Peter Rubardt Calendar 2023 - 2024 Season

Sept. 30, 2023 at 7:00pm
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Opening Night!
The MSU Riley Center, Meridian MS

Chee-Yun, violin

• Chabrier: Danse Slav
• Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole
• Intermission
• Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

October 7, 2023 at 7:30pm
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Opening Night!
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola FL

Sara Davis Buechner, piano

• Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
• Strauss: Burleske
• Intermission
• Ibert: Escales
• Respighi: Pines of Rome

October 14, 2023
Mississippi Gulf Coast Symphony: Opening Night!
iMPAC at MGCCC, Gulfport MS

Julian Rhee, violinist

• Smetana: The Moldau
• Bruch: Violin Concerto
• Intermission
• Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

October 16 & 17, 2023 (mornings)
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Educational Concerts
Olive Baptist Church, Pensacola FL

The Music of America: Movies, Modern, and Jazz

October 28, 2023 at 7:00pm
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Symphony of Illusion
The MSU Riley Center, Meridian MS

Michael Grandinetti, illusionist

• Williams: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
• Williams: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Williams: Star Wars, ET, Devil’s Dance, Fiddler on the Roof
• Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
• Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Mid-summer’s Night Dream
• Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre

November 5, 2023 at 1:30pm
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival
Fountain Park, Pensacola FL

An outdoor performance of popular favorites

November 26, 2023 at 4:30pm
Mississippi Gulf Coast Symphony: Holiday Peppermint Pops
iMPAC at MGCCC, Gulfport MS

Hattiesburg Choral Union, Greg Fuller Director
Combined area choruses

• Program to be determined

December 2, 2023 at 7:00pm
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Peppermint Pops
The MSU Riley Center, Meridian MS

USM Brass Quintet

Meridian Symphony Chorus

• A program of holiday favorites, featuring brass and chorus

December 31, 2023 at 7:00pm
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Celebrate the New Year!
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola FL

“The Piano Show” with Tony DeSare

January 13, 2024 at 7:30pm
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven & Blue Jeans
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola FL

Julien Labro, bandoneon
Danielle Talamantes, soprano

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
• Intermission
• Granados: La Maja y el Ruisenor
• Villa-Lobos: Aria from Bachianas Brazilieros #5
• Piazzolla: Aconcagua: Concerto for Bandoneon

January 27, 2024 at 7:00pm
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: A Night at the Opera
The MSU Riley Center, Meridian MS

Kristen Johnson Gunn, Soprano
Mandy Spivak, Soprano
John Christopher Adams, Tenor
Kayla Fuentes, Soprano
Meridian Symphony Chorus

• Selections from The Marriage of Figaro, La boheme, La traviata
• La forza del destino, Otello, Susannah,
• Street Scene, and Candide

February 3, 2024 at 7:30pm
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Mozart Madness
First United Methodist Church, Pensacola FL

Jacquelyn Adams, Horn

• Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527
• Mozart: Horn Concerto No.4, K.495, E-flat
• Mozart: Symphony No. 38, K. 504, Prague

February 17, 2024 at 7:30pm
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Queens of Soul
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola FL

Starring Shayna Steele, Tamika Lawrence, and Kelly Levesque

February 24, 2024 at 7:30pm
Mississippi Gulf Coast Symphony: Beethoven and Blue Jeans
iMPAC at MGCCC, Gulfport MS

Kathryn Mueller, soprano

• Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate
• Honneger: Pastorale d’ete
• Barber: Knoxville: Summer 1915
• Intermission
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

March 2, 2024 at 7:30pm
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Mozart, Mahler, and Mendelssohn
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola FL

Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano

• Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
• Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
• Intermission
• Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in g minor

March 16, 2024 at 7:30pm
Mississippi Gulf Coast Symphony: A Night at the Movies
iMPAC at MGCCC, Gulfport MS

Jorge Gonzalez, violin
TJ Tesh , trumpet

• Film scores of John Williams, Michael Giacchino, and more

March 23, 2024 at 7:30pm
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Spectacular
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola FL

William Hagen, violin

• Mussorgsky (arr. Shostakovich): Overture to Khovantchina
• Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
• Intermission
• Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

April 14 -15, 2024
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Family/Educational Concerts
The MSU Riley Center, Meridian MS

In partnership with the Huntsville Symphony

• Stookey: The Composer is Dead

April 20, 2024 at 7:30pm
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Season Finale
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola FL

Orion Weiss, piano
Wang Lu, composer

• Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2
• Wang Lu: Surge
• Gershwin: Concerto in F

April 27, 2024 at 7:30pm
Mississippi Gulf Coast Symphony: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
iMPAC at MGCCC, Gulfport MS

Albert Cano Smit, pianist

• Simon: The Block
• Ravel: Concerto in G
• Intermission
• Copland: Rodeo
• Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

May 4, 2024 at 7:00pm
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven and Blue Jeans
The MSU Riley Center, Meridian MS

