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SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Oklahoma City University Symphony Orchestra is a student ensemble comprised of music and non-music majors, graduates and undergraduates. Numbering over 80 musicians, all members are selected based on an audition process. Under the direction of Mark Parker, the Symphony Orchestra has been honored by ASCAP with the Adventurous Programming Award and in 2004, represented the United States at the “Meet in Beijing” arts festival. The Symphony Orchestra was also the honor group at the 2009 OMEA State Convention.
The Symphony Orchestra gives numerous concerts a year, performing a wide range of standard orchestral repertoire and maintaining a commitment to performing and promoting new music. The Symphony Orchestra also serves as the basis for the pit orchestras in the Opera & Music Theater productions as well as the orchestra for the annual Christmas Vespers at Oklahoma City University. Students receive vast experience and training through rehearsals, both full and sectional rehearsals, two to three times a week. The experience students gain plays a significant role in developing and preparing them to be professional musicians.
Watch video clips of the Symphony Orchestra!
 Organ Concerto – Francis Poulenc (.mov)
Mark Parker, conductor; Louise Bass, organ
March 26, 2009
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis – Ralph Vaughan Williams (.mov)
Benjamin Nilles, conductor
March 26, 2009
CONCERT REPERTOIRE 2009-2010
All concerts begin at 8:00pm in Petree Recital Hall
Pre-Concert Talks begin at 7:30pm in the Bass Atrium
Concert No. 1 - October 8, 2009
Overture to Candide - Leonard Bernstein
Corral Nocturne & Saturday Night Waltz from Rodeo - Aaron Copland
William Bohn, graduate conductor
Lincoln Portrait - Aaron Copland
Bishop Robert Hayes, narrator
--Intermission--
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, I. Allegro - Antonín Dvorák
Jason Jupiterwala, cello
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World - Antonín Dvorák
Concert No. 2 - November 24, 2009
William Tell Overture - Gioacchino Rossini
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21, III. Allegro vivace - Frédéric Chopin
Marcin Parys, piano
Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 - Sergei Prokofiev
--Intermission--
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 - Dmitri Shostakovich
Concert No. 3 - February 18, 2010
Russian Easter Overture - Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
World Premiere
Piano Concerto, Op. 28 - Samuel Barber
Sergio Monteiro, piano
--Intermission--
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathétique - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concert No. 4 - April 15, 2010
Rienzi Overture - Richard Wagner
Trumpet Concerto in D Major - Johann Fasch
Ryan Beach, trumpet
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Johnny Mitchell, graduate conductor
--Intermission--
Concerto for Orchestra - Béla Bartók
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