Past Seasons

2019-2020 Season: Reveries & revelations

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CLASSICAL CARTOONS: October 19 & 20, 2019

Featuring guest conductor, Vincent Povazsay

Offenbach - Galop "Can-can" from Orpheus in the Underworld

Ponchielli - Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda

Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in D Minor

Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice

Rossini - Overture to The Barber of Seville

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MINGLED MERRIMENT: December 8, 2019

Featuring guest conductor, Wojciech Milewski

Monti, arr. Mosier - Csardas

Capua, arr. Rothrock - O sole mio

Borodin - Introduction & First Dance from Polovtsian Dances

Martini, arr. Chiaramello - Plaisir d'amour

Debussy, arr. Mouton - Rêverie

Brahms - Hungarian Dance No.5

Hayes, arr. - A Christmas Portrait

Strommen, arr. - There's Christmas in the Air

Krogstad, arr. - The Christmas Song

Krogstad, arr. - The Bells of Christmas

Anderson - Sleigh Ride

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The remainder of this season was unfortunately canceled due

to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-2019 Season: Notes of nature

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ORCHESTRAL ORNITHOLOGY: October 20 & 21, 2018

Featuring Guest Artist, Wilson Mericle, baritone

Bernstein, arr. Mason - West Side Story Selections

Haydn - Symphony No.83 "The Hen", first movement

Tchaikovsky - Waltz from Swan Lake

Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Respighi - The Pines of Rome

Mozart - "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" from Die Zauberflöte

Sondheim - "There Are Giants in the Sky" from Into the Woods

Bock & Harnick - "She Loves Me" from She Loves Me

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LYRICAL LANDSCAPES: December 1, 2018

Beethoven - Symphony No.6 "Pastorale", first movement

Anderson - A Christmas Festival

Arr. Christiansen - A Bach Christmas

Barnes - Celebration Overture

Cacavas, arr. - Christmas Music for Orchestra

Snyder, arr. - The Polar Express

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THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS WITH TEMPLE TEENS: December 4, 2018

Barnes - Celebration Overture

Cacavas, arr. - Christmas Music for Orchestra

Snyder, arr. - The Polar Express

Anderson - A Christmas Festival

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WIND & WOODLAND: March 16 & 17, 2019

Featuring guest artist, Kevin Ward, tuba

MacDowell - selections from Woodland Sketches

Sadler - Journey for Tuba and Orchestra

Mizesko - Sketches from Pinehurst

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RIVER RHYTHMS: May 18 & 19, 2019

Guest conductor, Rodney Winther

Featuring guest artists, The Cliff Wheeler Band

Gershwin - Swanee

Grainger - Spoon River

Mancini - Moon River

Handel - Alla hornpipe fro The Water Music

Strauss - Blue Danube Waltz

The Cliff Wheeler Band - selections

2017-2018 Season: Opposites

VILLAINS & HEROES: October 14 & 15, 2017

Anderson - Trumpeter's Lullaby *In memory of Carol Denton Judd

Beal, arr. Ford - Main Theme from House of Cards

Beethoven - First Movement from Symphony No.3 "Eroica"

Brubaker, arr. - World of Warcraft

Liadov - Baba-Yaga

Shore, arr. Brubaker - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Williams - Summon the Heroes

Williams - Superman March

Zimmer, arr. Lavendar - The Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End​

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FIRE & ICE: December 2, 2017

Featuring guest artist & LCCO alumna, Emily Armstrong, mezzo-soprano

Donizetti - "Pour une femme de mon nom" from La Fille du Regiment

Bizet - Habanera & Seguidilla from Carmen

Williams - Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

Mancini - Chariots of Fire

Correia - O, Christmas Time!