Tim McAllister, Saxophone

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
• Intermission
• Fuchs: Rush
• Still: Romance
• Williams: Escapades
• Williams: Star Wars: Throne Room and End Title

May 25, 2024 at 7:30pm
Mississippi Gulf Coast Symphony: Sounds by the Sea
Jones Park, Gulfport MS

A patriotic tribute, with a closing fireworks display

September 10, 2022
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Opening Night!
The MSU Riley Center, Meridian MS

Ilya Yakushev, piano

• Berlioz: Hungarian March
• Brahms: Hungarian Dances No. 3 and 5
• Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
• Schumann: Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

October 1, 2022
Pensacola Symphony: Opening Night!
The Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Paul Huang, violin

• Chabrier: España
• Korngold: Violin Concerto
• Copland: El Salón México
• Gershwin: An American in Paris

October 15, 2022
Gulf Coast Symphony: Opening night!
iMPAC, Gulfport MS

Geneva Lewis, Violin
Gabriel Martins, Cello

• Berlioz: Hungarian March
• Brahms: Double Concerto
• Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
• Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite

October 29, 2022
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Classical Latin
The MSU Riley Center, Meridian MS

Nick Ciraldo, guitar
Luvada Harrison, soprano

• Chabrier: España
• Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
• De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suites 1 and 2
• Ravel: Bolero

November 2 - 3, 2022
Pensacola Symphony: Educational Concerts
The Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

November 5, 2022
Pensacola Symphony: Schumann’s Rhenish
The Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Rachel Lee Priday, violin

• Mendelssohn: The Hebrides
• Senturia: Petra
• Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
• Schumann: Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”

November 6, 2022
Pensacola Symphony at the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival
Fountain Park, Pensacola

November 8, 2022
Pensacola Symphony: Foo Foo Festival
The Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

An Evening with The Music City Hit-Makers

November 27
Gulf Coast Symphony: Holiday Peppermint Pops
iMPAC, Gulfport MS

Featuring The Hattiesburg Choral Union, Dr. Gregory Fuller, director

December 3, 2022
Meridian Symphony: Peppermint Pops
The MSU Riley Center, Meridian MS

Featuring Track 45 and the Meridian Symphony Chorus, Dr. Kristen Johnson Gunn, director

December 31, 2022
Pensacola Symphony: Celebrate the New Year!
The Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Broadway Tonight, featuring Mamie Parris, Bronson Norris Murphy and Madison Claire Parks.

January 14, 2023 (iMPAC) and January 15, 2023 (Pascagoula PAC)
Gulf Coast Symphony: Tribute to MLK

Luvada Harrison, Soprano

Speaker TBA

• Ellington: Excerpts from The River
• Curry: Eulogy for a Dream
• Walker: Lyric for Strings
• Spirituals: tba
• Schubert: Unfinished Symphony

January 28, 2023
Meridian Symphony: Come Fly With Me - Music of Sinatra & More
The MSU Riley Center, Meridian MS

Featuring Michael Andrew, vocals & Gunhild Carling, vocals and multi-instrumentalist

February 4, 2023
Pensacola Symphony: Mozart Madness
First United Methodist Church, Pensacola

Matt Fossa, oboe

• Mozart: Adagio and Fugue
• Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C Major
• Mozart: Symphony No. 33

February 11, 2023
Pensacola Symphony: Troupe Vertigo!
The Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

February 25, 2023
Pensacola Symphony: Verdi Requiem
The Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

• University of Southern Mississippi Chorus, Dr. Gregory Fuller, director
• Danielle Talamantes, soprano
• Kirstin Chávez, mezzo-soprano
• Jonathan Yarrington, tenor
• Kevin Short, bass

Verdi: Messa da requiem

March 4, 2023
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven and Blue Jeans
The MSU Riley Center, Meridian MS

Tracy Silverman, Electric Violin

• Beethoven: Egmont Overture
• Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
• Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
• Sierra: Ficciones (Co-Commission)
• Copland: El Salón México

March 25, 2023
Pensacola Symphony: Bronfman Plays Rachmaninoff
The Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Yefim Bronfman, piano

• Stravinsky: Petroushka
• Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

April 1, 2023
Gulf Coast Symphony: Symphonic Pops
iMPAC, Gulfport MS

Classical Mystery Tour – Music of the Beatles

April 22, 2023
Pensacola Symphony: Dvorak’s Seventh
The Saenger Theatre, Pensacola
Quinn Mason, composer and curator

• Brahms: Tragic Overture
• Barber: Essay No. 1
• Mason: Inner City Rhapsody
• Dvorak: Symphony No. 7

Monday May 1, 2023
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Family Concert
The MSU Riley Center, Meridian MS

Tchaikovsky Discovers America, with Classical Kids Live!

May 13, 2023
Gulf Coast Symphony: Beethoven and Blue Jeans
iMPAC, Gulfport MS

Aristo Sham, piano

• Marquéz: Danzón No. 2
• Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4

May 20, 2023
Pensacola Symphony: Music for Families
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Tchaikovsky Discovers America, with Classical Kids Live!

