November 2019
"Bold Voices: A Beethoven Celebration"
- Symphony No. 5 I. Allegro con brio
- Symphony No. 1 IV. Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace
- Piano Concerto No. 3 I. Allegro con brio
- Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) II. Marcia funebre
- Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral) IV. Gewitter, Sturm
- Symphony No. 9 II. Molto vivace IV. Finale
May 2019
"Pictures at an Exhibition"
- SMETANA The Dance of the Comedians
- MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition
- Promenade
- Gnomus
- Bydlo
- Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells
- Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
- Catacombs: Sepulcrum romanum
- Promenade: Con mortuis in lingua mortua
- The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba Yaga)
- The Great Gate of Kiev
March 2019
"Flash Back, Flash Forward"
- DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
- GRÉTRY Suite from Céphale et Procris
- BERLIOZ March from The Damnation of Faust
- DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)
- PRICE Symphony No. 1
- PRICE Symphony No. 3
- GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
- MAZZOLI Violent, Violent Sea
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
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December 2017
"Friends in Harmony"
- BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide
- COPLAND Hoe-Down from Rodeo
- BIZET Suite No. 2 from L’arlésienne
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
- COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Danse Negre
- BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances
- GINASTERA Four Dances from Estancia
March 2018
"Sounds of Conflict, Sounds of Peace"
- BERNSTEIN Rumble from West Side Story
- SHOSTAKOVICH Allegro from Symphony No. 10
- ESTACIO Untimely Elegy from Victims of Us All
- PARRY Selections from For Heart, Breath and Orchestra
- KORNGOLD Allegro assai vivace from Violin Concerto
- COPLAND Lincoln Portrait
November 2018
"The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sound"
- BERLIOZ The Corsair Overture
- TCHAIKOVSKY Suite No. 1 from The Nutcracker
- BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
- PRICE Symphony No. 1 in E Minor
- CORIGLIANO Gazebo Dances R.
- STRAUSS Don Juan
- ROSSINI Overture to William Tell
Since my retirement from public school teaching I have had the opportunity to be involved with this incredible organization. I plan lessons to increase interest in and understanding of the music that will be performed at concerts planned specifically for children. In addition to volunteering as a docent ,
I sometimes prepare my fellow docents by sharing ideas and resources they can use when visiting schools. Some of these ideas could be used outside of preparations for a specific concert and so they are shared here.