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DECEMBER 4, 2016 at 3 P.M.James Judd, Guest ConductorJan Mracek, Violin Soloist

PPRROOGGRRAAMM ~~ DDRRAAMMAA && VVIIRRTTUUOOSSIITTYYLIGETI RamificationsSCHUBERT Symphony No. 4, "Tragic"BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D majorDVORAK Mazurek

JANUARY 8, 2017 at 3 P.M.Brett Karlin, Guest Conductor Sherezade Panthaki, Soprano Soloist

PPRROOGGRRAAMM ~~ BBAARROOQQUUEE BBRRIILLLLIIAANNCCEEHANDEL Selected Arias HANDEL Water Music Suite No. 1VIVALDI Aria from La Fida NinfaRAMEAU Orchestral SuiteBACH Cantata No. 51

FEBRUARY 19, 2017 at 3 P.M.Alastair Willis, Guest ConductorLindsay Garritson, Piano Soloist

PPRROOGGRRAAMM ~~ PPAARRIISS IIMMPPRREESSSSIIOONNSSIBERT DivertissementRAVEL Piano Concerto in GSelections from great French composers:DEBUSSY, BIZET, HONEGGER, AND FAURÉ.

MARCH 26, 2017 at 3 P.M.Gerard Schwarz, Guest ConductorGregory Miller, Horn Soloist

PPRROOGGRRAAMM ~~ VVIIEENNNNAA TTOO AAPPPPAALLAACCHHIIAAMOZART Symphony No. 39MOZART Horn Concerto No. 3DIAMOND Concerto for Small OrchestraCOPLAND Appalachian Spring

An artist of outstanding versatility, conductorJAMES JJUDD is widely acclaimed for hispassionate musicianship and his charismaticpresence on the podium. Maestro Juddwas recently appointed Music Directorand Chief Conductor of the SlovakPhilharmonic Orchestra. He is also Chief

Conductor of the Israel Symphony Orchestra, New York'sLittle Orchestra Society and Conductor Emeritus of theNew Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

BRETT KKARLIN is Artistic Director andConductor of the critically acclaimedMaster Chorale of South Florida, anensemble of 120 singers, as well as theArtistic Director of Florida's SingingSons, a renowned, award-winning youthchoir in Broward County. Previously, Karlin

was Chorusmaster of the Florida Grand Opera andAssistant Conductor for the Grammy-nominatedSeraphic Fire and The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay.

ALASTAIR WWILLIS, grammy-nominatedconductor is currently Music Director ofthe Illinois Symphony Orchestra andAssociate Conductor of the Seattle Symphony.He has guest conducted orchestras suchas the Chicago Symphony, PhiladelphiaOrchestra, New York Philharmonic, San

Francisco Symphony, China National Orchestra, HongKong Sinfonietta, Qatar Philharmonic, and Silk RoadEnsemble with Yo Yo Ma, among many others.

Internationally recognized for his movingperformances, innovative programmingand extensive recordings, Emmy Awardwinning conductor GERARD SSCHWARZserves as Music Director of the All StarOrchestra and the Eastern Music Festivaland Conductor Laureate of the Seattle

Symphony. He has held leadership positions with the MostlyMozart Festival, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Los AngelesChamber Orchestra, and New York Chamber Symphony.

JAN MMRACEK, an award-winning violinistfrom the Czech Republic, won First Prizeat the renowned Kreisler InternationalViolin Competition in 2014 for hisperformance of the Brahms ViolinConcerto. He also won first prize at the2014 Stefanie Hohl Violin Competition.

He has performed as soloist with ensembles such as thePrague Symphony Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony,and Czech National Symphony Orchestra.

Pianist LINDSAY GGARRITSON has performedthroughout the United States and abroad. Anaward-winning performer, Ms. Garritsonhas received top prizes at the 2013USASU Bosendorfer International PianoCompetition, 2011 Montreal InternationalPiano Competition, 2011 Yale Woolsey

Concerto Competition, and 2010 MozarteumInternational Chopin Competition (Salzburg), and shewas an invited participant in the Van Cliburn Competition.

Equally at home as a soloist, teacher,chamber musician, and symphonichorn player, GREGORY MMILLER is fastbecoming one of the most accom-plished horn players of his generation.He has performed in nearly every majorconcert hall in the world, including

Carnegie Hall, the John F. Kennedy Center for thePerforming Arts, Tokyo Opera City, the Mozarteum,Petronas Towers, the Barbican and Suntory Hall.

Soprano SHEREZADE PPANTHAKI, a starin the field of early music, has garneredinternational praise for her musicianship,"shimmering sensitivity" (Cleveland PlainDealer), "radiant" voice (The WashingtonPost), and vividly passionate interpretations,"mining deep emotion from the subtle

shaping of the lines" (The New York Times). She hasperformed with major symphony orchestras and withthe most accomplished early music ensembles.

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