July 4, 2021
Pensacola Symphony: Symphony, Sparks, and Stars
Hunter Amphitheater, Pensacola

September 18, 2021
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra: Opening Night!
iMPAC, Gulfport MS

Jon Nakamatsu, piano

• Torke: Javelin
• Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

October 10, 2021
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Colors of America
The Riley Center, Meridian MS

Andrew Tyson, piano

• Copland: Fanfare for a Common Man
• Ives (orch. Schuman): Variations on "America"
• Theofanidis: Rainbow Body
• Bernstein (arr. Mason): West Side Story: Selection
• Gershwin: Concerto in F

October 16, 2021
Pensacola Symphony: Opening Night!
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Roberto Plano, piano

• Berlioz: “Hungarian March” from The Damnation of Faust
• Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
• Brahms: Symphony No. 4

November 3 & 4, 2021
Pensacola Symphony: Youth Concerts - The Diverse Orchestra
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

November 6, 2021
Pensacola Symphony: Variations and Virtuosity
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Geneva Lewis, Violin

• Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
• Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes
• Dvořák: Violin Concerto

November 7, 2021
Pensacola Symphony: Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival
Fountain Park, Pensacola

November 20, 2021
Meridian Symphony: Beethoven, Blue Jeans, and BBQ
The Riley Center, Meridian MS

Britton-Rene Collins, Marimba

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
• Rossini: William Tell Overture
• Séjourné: Marimba Concerto
• Márquez: Danzon No. 2
• Ginastera: Four Dances from Estancia

November 28, 2021
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra: Holiday Pops!
iMPAC, Gulfport MS

December 4, 2021
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Peppermint Pops
The Riley Center, Meridian MS

Danny Lyons, Hand Bell soloist
Meridian Symphony Chorus

December 31, 2021
Pensacola Symphony: Celebrate the New Year - Ella and Louis!
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Byron Stripling, trumpet and vocals

Carmen Bradford, vocals

January 15, 2022
Pensacola Symphony: Beethoven & Blue Jeans
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Halley Gilbert, Soprano

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
• Picker: Old and Lost Rivers
• Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
• Walker: Lyric for Strings
• Bernstein: Suite from On The Waterfront

January 29 - 30, 2022
Gulf Coast Symphony: Sounds of Europe
iMPAC, Gulfport MS (January 29)
Pascagoula Performing Arts Center (January 30)

Anthony Trionfo, flute

• Debussy: Children's Corner Suite
• Ibert: Flute Concerto
• Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 Italian

February 5, 2022
Meridian Symphony: A Night at the Movies!
The Riley Center, Meridian MS

TJ Tesh, trumpet

• Program TBA

February 12, 2022
Pensacola Symphony: Come Fly With Me: Music of Sinatra & More
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Michael Andrew, vocals
Gunhild Carling, vocals and multi-instrumentalist

February 19, 2022
Pensacola Symphony: Mozart Madness
First United Methodist Church of Pensacola

Richard Jernigan, clarinet

• Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
• Mozart: Symphony No. 36, “Linz”

March 5, 2022
Pensacola Symphony: Russian Spectacular
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Sara Davis Buechner, piano

• Mussorgsky: “Dawn Over the Moscow River” from Khovantchina
• Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1
• Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2

March 19, 2022
Gulf Coast Symphony: Made in America
iMPAC, Gulfport MS

Bion Tsang, cello

• Copland: Suite from Billy the Kid
• Higdon: blue cathedral
• Dvorak: Cello Concerto

March 26, 2022
Pensacola Symphony: American Classics
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

• Copland: Suite from Billy the Kid
• Ellington: Suite from The River
• Beach: Symphony No. 2, “Gaelic”

April 9, 2022
Gulf Coast Symphony - Symphonic Pops
iMPAC, Biloxi MS

Byron Stripling, trumpet and

April 10, 2022
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Family Concert – Beethoven Lives Upstairs
The Riley Center, Meridian MS

April 23, 2022
Pensacola Symphony: Music for Families
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

April 30, 2022
Pensacola Symphony: Sounds Triumphant
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Libby Larsen, guest composer

• Respighi: Fountains of Rome
• Larsen: Symphony: Water Music (Symphony No. 1)
• Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

May 7, 2022
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Mozart's Requiem
The Riley Center, Meridian MS

Kristen Johnson-Gunn, Soprano
Melissa Gerdes, Mezzo
Daniel Gerdes, Tenor
Corey McKern, Baritone
Meridian Symphony Chorus, Kristen Johnson-Gunn - Director

• Mendelssohn: Excerpts from A Mid-Summer Night's Dream
• Mozart: Requiem

October 3, 2020
Pensacola Symphony : Mozart Madness (Video Recording)
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Stephanie Riegle, flute

