (Avodath HaKodesh), a monumental work of Jewish liturgical music for cantor, a full symphonic chorus, and  symphony orchestra.

Ernest BLOCH Sacred Service
with Kent State University Choirs

Kent State Music, Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, and The Temple Tifereth-Israel: Bloch’s Sacred Service
Cantor Vladimir Lapin, baritone
Dr. Jacob Schnitzer, conductor
Dr. Bret Peppo, chorus master

The Kent State University Orchestra and combined Choirs, joined by Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple Cantor Vladimir Lapin join to present Ernest Bloch’s (first President of the Cleveland Institute of Music) “Sacred Service” (Avodath HaKodesh), a monumental work of Jewish liturgical music for cantor, a full symphonic chorus, and  symphony orchestra. This performance at the historic Maltz Center Performing Arts, originally built as The Temple Tifereth-Israel, places the Sacred Service amidst one of Cleveland’s most beautiful spaces of Jewish sacred architecture

Student Concerti Soloists TBA

Jacob Schnitzer, guest conductor

Robert SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
I.Nicht zu schnell  performed by Katsuaki Arakawa

William WALTON Viola Concerto
I. Andante comodo performed by Shen-Chieh (Jason) Lan

Jean SIBELIUS  Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
  III. Allegro, ma non tanto performed by Emmanuelle (Ellie) Sievers

Gustav HOLST The Planets
Laura MERCADO-WRIGHT Between the Planets
featuring VAMP Vocals

The Austin Civic Orchestra partners again with The University of Texas at Austin for the 10th Texas Rising Stars concert at Bates Recital Hall. The winners of the Butler School of Music’s String Concerto Competition perform concerti accompanied by the orchestra.

This collaborative concert between the Butler School of Music and Austin Civic Orchestra was conceived by UT professor Brian Lewis and is funded in part by the David and Mary Winton Green Chair in String Performance and Pedagogy.

This concert is free – a gift to the Austin community.  

Density512 records the wind ensemble music of the late Arnold Rosner with support from the Rosner Estate for release on the record label Toccata Classics. Stay tuned for more information regarding the release of this record.

Wilbur Lin, Music Director
Jacob Schnitzer, Assistant Conductor

When music from around the world’s cultures and traditions join together, miracles are bound to happen! MOSY continues our time-honored tradition of bringing you singing, dancing, and joyful noise-making in celebration of the holidays with A Winter Miracle, a medley of holiday celebrations conducted by MSO Music Director Wilbur Lin.

Join us with your best voice and coziest sweater and carol along with the accompaniment of an entire orchestra this holiday season with MOSY!

Adolphus HAILSTORK I will lift up mine eyes with Kent State Choruses
Bret Peppo, conductor
Aaron COPLAND An Outdoor Overture
William Grant STILL Symphony No. 4, “Autochthonous”
Jacob Schnitzer, conductor

A special collaboration between Density512 and Inversion Ensemble, The Björk Songbook reimagines the music of a pop icon with new arrangements for chamber orchestra and choir by local composers (Sophie Mathieu, François Minaux, James Tabata, and more), presented in a hybrid concert/dance party format.

WANG Leyou Guangdong Rhapsody (U.S. Premiere)
Antonin DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, No. 1 and 4
Caroline SHAW Entr’acte
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C Minor