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The DCSO
The Davidson College Symphony Orchestra is an ensemble of approximately fifty-five student musicians. These students, originating from more than ten other states and countries, reflect the diversity of the Davidson student body. Not only are the members diverse in their backgrounds, but they are diverse in their interests and career pursuits as well. The orchestra is an excellent opportunity for students, regardless of their major, to rehearse and perform in a collaborative atmosphere while honing their technical skills and broadening their musical knowledge and experience.
The DCSO rehearses on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00-5:45 p.m., and performs five full concerts each season. Other performance opportunities include concerts on the Davidson Village Green and a concert during Family Weekend. Programs span a wide range of genres and composers from the Baroque to the present. Once a year, the DCSO joins forces with the Davidson College Concert Choir to perform major choral works. Professional guest artists are also invited to perform with the orchestra in concert. In addition, the orchestra is honored to feature student soloists who are winners of the concerto competition held each fall.
Watch a slideshow from last year’s DCSO Family & Alumni Weekend.
Contact Prof. Tara Villa Chamra, Director, DCSO
DCSO Family Weekend
The DCSO is pleased to announce the second DCSO Family Weekend on November 16 & 17, 2007. Family and friends of the DCSO are invited to attend the weekend festivities. The DCSO will perform a full concert on Friday, November 16. On the following evening, the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra will perform a concert, featuring a side-by-side performance with the DCSO, led by the CSO’s Resident Conductor, Alan Yamamoto.
Both performances will take place at 8:00 p.m. in the Duke Family Performance Hall of the Knobloch Campus Center. The DCSO concert is free. Tickets are needed for the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra concert, and can be purchased by contacting the Ticket Office at 704-894-2135.
DCSO 2007-08 Season: Reveries, Fates, and Paramours
All concerts, unless otherwise noted, are in the Duke Family Performance Hall of the Knobloch Campus Center. Some of the programs below currently list only highlights. Complete programs will be posted by August 1, 2007.
Sunday, September 23, 2007, 6:00 p.m. - Concert on the Green
Thursday, October 4, 2007, 7:30 p.m. Fall Concert
- Verdi – Overture to La Forza del Destino
- Wagner – Siegfried Idyll
- Fauré – Pelléas et Mélisande Suite
Friday, October 26, 2007, 7:00 p.m. – Family Weekend Concert
- Davidson College Presbyterian Church
Friday, November 16, 2007, 8:00 p.m. DCSO Family Weekend Concert
- Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, featuring Artist Associate Cynthia Lawing
- Rimsky-Korsakov – The Young Prince and the Princess from Scheherazade
- Berlioz – March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique
Saturday, November 17, 2007, 8:00 p.m. Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Concert
- Featuring a side-by-side performance with the DCSO
Thursday, February 28, 2008, 7:30 p.m. Concerto Competition Winners Concert
- Featuring winners of the 2007 Concerto Competition and the Davidson College Concert Choir
- Concertos TBA
- Brahms – Nänie
- Brahms - Schicksalslied
Friday, April 18, 2008, 7:30 p.m. Spring Concert
- Rautavaara – Isle of Bliss
- Sibelius – Good evening – farewell! from Rakastava
- Tchaikovsky – Overture to Romeo and Juliet
- Elgar – Adagio from Symphony No.1
Sunday, April, 2008, 6:00 p.m. – Concert on the Green
Friday, May 2, 2008, 7:30 p.m. The Conductors Concert
- Featuring student conductors Repertoire TBA
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