• Mozart: Flute Concerto
• Mozart: Post-horn Serenade

November 7, 2020
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Opening Night!
The Riley Center, Meridian MS

Jenny Gregoire, violin
Track 45
Rebecca Mindock, English Horn
TJ Tesh, trumpet

• Berlin: God Bless America
• Elgar: Nimrod
• Handel (arr. Harty): Water Music
• Massenet: Meditation
• Copland: Quiet City
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 (mvt.s 2 and 4)

December 5, 2020
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Peppermint Pops
The Riley Center, Meridian MS

Todd Tilghman, vocalist

February 20, 2021
Pensacola Symphony: Opening Night!
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Jennifer Frautschi, violin

• Copland: Appalachian Spring (for 13 instruments)
• Brahms: Violin concerto

March 6, 2021
Pensacola Symphony: Russian Spectacular
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Jeffrey Biegel, piano

• Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Classical
• Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

March 13
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Pops
iMPAC, Gulfport MS

Susan Egan, vocalist

• May I Have the Envelope, Please!

March 20, 2021
Pensacola Symphony: Eroica!
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica

April 10, 2021
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Pops
The Riley Center, Meridian MS

The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra

April 17
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra: Meet the GCSO!
iMPAC, Gulfport MS

Fabio Bidini, piano

• Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
• Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
• Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

April 24, 2021
Pensacola Symphony: Haydn's Surprise
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Corey McKern, Baritone

• Mahler: Adagietto, from Symphony No. 5
• Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer
• Haydn: Symphony No. 94, Surprise

May 8, 2021
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven's Emperor
The Riley Center, Meridian MS

• Copland: Appalachian Spring (for 13 instruments)
• Coleman: For a Beautiful Land
• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor

May 15, 2021
Pensacola Symphony: Bach and Mendelssohn
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

• Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
• Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish

May 22, 2021
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: French Night
The Riley Center, Meridian MS

Scott Kluksdahl, Cello

• Faure: Pavane
• Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto
• Bizet: Symphony in C

June 5, 2021
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Family Concert
The Riley Center, Meridian MS

June 19, 2021
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven Fifth and a Virtuoso!
iMPAC, Gulfport MS

Rachel Priday, violin

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
• Lalo: Symphonie Espagnol

June 26, 2021
Pensacola Symphony: Dvorak's Eighth
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

James Lee III, Guest Composer

• James Lee III: Restored Images
• Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

July 3, 2019
Madison Chamber Orchestra: Patriotic Pops on the Square
Madison WI

July 31, 2019
Lake Placid Sinfonietta: Park Series
I Could Have Danced All Night!

August 1, 2019
Lake Placid Sinfonietta: Adirondack Series - Tupper Lake
Bach, Beethoven, and Dances!

August 2, 2019
Lake Placid Sinfonietta: Youth Concert

August 4, 2019
Lake Placid Sinfonietta: Symphony Series
Lake Placid Center for the Arts, NY

Halley Gilbert, soprano

• Diamond: Rounds for String Orchestra
• Copland: Variations on a Shaker Theme
• Barber: Knoxville: Summer 1915
• Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 8

August 7, 2019
Lake Placid Sinfonietta: Park Series
American Road Trip!

August 11, 2019
Lake Placid Sinfonietta: Symphony Series
Lake Placid Center for the Arts, NY

Bella Hristova, violin

• Rossini: Overture to La Scala di Seta
• Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5
• Honegger: Pastorale d'été
• Schubert: Symphony No. 5
• Haydn: Farewell Symphony (4th mvt)

September 7, 2019
Meridian Symphony: Russian Spectacular
The Riley Center, Meridian MS

Sandra Shen, piano

• Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from Swan Lake
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
• Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

September 14th , 2019
Gulf Coast Symphony: Opening Night!
First United Methodist Church, Gulfport MS

Jorge Gonzalez, Violin

• Dvorak: Serenade for Winds
• Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale
• Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto

October 5, 2019
Pensacola Symphony: Opening Night!
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Bella Hristova, violin

• Dvorak: Carnival Overture
• Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
• Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
• Debussy: La Mer

October 31 & November 1, 2019
Pensacola Symphony: Youth Concerts
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

November 2, 2019
Pensacola Symphony: Garrick Ohlsson Plays Brahms
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Garrick Ohlsson, piano

• Mendelssohn: Die Schöne Melusine Overture
• Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale
• Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1

November 3, 2019
Pensacola Symphony: Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival
Fountain Park, Pensacola

December 1, 2019
Gulf Coast Symphony: Holiday Peppermint Pops
Hancock Center for the Performing Arts
Kiln, MS

Danny Lyons, hand-bell soloist

December 7, 2019
Meridian Symphony: Peppermint Pops
The Riley Center

The Texas Tenors
Meridian Symphony Chorus, Kristen Johnson Gunn - Director

December 31, 2019
Pensacola Symphony: Celebrate the New Year
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Ian Parker, Piano