Sousa, arr. Foster - Stars & Stripes for Christmas

Guaraldi, arr. Pugh - Charlie Brown Christmas

Broughton, arr. Vinson - Overture to Miracle on 34th Street

Korngold - The Snowman Overture

Rimsky-Korsakov - The Snow Maiden Suite, selections

Anderson - Sleigh Ride

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THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS with TEMPLE TEENS: December 5, 2017

Williams - Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

Sousa, arr. Foster - Stars & Stripes for Christmas

Anderson - Sleigh Ride

Hayes, arr. - Let it Snow

Holiday Pops Singalong

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NIGHT & DAY: March 24 & 25, 2018

Featuring guest artist, William D. Lawing, trumpet

Britten - March, Nocturne, & Moto perpetuo from Matinées Musicales

Mendelssohn - Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream

Cairns - Refracted Moonlight

Porter, arr. Lewis - Night & Day

Haydn - Symphony No.6 "Morning", first movement

Haydn - Symphony No.8 "Night", fourth movement

Wolfe, J. - Trumpet Concerto

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COWBOYS & URBANITES: May 19 & 20, 2018

Williams - The Cowboys Overture

Paulus - Manhattan Sinfonietta

Thine Alabaster Cities Gleam - Brubaker

Copland - Waltz from Billy the Kid

Copland - Hoe-Down from Rodeo

Tiomkin, arr. Palmer & Russ - Rawhide

Howard - Wyatt Earp

Bernstein, E., arr. Russ - The Magnificent Seven

Berlin - God Bless America, *featuring Wilson Mericle, baritone

arr. Lowden - Armed Forces Salute

2016-2017 Season: Portals

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SOUTHERN EXCURSIONS: October 15 & 16, 2016

Cervantes, arr. Langey - Te Quiero Tanto from Three Cuban Dances

Chávez - Chapultepec

de Falla - Final Dance from The Three-Cornered Hat

Gould - Guaracha & Conga from Latin American Symphonette

Isaac, arr. - Two South American Tangos (El Choclo, La Comparsita)

Lecuona - Danza lucimi from Danzas Afro-Cubanas

Lecuona, arr. Gould - La comparsa

Lecuona, arr. Jenkins - Andalucia

Moncayo - Huapango

Padilla - El relicario

Piazzolla, arr. Kazik - Libertango

HOLIDAY REVERIES: December 3, 2016

Featuring Ilana Lubitsch, soprano & Dan Boye, baritone

Goeller - Fiesta de Navidad

Bizet - Toreador aria from Carmen

Gounod - "Je veux vivre" aria from Romeo et Juliette

Mozart - "La ci darem la mano" duet from Don Giovanni

Massenet - Meditation from Thaïs

Strauss, J. - "Mein Herr Marquis" from Die Fledermaus

Mozart - "Der Vogelfänger" aria from The Magic Flute

Mozart - Papageno! Papagena! duet from The Magic Flute

Goeller - Christmas Fantasy for Orchestra

Strommen, arr. - There's Christmas in the Air

Hayes, arr. - Let It Snow

Hague - You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch

Stephenson, arr. - Santa Baby

Berlin - White Christmas

Anderson - Sleigh Ride

HOLIDAY CELEBRATION with TEMPLE TEENS: December 6, 2016

Goeller - Fiesta de Navidad

Ployhar, arr. - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Custer, arr. - Winter Wonderland

Berlin - White Christmas

Hague - You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch

Strommen, arr. - There's Christmas in the Air

Hayes, arr. - Let it Snow

Anderson - Sleigh Ride

ROMANTIC GATEWAY: March 18 & 19, 2017

Featuring LCCO alumnus Hunter Cox, piano

Beethoven - Overture to Fidelio

Chopin - Piano Concerto No.2

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.2

CCCC FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER: March 24, 2017

Beethoven - Overture to Fidelio

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.2, fourth movement

Mancini, arr. Custer - A Tribute to Henry Mancini

SANFORD STREETFEST FIREWORKS: April 22, 2017

Tchaikovsky's - The Year 1812 Overture

SUMMER SKYLIGHT: May 20 & 21, 2017, 3:00 p.m.

