Upcoming Concerts

10/10/2021 @ 4 PM
A Classical Coming Out
Monongalia Arts Center
$10 PER TICKET

To celebrate National Coming Out Day on the 11th, come hear music by famous composers who were/ are members of the LGBT community.  It's a celebration of the truly grand contributions of the LGBT community to classical music and an exploration of what it means to be 'out' in classical music.  
PROGRAM

Southern Harmony
Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)

Sextet
Francis Poulenc (1899 -1963)

Adagio for Strings
Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)

Appalachian Spring (version for 13 instruments)
Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
MUSICIANS
Violins
Sean Elliott (concertmaster)
Irene Rudas
Nathanael Turner
Sandra Corralles

Violas
Olivia Boughton
Clayton Heinecke

Cellos
Dr. Karen Lau
Gerardo Pastrana
Winds
Dr. Alyssa Schwartz (flute)
Alicia Rae (oboe)
Bryce Kyle (clarinet)
Alicia Rafter (horn)
Jovi Altadonna (bassoon)

Piano
​Dr. Joseph Yungen

​Contrabass
Joe Gaskins

12/05/2021
Mark Takes the Winds
VENUE TBD
$10 PER TICKET

Sinfonia
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

In Dreams
Roger Peterson (b. 1976)

Serenade no. 12, K. 388/ 384a
W.A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Kyle Simpson World Premiere

TBD
Christmas Singalong
VENUE TBD
$10 PER TICKET

Come reconnect for the holidays with a sing along to all your favorite Christmas carols and hymns!

Previous CONCERTS

6/13/2021
​3:00 PM
old friends and new Hellos
Monongalia Arts center
$10 per ticket

Come celebrate the freedom to join a live performance for the first time in more than a year! To commemorate the moment, we will premiere a fanfare by Appalachian composer Anthony J. Panebianco. Max Brauer's programmatic work about Pan, the demigod of Nature and Music, will remind us about good friendship and the beautiful West Virginia countryside. The program concludes with the timeless Wind Serenade by Antonin Dvorak.
 PROGRAM

Blue Square Fanfare
*World Premiere*
Anthony J. Panebianco (b. 1991)

Pan Suite for 10 Wind Instruments and Contrabass
Max Brauer (1855 - 1918)

INTERMISSION
​(Refreshments and wine available)
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Serenade for Wind Instruments, Cello, and Double Bass
Antonin Dvorak (1841 - 1904)
MUSICIANS
Flutes
Dr. Alyssa Schwartz
Juan Carlos Narvaez

Oboes
Brianna Corgel
Ashley Knox

Clarinets
Nolan Petote
Emma Locarnini
Horns
Alicia Rafter
Isaac Price
Julia Stocking

Bassoons
Eli Hall
Jovi Altadonna

Strings
Gerardo Sánchez Pastrana, Cello
Dr. Miranda Sousa
​Double Bass

7/3/2021
Red, White, and Brass
MONONGALIA ARTS CENTER
$10 PER TICKET

Remember when we celebrated the 4th of July together?  Come reconnect during everyone's favorite summer holiday with the bang and boom of a brass quintet! Tap those toes while celebrating America's birthday!
 PROGRAM

WILL INCLUDE (AMONG OTHERS)

Fanfare from La Peri (Paul Dukas)
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The Star Spangled Banner
(Francis Scott Key/ John Stafford Smith)

Simple Gifts (Traditional)
Battle Hymn of the Republic (Traditional)
America the Beautiful (Samuel Ward)

Star and Stripes Forever
... and other marches by John Philip Sousa!
MUSICIANS

Trumpets
Arias Flory
Adam Gillespie
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Horn
Alicia Rafter

Trombone
Andrew Ortega

Tuba
John Caughman V