• Chabrier: Danse Slav
• Abreau, (arr. Colnot): Tico-tico
• Debussy (arr. Luck): Claire de Lune
• Mendelssohn: Concerto, Piano, No.1, op.25, G minor
• Addensell: Warsaw Concerto
• Liszt (Müller-Berghaus): Hungarian Rhapsody #2
• Gershwin arr. Holcomb: Strike Up the Band
• Monk arr. Matthews: 'Round Midnight
• Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

January 11, 2020 at 7:30pm
Pensacola Symphony: Beethoven & Blue Jeans
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Tracy Silverman, electric violin
Leonid Yanovskiy, violin

• Beethoven: Egmont Overture
• Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus
• Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
• Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur
• Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: Symphonic Portrait

January 18, 2020
The Meridian Symphony: Mozart and More
The Riley Center

Jenny Gregoire, violin

• Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
• Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
• Arensky: Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky
• Mozart: Symphony No. 29

February 1, 2020
Pensacola Symphony: Mozart Madness
First United Methodist Church, Pensacola

Leonid Yanovskiy, violin

• Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
• Mozart: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”

February 8, 2020
Pensacola Symphony: John Williams and his Legacy
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Timothy Tesh, trumpet

February 15th, 2020
Gulf Coast Symphony: Celebrating Strings
First United Methodist Church

John Craig Barker, clarinet

• Albinoni: Adagio
• Corigliano: Voyage
• Gershwin: Lullaby
• Copland: Clarinet Concerto
• Mahler: Adagietto
• Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

February 29, 2020
Pensacola Symphony: Russian Spectacular
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola

Bion Tsang, cello

• Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from Sleeping Beauty
• Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

March 7, 2020
Meridian Symphony: The Best of Broadway
The Riley Center

Kristin Gunn, soprano
John Christopher Adams, tenor
Ezekiel Andrew, baritone

March 14th, 2020
Gulf Coast Symphony: An Evening of Lyricism
First United Methodist Church, Gulfport MS
(CANCELLED)

Kathryn Mueller, Soprano

• Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate
• Walker: Lyric for Strings
• Barber: Knoxville: Summer 1915
• Mozart: Symphony No. 29

March 28, 2020
Pensacola Symphony: Verdi Requiem
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola
(CANCELLED)

Daniele Talamantes, Soprano
Kirstin Chavez, Mezzo
Jonathan Yarrington, Tenor
Kevin Short, Baritone
University of Southern Mississippi Chorus, Gregory Fuller - Director

• Verdi: Requiem

April 2, 2020
Meridian Symphony: Link Up and Family Concerts
The Riley Center
(CANCELLED)

April 18th, 2020
Gulf Coast Symphony: Beethoven!
First United Methodist Church, Gulfport MS
(CANCELLED)

Nicholas Ciraldo, guitar

• Prokofiev: Classical Symphony
• Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 4

April 25, 2020
Pensacola Symphony: Respighi and Sibelius
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola
(CANCELLED)

Libby Larsen, guest composer and curator

• Respighi: Fountains of Rome
• Larsen: Symphony: Water Music (Symphony No. 1)
• Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

May 9, 2020
Meridian Symphony: Beethoven and Blue Jeans
The Riley Center
(CANCELLED)

Mitya Nilov, Marimba

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
• Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
• Séjourné: Marimba Concerto
• Williams: Harry Potter
• Bates: Mothership

May 16, 2020
Pensacola Symphony: Music for Families
Saenger Theatre, Pensacola
(CANCELLED)

May 23rd 2020 - Jones Park, Gulfport MS
(CANCELLED)

May 24th 2020 – Beach Park, Pascagoula MS
Gulf Coast Symphony: Sounds by the Sea Patriotic Pops
(CANCELLED)

September 8, 2018
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks - Opening Night!

Jennifer Frautschi, Violin

• Smetana: The Moldau
• Korngold: Violin Concerto
• Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 (New World)

September 15, 2018
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks - Opening Night!

SooBeen Lee, Violin

• Handel (arr. Harty): Water Music
• Haydn: Symphony No. 104, “London”
• Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

October 13, 2018
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks – Opening Night!

Jennifer Koh, Violin

• Gershwin: Cuban Overture
• Barber: Concerto for Violin
• Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition

November 3, 2018
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks – Mozart and Brahms

Alon Goldstein, Piano

• Johann Strauss: Emperor Waltzes
• Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467
• Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D Major

November 8, 2018
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble: Foo-Foo Festival

• Senturia: Golden Fish Under the Arched Bridge

November 25, 2018
Gulf Coast Symphony: Holiday Pops at the Hancock Performing Arts Center

Kristen Johnson Gunn, Soprano

December 1, 2018
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Peppermint Pops

Kristen Johnson Gunn, Soprano
Meridian Symphony Chorus, Kristen Johnson Gunn - Director

December 31, 2018
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Pops – Celebrate the New Year!

