Past Concerts


2023-2024

Family Weekend Concert: (Friday, October 27)
D’Ollone, Nostalgie
D’Ollone, Lamento


Halloween Concert: (Saturday, October 28)
D’Ollone, Le Temple abandonné
D’Ollone, Fantaisie pour piano (Daniel Inamorato, soloist)
D’Ollone, Nostalgie
D’Ollone, Lamento
D’Ollone, Les funérailles du poète
D’Ollone, Les villes maudites


Fall Concert: (Saturday, December 9)
Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker, Suite no. 1
Williams, Star Wars Suite
Dukas, Fanfare pour preceder la Peri


Winter Concert: (Thursday, March 7)
Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 1 (Trung Nguyen, soloist)
Chaminade, Concertino pour flûte (Marina Lynch, soloist)
Sarasate, Zigeunerweisen (Lucas Cole, soloist)
Maly, Harmony of the Spheres
Berlioz, Rakoczy March
Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture


Fundraiser Concert: (Friday, March 29)
An assortment of repertoire featuring members of the WMSO, Appalachian Music Ensemble, Brazilian Music Ensemble, Middle Eastern Music Ensemble, Melodia Eastern European Instrument and Vocal Ensemble, Flute Ensemble, & Gallery Players.


Spring Concert: (Saturday, May 4)
Fauré, Requiem
Beethoven, Symphony no. 9


Fundraiser Concert: (Friday, May 10)
Ophelia’s Tears: Songs of Love & Lament
An art song recital featuring music of Schubert, Brahms, Dvorak, Strauss, Hahn, Berlioz, Duke, and Heggie, performed by sopranos Kate Hearden and Claudia Kessel and pianists Sarah Bland and Jane Alcorn.


2022-2023

Family Weekend Concert: (Friday, September 23)
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4, mv. 4


Halloween Concert: (Sunday, October 30)
Brahms, Hungarian Dance no. 11
Borodin, Polovtsian Dances
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4


Fall Concert: (Saturday, December 10)
Brahms, Hungarian Dance no. 5
Debussy, Petite suite
Puccini, Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
Rebikov, Christmas Tree Waltz
Rimsky-Korsakov, Christmas Eve Suite


Winter Concert: (Thursday, March 9)
Brahms, Hungarian Dance no. 6
Saint-Saëns, Morceau de Concert
Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte
Bériot, Scène de Ballet (Sarah Russel-Hunter, soloist)
Lalo, Symphony in G minor


Tour Concert: (Saturday, March 25)
Peformance with the Virginia Chamber Orchestra in Capital One Hall


Spring Concert:
Brahms, Hungarian Dance no. 6
Saint-Saëns, Morceau de Concert
Bériot, Scène de Ballet
Lalo, Symphony in G minor


2021-2022

Family Weekend Concert: (Friday, September 24)
Brahms, Academic Festival Overture


Halloween Concert: (Friday, October 29)
Brahms, Academic Festival Overture
Smetana, Die Moldau 
Dvorák, Symphony no. 8


Fall Concert: (Saturday, December 11)
Vaughan-Williams, English Folk Song Suite
Vaughan-Williams, Fantasy on Greensleeves
Vaughan-Williams, Symphony no. 5


Winter Concert: (Thursday, March 10)
Carmody, Sinfonietta 
Wieniawski, Concerto for violin no. 2  (Benny Netzer, soloist)
Mahler, Symphony no. 5, mv. 3
Schumann, Symphony no. 4


Tour Concert: (Saturday, March 26)
Performance with the Virginia Chamber Orchestra at Capital One Hall


Spring Concert: (Sunday, May 8)
Liszt, Les préludes 
Brahms, Symphony no. 2


International Tour: The WMSO travelled to Prague/Vienna


2020-2021

March Concert: (Thursday, March 25)
Schubert, Symphony no. 8
Haydn, Symphony no. 104


May Concert: (Thursday, May 6)
Verdi, Overture to Nabucco
Rossini, Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri
Beethoven, Symphony no. 2


2019-2020

Family Weekend Concert: (Friday, October 4)
Strauss, The Blue Danube


Halloween Concert: (Friday, October 21)
Strauss, The Blue Danube
Khatchaturian, Masquerade Suite
Grieg, Peer Gynt, Suite no. 1
Shore, The Hobbit
Shore, The Fellowship of the Ring (Cerulli)
Shore, The Fellowship of the Ring (Whitney)
Shore, The Lighting of the Beacons


Fall Concert: (Sunday, December 8)
Massenet, Thaïs (Jennifer D’Agostino as Thaïs, Michael Roemer as Athanaël, and William Joyner as Nicias)


Winter Concert: (Thursday, March 5th)
Bruch, Kol Nidrei (Lizzy Crotty, soloist)
Debussy, Première Rhapsodie (Francis Reilly, soloist)
Mendelssohn, Symphony no. 3


Spring Concert: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2018-2019

Family Weekend Concert: (Friday, September 28)
Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture


Outreach Concert: (Sunday, October 21)
Same program as the following Halloween concert


Halloween Concert: (Friday, October 26)
Berlioz, Rakoczy March
Addison, A Bridge Too Far Overture
Jarre, Lawrence of Arabia Overture
Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man
Vaughan-Williams, 49th Parallel
Bernstein, The Great Escape
Coates, Bird Songs at Eventide
Wood, The Roses of Picardie
Delerue, Concerto de l’Adieu
Francaix, A toutes les gloires de la France
Holst, The Planets, Mars
Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture


