2023-2024 Season
FALL CONCERT
Sunday, December 3, 3:00 p.m.
Miossi Hall, Performing Arts Center
The Cal Poly Symphony welcomes the Harmony Magnet Academy Symphony Orchestra in a program that includes selections played by our guest orchestra, a side-by-side performance of John Corigliano’s Voyage for String Orchestra, then our performances of Valerie Coleman’s Umoja and Antonín Dvořák’s lyrical Symphony No. 8.
Repertoire:
John Corigliano: Voyage for String Orchestra (side-by-side)
Valerie Coleman: Umoja
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G Major
WINTER CONCERT: Student Soloist Showcase and Music from Literature
Saturday, March 9, 7:30 p.m.
Miossi Hall, Performing Arts Center
Every year, the Symphony holds auditions for student soloists and composers of any major. The prize for several of them - a performance with the Symphony, of course! Come hear this year’s winners and celebrate musical talent from across the University.
The orchestra will also perform two works based on literature: Shruthi Rajasekar’s Son of Pandu and selections from Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.
Repertoire:
Rajasekar: Son of Pandu
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Spring Concert: France Tour Preview
Saturday, June 8, 7:30 p.m.
Miossi Hall, Performing Arts Center
The Symphony will embark on a performance tour to France in June, 2024, visiting Paris, Bayeux, the Normandy American Cemetery, Chateau Chambord and Chateau Chenonceau (Loire Valley), Versailles, and Tours.
A performance in La Madeleine Church, where both Saint-Saëns and Fauré held the post of church organist, will round out the experience. Join us for a tour preview!
Repertoire:
Bernstein: Overture to West Side Story
Saint-Saens: Motets
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Dett: Chariot Jubilee
Forrest: i thank You God for most this amazing day