Tony DeSare, Pianist and Vocalist

January 19, 2018
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks – Beethoven and Blue Jeans

Robert Sheena, English Horn

• Beethoven: Symphony 8 in F Major, Op. 93
• Elgar: Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, after J.S. Bach
• Tsontakis: Two Sonnets after Shakespeare
• Daugherty: Spaghetti Western for English Horn and Orchestra
• Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

January 26, 2019
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks – Faure’s Requiem

Lori Joyner, Soprano
Taylor Hightower, Baritone
Meridian Symphony Chorus, Kristen Johnson Gunn - Director

• Haydn: Symphony No. 88
• Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
• Faure: Requiem

February 2, 2019
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks - Mozart and More

Espen Lilleslatten, Violin
Dennis Parker, Cello

• Diamond: Rounds for String Orchestra
• Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
• Schubert: Symphony No. 5.

February 16, 2019
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Mozart Madness

Matt Fossa, Oboe
Richard Jernigan, Clarinet
Jeffrey Keesecker, Bassoon
Jacquelyn Adams, Horn

• Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in g minor
• Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for winds

February 23, 2019
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks - Woodwind Celebration

• Mozart: Serenade for Winds in c minor
• Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
• Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A major

March 2, 2019
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Pops - Mardi Gras!

Wycliffe Gordon, Trombone and Vocals, with the International All Stars

March 9, 2019
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks – Mahler’s Sixth

• Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in a minor, “Tragic”

March 16, 2019
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks - Eroica!

Guo-Sheng Huang, Cello

• Rossini: Overture to La Scala di Seta
• Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

April 4, 2019
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Link-up and Family Concerts

April 6, 2019
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Russian Spectacular

Elissa Lee Koljonen, Violin

• Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
• Glazunov: Concerto for Violin in A minor
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”

April 27, 2019
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks – Concerto For Orchestra

Alessio Bax, Piano
Gabriela Lena Frank, Composer

• Frank: Apu - Tone Poem for Orchestra
• Grieg: Concerto for Piano
• Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

May 11, 2019
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: masterworks - Beethoven and Blue Jeans

Xun Pan, Piano

• Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
• Corigliano: Gazebo Dances
• Barber: Adagio for Strings
• Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - a Symphonic Picture

May 18, 2019
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Music For Families

May 25-26, 2019
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra: Sounds by the Sea – Patriotic Pops

September 9, 2017
Meridian Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks - Opening Night!

Alexander Russakovsky, Cello

• Offenbach: Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
• Elgar: Cello Concerto
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

September 16, 2017
Gulf Coast Symphony: Masterworks – The German Romantics!

Jasmin Arakawa, Piano

• Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
• Schumann: Piano Concerto
• Brahms: Symphony No. 1

October 2, 2017
Pensacola Symphony: Masterworks – Opening Night!

Santiago Rodrigues, Piano

• Berlioz: Roman Carnival
• Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 5
• Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
• Ravel: La Valse

November 2-3, 2017
Pensacola Symphony: Youth Concerts

November 4, 2017
Pensacola Symphony: Masterworks – Awakenings

Westwater Arts, Nicolas Bardonney, Photo-Choreographer

• Barber: Overture to School For Scandal
• Curiale: Awakenings - Pensacola Then and Now
• Copland: Suite form TheTender Land - National Park Suite
• Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, From the New World

November 5, 2017
Pensacola Symphony at the Greater Gulf Coast Arts Festival

November 26, 2017
Gulf Coast Symphony: Holiday Concert

December 2, 2017
Meridian Symphony: Peppermint Pops Holiday Concert

Featuring the Meridian Symphony Chorus

December 16, 2017
Pensacola Symphony at Seaside, Florida

Holiday Pops

December 31, 2016
Pensacola Symphony: Pops – Celebrate the New Year!

Dee Daniels, Vocalist

January 13, 2018
Pensacola Symphony: Masterworks – Beethoven and Blue Jeans

Tracy Silverman, Electric Violin

• Marquez: Danzon No. 2
• Silverman: Between the Kiss and the Chaos
• Bunch: Embrace
• Ginastera: Dances of Estancia
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

January 27, 2018
Meridian Symphony: Masterworks

Hedi Salanki, Piano

• Rossini: Overture to L'italiana in Algeri
• Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

February 3, 2018
Gulf Coast Symphony: Masterworks - Beethoven and Blue Jeans

Rebecca Mindock, English Horn
Ismael Brandao, Trumpet

• Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
• Liadov: Kikimora
• Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird
• Gershwin: Cuban Overture
• Copland: Quiet City
• Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italian

February 17, 2018
Meridian Symphony: Symphonic Pops

The Texas Tenors

March 3, 2018
Pensacola Symphony: Masterworks - Meet Mr. Haydn

Scott Klucksdahl, Cello
University of West Florida Singers, Peter Steenblick, Director

• Haydn: Depiction of Chaos, from Creation
• Incidental Music for Il Distratto
• Cello Concerto in C Major
• Te Deum for the Empress Maria Therese
• Symphony No. 100 Military

