Jennifer Sacher Wiley
Music Director & Conductor
"Listen fresh, Listen local"™
March Set 2025
Rehearsals at Rife Center, Bethany Village, 325 Wesley Dr, Mechanicsburg
Mondays January 6- February 24
(Three sets with pauses in between)
Set 1: Smyth "Boatswain's Mate" Overture; Debussy "Sunken Cathedral", Smyth "Wreckers" Overture
Set 2: Arias featuring Damian Savarino, bass-baritone (Verdi & Mozart)
Set 3: Schumann Symphony No. 3 "Rheinisch" (no movement 3)
Rehearsals Mondays 7:15-9:30
2/3 7:15 Arias with soloist (smallest to largest: Mozart strings, Mozart Un Bacio, Verdi)
8:00 Wreckers
8:20 Boatswain
8:40 BREAK
8:50 Schumann mvts 4 & 5
2/10 NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: Silver Spring Presbyterian 444 Silver Spring Rd, M-burg
7:15 Sectionals (Strings yes, WB TBD)
8:00 BREAK
8:10 Tutti TBA
2/17 7:15 Wreckers with "organ", 8:00 TBA
Monday, 2/24 "Pre-dress", program in concert order with soloist
Concert Weekend, March 1 & 2
Trinity Lutheran Church, 1000 Chestnut Street, Camp Hill
Saturday, March 1 10:00-12:30 Concert Order
Sunday, March 2 2:15 Pre-concert Lecture, 3:00 Concert
Boatswain's Mate Cuts (all marked in parts)
• Play through m. 140 (2:35), Cut to m. 202 (3:30)
• Play m. 202 through m. 216 (3:48), Cut to m. 259 (4:30)
• Play m. 259 through m. 294 (5:06), Cut to m. 344 (5:53)
• Play m. 344 to end
remembering Charles Yocum
violinist with WSSO since 2019, member of D&I committee
2024-25 Season
Rehearsals Mondays, 7:15-9:30
November 10, 2024 “Homelands” with Patricia Weitzel, string bass soloist
(Rehearsals start 9/9, Dress 11/9)
Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso for strings TBA Malcolm Arnold Four Scottish Dances, mvt 1, 3, 4 & Bela Bartok, Hungarian Pictures, mvt 1, 3, 5; Serge Koussevitsky Bass Concerto, William Grant Still Festive Overture
Ed/Fam Concerts F 12/13, S 12/14 "Music in Motion" (St. Patrick Activity Center, 87 Marsh Dr., Carlisle)
(Rehearsals M 11/18, M 12/2, M 12/9, TH 12/12)
Friday Show times 9:30, 10:45, 12:30
March 2, 2025 “Into The Depths” with Damian Savarino, bass-baritone soloist
(Rehearsals start 1/6, Dress 3/1)
Ethel Smyth Boatswain & Wreckers Overtures, Mozart aria, Debussy Sunken Cathedral, Verdi aria, Robert Schuman, Symphony No. 3 “Rheinische”
May 4 2025 “Excursions” with WBP winner of concerto competition
(Rehearsals start 3/10, Dress 5/3)
Tchaikovsky “Capriccio Italien”, TBA Concerto, Copland “Appalachian Spring Suite”
Special thanks to our chamber musicians!
HARD AT WORK YEAR ROUND
Strings always welcome!
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