Fall Concert: (Friday, December 7)
Dukas, Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade


Winter Concert: (Thursday, February 28)
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto no. 2, mv. 1 (Patti O’Meara, soloist)
Vaughan-Williams, The Lark Ascending (Rachael Stambaugh, soloist)
Schumann, Symphony no. 3


Spring Concert: (Saturday, April 27)
Lalo, Concerto for piano (Didier Castell-Jacomin, soloist)
Lalo, Le Roi D’Ys Overture
Lalo, Namouna, Suite No. 1


2017-2018

Family Weekend Concert: (Friday, September 15)


Halloween Concert: (Friday, October 27)
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 12
Vaughan Williams, The Wasps
Mauldin, Petroglyphs


Fall Concert: (Friday, December 8)
D’Ollone, Lamento
D’Indy, Fantasy on French Popular Themes (Sherie Aguirre, soloist)
Bizet, L’Arlesienne, Suite no. 1 & 2


Winter Concert: (Thursday, March 1)
Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto, mv. 1 (Lizzy Crotty, soloist)
Dittersdorf, Harp Concerto, mv. 1 (Hope Wright, soloist)
Gal, Serenade for strings
Mendelssohn, Symphony no. 5


Tour Concert: (Saturday, March 24)
Performance at North Carolina University-Chapel Hill with Tonu Kalam


Spring Concert: (Sunday, April 29)
Marquez, Danzon no. 2
Rodrigo, Concerto de Aranjuez (Tim Olbrych, soloist)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol
Ravel, Rapsodie Espagnole


2016-2017

Halloween Concert: (Friday, October 28)
Mussorgsky, Khovantchina Overture (Arjun Malhotra, conductor)
Saint-Saëns, Danse Macabre 
Mussorgsky, Night on the Bald Mountain
Caplet, The Masque of Red Death 
Holbrooke, The Raven


Winter Concert: (Thursday, March 2)
Delius, A Walk to the Paradise Garden  (Emily Chrisman, conductor)
Kay, Pulsar
Bruch, Scottish Fantasy (Matthew Wang, soloist)
Beethoven, Symphony no. 4


Tour Concert: (Late May)
Performances in France at Eglise de la Madeleine and Elgise Saint-Germain-des-Prés


Spring Concert: (Sunday, April 30)
Mozart, Overture to Idomeneo  (Emily Chrisman, conductor)
Saint-Saëns, Symphony no. 3
Duruflé, Requiem


2015-2016

Halloween Concert: (Friday, October 30)
Gershwin, Overture to Girl Crazy 
Copland, An Outdoor Overture 
Gould, Spirituals 
Copland, Appalachian Spring
Bernstein, Three Dances from On the Town


Fall Concert: (Friday, December 4)
Quilter, Where the Rainbow Ends 
Mauldin, Dreams of the Child of Light (James Pellerite, soloist)
Fauré, Pavane
Guridi, 10 Melodias Vascas


Winter Concert: (Thursday, March 3)
Butterworth, a Shropshire Lad Rhapsody
Butterworth, The Banks of Green Willow 
Brumby, Scena for English Horn (Emily Harmon, soloist)
Borodin, Symphony no. 2


Tour Concert: (Friday, March 18)
Performance at Duke University


Spring Concert: (Sunday, May 1)
Lalo, Scherzo in D minor
Tchaikovsky, Rococo Variations (Neal Cary, soloist)
Brahms, Symphony no. 4


2014-2015

Halloween Concert: (Friday, October 24)
Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture
Tchaikovsky, Marche Slave
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition


Fall Concert: (Friday, December 5)
Dukas, Fanfare pour preceder la Peri
Hulse, Questa rosa novella (Celine Mogielnicki, Soprano)
Puccini, O Mio Bambino Caro (Celine Mogielnicki, Soprano)
Debussy, Petite Suite
Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf
Humperdinck, Hansel und Gretel Overture


Winter Concert: (Thursday, March 5)
Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto no. 2 (Lily Li, soloist)
Bruch, Romance in F Major (Cassandra Holmes, soloist)
Haydn, Oboe Concerto (Emily Harmon, soloist)
Bristow, Symphony no. 2


Tour Concert: (Friday, April 3)
Performance at the Kennedy Center, Terrace Theater


Spring Concert: (Thursday, April 30)
Tomasi, Ballade for Saxophone and Orchestra (Gary Louie, soloist)
Strauss, Death and Transfiguration


2013-2014

Halloween Concert: (Thursday, October 27)
Addinsell, Warsaw concerto (Christine Niehaus, soloist)
Hermann, Psycho, Suite for strings
Vaughan-Williams, Prelude to 49th Parallel
Williams, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Jurassic Park, E.T., Star Wars Suite
Goldsmith, Star Trek


Fall Concert: (Friday, December 6)
Strauss, Die Fledermaus (collaboration with W&M vocalists)
Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker, Suite no. 1


Winter Concert: (Thursday, February 27)
Rabaud, La procession nocturne
Debussy, Premiere Rhapsodie (Arjun Malhotra, soloist)
Elgar, Concerto for cello (John Anderson, soloist)
Schubert, Unfinished Symphony


Tour Concert: (Saturday, March 22)
Performance at the University of Pittsburgh


Spring Concert: (Sunday, April 27)
Rachmaninov, Concerto for piano no. 2 (Maria Yefimova, soloist)
Dvoràk, Symphony no. 9