University's String Orchestra to Perform Saturday, November 14

On Saturday, Nov. 14, Performance Music at The University of Scranton will present a concert featuring the University’s String Orchestra. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Houlihan-McLean Center, Mulberry Street and Jefferson Avenue, downtown Scranton. Admission is free. The concert is open to the public, with seating on a first-come, first-seated basis.

“The concert will showcase a diverse selection of works spanning from the Baroque period through the 20th century," said Janelle Decker, Performance Music executive director.

The program will include works written by Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvořák, Handel, Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky, some of them in arrangements for string orchestra, others originally written for string orchestra.

The University of Scranton String Orchestra is a 40-plus-member ensemble comprised of members of the University community from majors and departments spanning the curriculum — most of them undergraduate students, none of whom are music majors — joined by a few graduate students, alumni and members of the faculty who are all brought together by their mutual love of music-making.

The primary focus of Performance Music at The University of Scranton is its student choral and instrumental performing ensembles. There is no major in music at the University, and all enrolled Scranton students (undergraduate and graduate) are eligible for membership in the University Bands, University Performance Choirs, University String Orchestra and Ensembles and Steel Drum Ensemble. A few members of the faculty and staff and alumni from the region also perform with the groups. Each year, hundreds of students participate in the ensembles.

For additional information on the concert, please call 570-941-7624, email music@scranton.edu or visit scranton.edu/music.

IF YOU GO:

What: IN CONCERT: The University of Scranton String Orchestra, presented by Performance Music at The University of Scranton

When: Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Houlihan-McLean Center, Mulberry Street and Jefferson Avenue, downtown Scranton

Admission: Free