Balmages - Summer Dances

Smith - The Great Steamboat Race

Mussorgsky, arr. Liadov - Hopak from Sorochinsky Fair

Danyew - Vermont State Fair

Dvorak - Festival March

Grainger, arr. Perna - Shepherd's Hey

Tchaikovsky - The Year 1812 Overture

Sousa - Stars & Stripes Forever

Lowden - Armed Forces Salute

2015-2016: Symphonic Adventures

BY LAND, AIR, & SEA: October 10 & 11, 2015

Powell - How to Train Your Dragon

Ricketts, arr. - Gilbert & Sullivan

Horner - James Horner Hollywood Blockbusters (music from Apollo 13, An American Tale, Braveheart, and Titanic)

Offenbach - Galop from Orpheus in the Underworld

Williams - Raiders March from Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Grieg - "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt

Lopez, arr. - James Bond Medley

Rossini - William Tell Overture

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HOLIDAY SOJOURN: December 5, 2015

Roszell, arr. - From the Realms of Glory

Beethoven - Symphony No.1

Rimsky-Korsakov - Polonaise from Christmas Eve

Grofé - Sunrise and On The Trail from Grand Canyon Suite

O'Neill & Kinkell - Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24

Sheldon, arr. - The Most Wonderful Christmas

Anderson - Sleigh Ride

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VOYAGE: March 12 & 13, 2016

Featuring U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion Jamie Laval and guests

Williams - Far and Away Suite

Rimsky-Korsakov - Sadko Suite, Op.5

Mendelssohn - Fingal's Cave Overture

Arrangements by Jamie Laval: Beauty of the North, The Nettled Wife, The Sea is My Delight, Danse Rustique, Reel of Tulloch, Célina

THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE: May 21 & 22, 2016

Silvestri - Back to the Future Suite

Custer, arr. - Forrest Gump Suite

Giacchino - "Spirit of Adventure" from Up

Sousa - The Gliding Girl

Borodin - Polovtsian Dances

Lowden - Armed Forces Salute

Featuring the FOG Blues Band:

Lennon/McCartney, arr. Tara Keith - Ticket to Ride

Whitesnake, arr. Lauren Winkens - Here I Go Again

Steppenwolf, arr. Tara Keith - Magic Carpet Ride

The Commodores, arr. Lauren Winkens - Brick House

2014-2015: Symphonic Creatures

MUSICAL ZOO: October 11 & 12, 2014

Powell, arr. Bullock - The Story of Mumble Happy Feet

Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee

Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice

Prokofiev - Peter & The Wolf

Berry, arr. - Happy from Dispicable Me

HOLIDAY CRITTERS: December 6, 2014

Richman - Reindeer Variations

Haydn - Symphony No.83 "The Hen", first movement

Tchaikovsky - Waltz from Swan Lake

Ponchielli - Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda

Lopez/Lopez - Frozen

Tchaikovsky - Battle with the Rat King from The Nutcracker

Brubaker - How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Stephenson - Holly Jolly Christmas Sing-along

Anderson - Sleigh Ride

PHILHARMONIA UNTAMED: March 7 & 8, 2015

Featuring Mayumi Osada, piano, & Elisabeth Malcolm

Elgar - Overture, Sun Dance and Fairies & Giants from The Wand of Youth Suite No.1

Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

MOVIE MENAGERIE: May 16 & 17, 2015

Badelt, arr. Ricketts - Pirates of the Carribean

Shore, arr. Whitney - Lord of the Rings

Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending (featuring Ueli Schweizer)

Williams - Theme from E.T.

Elfman, arr. Wasson - Music from Spiderman

Mancini, arr. Custer - A Tribute to Henry Mancini

Williams, arr. Custer, Highlights from Jurassic Park

Lowden - Armed Forces Salute

2013-2014 Season: The Spirit of America

THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA: October 19 & 20, 2013

Custer, arr. - The American Frontier

Porter, arr. Whitney - Cole Porter Salute

Stringfield - Mountain Song from The Southern Mountains

Petering - Illumination (WORLD PREMIERE, LCCO commission)

Custer, arr. - A Salute to the Big Bands

Jones - Elegy

Ricketts, arr. - Music from Chicago

Copland - Hoe Down

Arlen, arr. Rothrock/Holcombe - Somewhere Over the Rainbow

AN AMERICAN HOLIDAY: December 7, 2013

Featuring Thomas Turanchik, oboe

Balmages, arr. - Fantasia on We Three Kings

Pedrollo - Oboe Concerto (featuring Thomas Turanchik, oboe)