March 10, 2018
Gulf Coast Symphony: Masterworks - String Celebration

Jorge Gonzalex, Zully Morales, Violins
Danilo Mezzadri, Flute
Hedi Salanki, Harpsichord

• Britten: Simple Symphony
• Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
• Bach: Concerto for Two Violins
• Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

April 7, 2018
Pensacola Symphony: Masterworks - Russian Spectacular

Gil Shaham, Violin

• Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
• Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
• Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

April 14, 2018
Gulf Coast Symphony: Masterworks - Bizet to Broadway

Kristin Chavez, Mezzo-Soprano
Richard Troxell, Tenor

• Bizet: Carmen (Excerpts)
• Favorite hits form the Broadway Stage

April 28, 2018
Pensacola Symphony: Masterworks - Symphonie Fantastique

Chris Rogerson, Guest Composer/Curator

• Nielsen: Helios Overture
• Rogerson: Ancient Souls
• Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

May 12, 2018
Meridian Symphony: Masterworks - Beethoven and Blue Jeans

Timothy McAllister, Saxophone
Jenny Gregoire, Violin
Meridian Symphony Chorus

• Beethoven: Fidelio Overture
• Higdon: Concerto for Soprano Saxophone
• Williams: Three Escapades form Catch Me If You Can
• Superman March, from Superman
• Hymn to the Fallen, from Saving Private Ryan
• Theme, from Schindler's List
• Princess Leia's Theme, from Star Wars
• Throne Room and End Title, from Star Wars
• Cantina Band, from Star Wars

May 19, 2018
Pensacola Symphony: Family Concert

May 26-27, 2018
Gulf Coast Symphony - Sounds By The Sea
Patriotic Pops

September 10, 2016
Meridian Symphony: Masterworks Performance - Opening night!

Ian Parker, piano

• Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal
• Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
• Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy
• Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

September 17, 2016
Gulf Coast Symphony: Masterworks Performance – Russian Spectacular!

Natasha Paremski, piano

• Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
• Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Excerpts)
• Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave
• Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

October 1, 2016
Pensacola Symphony: Masterworks Performance – Opening night!

Bella Hristova, violin

• Dvorak: Three Slavonic Dances
• Sibelius: Violin Concerto
• Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
• Debussy: Iberia

November 3-4, 2016
Pensacola Symphony: Educational Concerts

November 5, 2016
Pensacola Symphony: Masterworks Performance – Kobrin Plays Brahms

Alexander Kobrin, piano

• C.P.E. Bach: Symphony in D Major
• Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
• Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2

November 6, 2016
Pensacola Symphony: Greater Gulf Coast Arts Festival

November 25, 2016
Gulf Coast Symphony: Holiday Pops

Marcía Porter, soprano

December 3, 2016
Meridian Symphony: Peppermint Pops

John Christopher Adams, tenor

December 31, 2016
Pensacola Symphony: Pops Performance – Celebrate the New Year!

Wycliffe Gordon, trombone

January 14, 2017
Pensacola Symphony: Masterworks Performance – Beethoven & Blue Jeans

Jon Nakamatsu, piano

• Rossini: William Tell Overture
• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
• De Falla: Ritual Fire Dance
• Ravel: Un barque sur l’ocean
• Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
• Bates: Mothership

January 21, 2017
Meridian Symphony: Masterworks Performance

Paul Huang, violin

• Delius: Two Pieces
• Dvorak: Violin Concerto
• Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian

February 4, 2017
Pensacola Symphony: Mozart Madness!

Hedi Salanki, piano

• Mozart: Piano Concerto in d minor, No. 20
• Mozart: Symphony No. 29

February 11, 2017
Pensacola Symphony: Pops Performance

Salute to John Williams!

February 18, 2017
Meridian Symphony: Symphonic Pops

The Steep Canyon Rangers – Newgrass at the Symphony

March 4, 2017
Pensacola Symphony: Masterworks Performance

Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
Women of the UWF Singers
Pensacola Children's Chorus

• Mahler: Symphony No. 3

March 18, 2017
Gulf Coast Symphony: Masterworks Performance

In Mo Yang, violin

• Vivaldi: Four Seasons
• Barber: Adagio for Strings
• Dvorak: Serenade for Strings

March 31, 2017
Meridian Symphony: Educational Concerts and Family Performance

April 22, 2017
Gulf Coast Symphony: Masterworks Performance

Brandon Ridenour, trumpet

• Mozart: Symphony No. 35, Haffner
• Hummel : Trumpet Concerto
• Arr. Del Staigers: Carnival of Venice
• Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Symphonic Portrait

April 29, 2017
Pensacola Symphony: Masterworks Performance

Frank Almond, violin
Richard Danielpour, composer

• Danielpour: Celestial Night
• Bernstein: Serenade
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

May 6, 2017
Meridian Symphony: Masterworks Performance - Beethoven and Blue Jeans

Jacquelyn Adams, horn
Meridian Symphony Chorus

• Beethoven: Overture to Leonore No. 3
• Pärt: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
• Haydn: Te Deum
• Adams: The Chairman Dances
• Naigus: Radiant Dances
• Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo

May 14, 2017
Pensacola Symphony: Mother’s Day at the Beach
Casino Beach, Santa Rosa Island

May 20, 2017
Pensacola Symphony: Family Concert

May 27, 2017
Gulf Coast Symphony: Sounds By The Sea
Jones Park, Gulfport MS

May 28, 2017
Gulf Coast Symphony: Sounds By The Sea
Beach Park, Pascagoula MS

September 12, 2015
Meridian Symphony: Masterworks Performance - Opening night!

