University of Scranton String Orchestra to Perform November 21

Nov 14, 2014
James Vasky ’13, a native of Chinchilla and a graduate student in software engineering at The University of Scranton, rehearses for performance by the University’s String Orchestra on Friday, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m.
James Vasky ’13, a native of Chinchilla and a graduate student in software engineering at The University of Scranton, rehearses for performance by the University’s String Orchestra on Friday, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m.

The University of Scranton String Orchestra will perform in concert on Friday, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the University’s Houlihan-McLean Center. The concert is free of admission charge and open to the public.

The program will feature compositions by Holst and Vaughan Williams; arrangements of works by Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Smetana, and Rimsky-Korsakov; and arrangements for string orchestra of six movements of Moussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” and Piazzola’s “Libertango”. 

The University of Scranton String Orchestra is a 30-member ensemble comprised of members of the University community – mostly undergraduate students, joined by a few members of the faculty and staff – who are brought together by a mutual love of music-making.

For additional information, email music@scranton.edu, or visit www.scranton.edu/music.

 

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