Holcombe - The Night Before Christmas (featuring Peggy Taphorn, narrator)

Herbert - March of the Toys from Babes in Toyland

Nelson, arr. Moss - Frosty the Snowman

Mendelssohn - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Custer - Canadian Brass Christmas

Niles, arr. Krogstad - I Wonder as I Wander

Berlin, arr. Bennett - White Christmas

Silvestri, arr. Brubaker - The Polar Express

Anderson - Sleigh Ride

TO AND FROM AMERICA: March 15 & 16, 2014

Featuring Jacquelyn Culpepper, soprano, and Dan Boye, baritone

Gershwin, arr. Whitney - An American in Paris

Howard - King Kong Soundtrack Highlights

Barry - Concert Suite from Dances with Wolves

Loesser, arr. Custer - Music from Guys & Dolls

Mozart - "Madamina! Il catalogo è questo" from Don Giovanni

Puccini - "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi

Lehár - Waltz Duet from The Merry Widow

Dvorak - Symphony No.9 "From the New World", second movement

Gershwin, arr. Bennett - "Sumertime", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", and "Bess, you is My Woman Now" from Porgy & Bess

AMERICAN SALUTE: May 17 & 18, 2014

Williams, arr. Custer - American Patrol

Meacham - American Patrol

Rodgers - Victory at Sea

Kame, arr. Phillippe - Band of Brothers

Gould - An American Salute

Sousa - Stars & Stripes Forever

Lowden - Armed Forces Salute

Featuring the FOG Blues Band:

James Brown, arr. Lauren Winkens - I Feel Good

Isley Brothers, arr. Tara Keith - It's Your Thing

The Commodores, arr. Lauren Winkens - Brick House

2012-2013 Season: Silver Anniversary Celebration!

CELEBRATING THE LCCO: October, 2012

Elgar - Pomp & Circumstance March No.4

Vaughan Williams, arr. Jacob - English Folk Song Suite

Strauss - Emperor Waltz

Anderson - Fiddle Faddle

Lowden, arr. - Disney Magic

Bulla, arr. - Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

Ford, arr. - Video Games Live Suite

CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAYS: December, 2012

Featuring the Community Choir

Gauntlett/Edwards - Once in Royal David's City

Anderson - Suite of Carols

Bach, arr. Luck - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Whitney, arr. - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Goeller - The Wexford Carol

Torme, arr. Lowden - Christmas Song

Krogstad, arr. - The Bells of Christmas

Anderson - Suite of Carols

Tchaikovsky - selections from The Nutcracker

Handel - Sinfonia, Pifa, and Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah

CELEBRATING OUR MUSICIANS: March, 2013

Featuring LCCO members as soloists

Sibelius - March from Karelia

Berlioz - Harold in Italy, third movement (featuring Morgan Caffey Brewer, viola)

Bruch - Kol Nidrei (featuring Elisabeth Crandall, cello)

Arban, arr. Hunsberger - Fantasie Brillante (featuring Carol Judd, trumpet)

Vivaldi - Concerto for Four Violins, first movement

  (featuring Ueli Schweizer, Miram Bryant, Hunter Cox, and Debbie White, violins)

Chaminade - Flute Concertino (featuring Jessica Traversino, flute)

Dukas - Villanelle (featuring Eric Keith, horn)

Weber - Clarinet Concerto No.2, first movement (featuring Lauren Winkens, clarinet)

Berlioz - March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique

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CELEBRATING OUR AUDIENCE: May, 2013

Featuring repertoire selected by our audience

Rodgers, arr. Bennett - Selections from The Sound of Music

Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man

Gershwin, arr. Brubaker - Rhapsody in Blue

Mozart - Symphony No.25, first movement

Dvorak - Symphony No.9 "From the New World", fourth movement

Williams - Star Wars

Schwartz, arr. Ricketts - Wicked

Custer, arr. - Themes from 007

Williams - Harry Potter Suite

Lowden, arr. - Armed Forces Salute

2011-2012 Season: An Orchestral Bouquet
 

ROSE: October, 2011

Verdi - Prelude to Act I from La Traviata

Barry - Somewhere in Time

Tchaikovsky - Overture to Romeo & Juliet

Sibelius - Romance in C

Rachmaninov - Vocalise

Shostakovich - Symphony No.5, fourth movement

LILY: December, 2011

Featuring the Community Choir

Anderson - Christmas Festival

Corelli - Christmas Concerto

Elgar - Nimrod from Enigma Variations

Grieg - Norwegian Dance No.1

Mascagni - Intermezzo from Cavlleria Rusticana

Medley - Christmas at the Movies

Handel - Sinfonia, And the Glory of the Lord, Pifa, and Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah

