Past Seasons
2019-2020 Season: Reveries & revelations
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
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
The remainder of this season was unfortunately canceled due
to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-2019 Season: Notes of nature
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