Jon Nakamatsu, piano

• Suppé: Light Cavalry Overture
• Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

September 19, 2015
Gulf Coast Symphony: Masterworks Performance – Opening night!

Ian Parker, piano

• Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
• Grieg: Piano Concerto
• Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

October 3, 2015
Pensacola Symphony: Masterworks Performance – Opening night!

Jorge Luis Prats, Piano

• Strauss: Don Juan
• Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
• Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

October 10, 2015
Pensacola Symphony: Special Event

Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano

• Program to include works of Saint-Saëns, Bizet, and Gershwin

November 5-6, 2015
Pensacola Symphony: Educational Concerts

November 7, 2015
Pensacola Symphony: Masterworks Performance – Brahms Symphony No. 2

Cicely Parnas, cello

• Grieg: Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt
• Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto
• Brahms: Symphony No. 2

November 27, 2015
Gulf Coast Symphony: Holiday Pops

John Christopher Adams, tenor

December 5, 2015
Meridian Symphony: Peppermint Pops

John Christopher Adams, tenor

December 19, 2015
Pensacola Symphony: Holiday Pops

December 31, 2015
Pensacola Symphony: Pops Performance – Celebrate the New Year!

Piano Men: The Music of Elton and Billy

January 9, 2016
Pensacola Symphony: Masterworks Performance – Beethoven & Blue Jeans

Ilana Davidson, Soprano

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
• Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
• Barber: Adagio for Strings
• Canteloube: Baïlèro
• Golijov: How Slow the Wind
• Copland: Old American Songs
• Gershwin: An American in Paris

January 23, 2016
Meridian Symphony: Masterworks Performance – Two of our own

Rachel Ciraldo, flute
Wilbur Moreland, clarinet

• Prokofiev: Classical Symphony
• Corigliano: Voyage
• Weber: Clarinet Quintet, arr. orchestra
• Saint-Saëns: Tarantelle
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 2

January 30, 2016
Gulf Coast Symphony: Masterworks – An American Treasure

Carlos Nakai, Native American Flute

• Nakai: Shaman’s Call
• Nakai: Sonoran Nights
• Nakai: Whippoorwill
• Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances
• Nakai: Little Dog
• Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

February 6, 2016
Pensacola Symphony: Mozart Madness!

Stephanie Riegle, flute
Katie Ott, harp

• Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp
• Mozart: Symphony No. 34

February 13, 2016
Pensacola Symphony: Pops Performance

Cirque de la Symphonie

February 20, 2016
Meridian Symphony: Symphonic Pops

Spectrum – A Tribute to Motown and R&B

March 5, 2016
Pensacola Symphony: Masterworks Performance – Sounds of Europe

Roberto Plano, piano

• Smetana: The Moldau
• De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
• Sibelius: Tapiola
• Respighi: Roman Festivals

March 19, 2016
Gulf Coast Symphony: Masterworks Performance - Musical Tales

• Rossini: Overture to William Tell
• Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
• De Falla: Suite No. 2 from The Three Cornered Hat
• Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
• Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
• Williams: Star Wars (Leia’s Theme and Main Title)

April 2, 2016
Pensacola Symphony: Masterworks Performance – Russian Spectacular

Yevgeny Kutik, violin

• Liadov: Kikimora
• Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

April 14-15, 2016
Meridian Symphony: Educational Concerts and Family Performance

April 23, 2016
Gulf Coast Symphony: Masterworks Performance

Bella Hristova, violin

• Sibelius: Finlandia
• Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

April 30, 2016
Pensacola Symphony: Masterworks Performance – Shostakovich Symphony No. 10

Jennifer Frautschi, violin

• Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

May 14, 2016
Meridian Symphony: Masterworks Performance - Beethoven and Blue Jeans

Aleksey Semenenko, Violin

• Beethoven: Overture to Creatures of Prometheus
• Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
• Corigliano: Chaconne from The Red Violin
• Waxman: Bride of Frankenstein
• Rozsa: Parade of the Charioteers from Ben Hur
• Hermann: Scene d’amore from Vertigo
• Bizet: Carillon from L’Arlesienne
• Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

May 21, 2016
Pensacola Symphony: Family Concert

May 28, 2016
Gulf Coast Symphony: Sounds By The Sea

May 29, 2016
Gulf Coast Symphony: Sounds By The Sea