Anderson - Sleigh Ride

ORCHID: March, 2012

Dvorak - Romance (featuring Ueli Schweizer, violin)

Strauss, arr. Kennedy - Die Fledermaus Overture

Saint-Saëns - Bacchanale from Samson & Dalila

Williams - Superman Returns

Fauré - Prelude and Sicilienne from Pelléas et Mélisande Suite

Beethoven - Symphony No.7, second movement

Sibelius - Finlandia

DAISY: May, 2012

Holst - Jupiter from The Planets

Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty Waltz

Beethoven - Symphony No.7, first movement

Vaughan Williams - Overture to The Wasps

Lowden - Armed Forces Salute

Featuring the FOG Blues Band:

Joe Cocker, arr. Manly Lucas - Unchain My Heart

Marvin Gaye, arr. Tara Keith - I Heard It Through the Grapevine

The Commodores, arr. Lauren Winkens - Brick House

2010-2011 Season: The Elements

WATER: October, 2010

Handel - Alla Hornpipe from Water Music

Rimsky-Korsakov - The Sea-Shipwreck from Scheherazade

Delius - Summer Night on the River

Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Finale

Liadov - The Enchanted Lake

Saint-Saëns - The Aquarium from Carnival of the Animals

Smetana - The Moldau from My Fatherland

EARTH: December, 2010

Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain

Dvorak - Symphony No.9 "From the New World", first and second movements

Zimmer - Earth from Gladiator

Handel - Sinfonia, Pifa, and Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah (featuring the community choir)

Anderson - Sleigh Ride

AIR: March, 2011

Featuring Clara Gerdes, piano

Bach - Concerto No.1 for Keyboard (featuring Clara Gerdes, piano)

Persichetti - Serenade No.1

Bach - Gavotte I & II, Air, and Gigue from Orchestral Suite No.3

Honegger - Pastoral d'Eté

Elgar - Meditation from The Light of Life

Smith - The Ascension

Burns - Flying

FIRE: May, 2011

Stravinsky - Infernal Dance, Berceuse, and Finale from The Firebird

Haydn - Symphony No.59 "Fire Symphony", first movement

Shostakovich - Fire of Eternal Glory

Handel - selections from Music for the Royal Fireworks

Falla - Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo

Wagner - The Magic Fire form Die Walküre

Lowden - Armed Forces Salute

2009-2010 Season: Around the World

A DAY IN VIENNA: October, 2009

Suppé - Light Cavalry Overture

Strauss - Vienna Blood

Schubert - Rosamunde Overture

Strauss - Pizzicato Polka

Mozart - Symphony No.40, first and third movements

Strauss - Radetzky March

A HOLIDAY IN RUSSIA: December, 2009

Mendelssohn - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Traditional - Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful

Balakirev - First Overture on Russian Themes

Glazunov - Russian Christmas Festival, first movement

Traditional - Silent Night

Rimsky-Korsakov - Polonaise from Christmas Eve Suite

Tchaikovsky - selections from The Nutcracker

Traditional - Joy to the World

A DAY IN FRANCE: March, 2010

Bizet - L'Arlesienne Suite

Debussy - Petite Suite

Massenet - Scènes pittoresques

A DAY IN THE USA: May, 2010

Kennedy, arr. Thomas - Collection of Patriotic Songs

Corigliano - Voyage

Copland - Saturday Night Waltz and Hoe Down from Rodeo

Chadwick - Jubilee from Symphonic Sketches

Harris - Americana

Sousa, arr. McAlister - Liberty Bell March

Lowden, arr. - Armed Forces Salute