Jennifer Sacher Wiley
Music Director & Conductor

Sometimes it takes a while to feel at home in a new place.  My commute from Lewisburg to the West Shore is starting to feel more routine, and there are so many places our orchestra has called "home"!  The Carlisle Theatre, Trinity Lutheran Church, Trinity High School, Fredricksen Library, and several rehearsal venues in Mechanicsburg.  I'm enjoying this center of our world, bringing together over 50 local musicians.

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Of course, each player you'll see on our stages comes with their own story, their own sense of place.  Some drive from Hershey, some from Carlisle, one immigrated from Poland, one from England.  Some have numerous grandchildren and one WSSO couple just welcomed their first baby this summer.

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All of us feel home inside our music.  I think maybe one of the most important roles of a conductor is to simultaneously honor individuals while centering them into one symphonic place.  One phrase leads to another until, when the piece concludes, you feel as though you can hold that musical world you just created for just an instant before the applause begins.  Our audiences bare witness to this.  Thank you for being part of our endeavors here on the West Shore!