University of Scranton Symphonic Band to Perform on Saturday, Nov. 22
Performance Music at The University of Scranton will present a concert featuring the University's Symphonic Band at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Houlihan-McLean Center. The program will include more than 70 members performing a variety of symphonic band works. The concert is free, open to the public and seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis.On Saturday, Nov. 22, Performance Music at The University of Scranton will present a concert featuring the University’s Symphonic Band. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Houlihan-McLean Center, Mulberry Street and Jefferson Avenue, downtown Scranton. Admission is free and the concert is open to the public with seating on a first-come, first-seated basis.
According to conductors Cheryl Y. Boga and Janelle Decker, the program will include a variety of symphonic band works including music by Malcolm Arnold, Eric Ewazen, the University’s late composer-in-residence Vaclav Nelhybel H’85, Robert Spittal, Joseph Turrin and Jan Van der Roost.
The University of Scranton Symphonic Band is a 70-plus member ensemble comprised of members of the University community from majors and departments spanning the curriculum. The vast majority of them are undergraduate students — none of whom are music majors — joined by a few graduate students and members of the faculty, staff and alumni, 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. 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, call 570-941-7624, email music@scranton.edu or visit the Performance Music website.
IF YOU GO:
What: IN CONCERT: The University of Scranton Symphonic Band, presented by Performance Music at The University of Scranton
When: Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Houlihan-McLean Center, Mulberry Street and Jefferson Avenue, downtown Scranton
Admission: Free
