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Orchestral Works Conducted

Juan Crisóstomo ARRIAGA:     
       Symphony in D
C.P.E. BACH:
       Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Wq 183/1
J.S. BACH:     
       Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 
       Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 
       Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051
       Concerto for Oboe d’amore, BWV 1055
       Concerto for Two Violins in d minor, BWV 1043 
       Double Concerto for Oboe & Violin in c minor, BWV 1060
Samuel BARBER:
       Adagio for Strings 
       Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Amy Marcy Cheney BEACH:
        Symphony No. 2 in e minor “Gaelic”
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN:

Consecration of the House Overture, opus 124
Coriolan Overture, op. 62
Egmont Overture, op. 84
Fidelio Overture, opus 72
Leonore Overture No. 3, opus 72b 
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, opus 58
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, op. 21
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, opus 55 “Eroica”
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, opus 60
Symphony No. 5 in c minor, opus 67                                                        
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, opus 68 “Pastoral”
Symphony No. 7 in A Major, opus 92
Symphony No. 8 in F Major, opus 93             
Violin Concerto in D Major, opus 61

Hector BERLIOZ:
       Hungarian March from “The Damnation of Faust”, opus 24
       Roman Carnival Overture, opus 9
Elmer BERNSTEIN:
       Theme from “The Magnificent Seven” (arr. Phillippe)
Georges BIZET:
       Carmen Suite No. 1
       Carmen Suite No. 2
       “La Fleur” from Carmen               
       Symphony No. 1 in C Major
Luigi BOCCHERINI: 
       Cello Concerto in B-flat Major, G. 482 (Grutzmacher)                      
Alexander BORODIN:
       In the Steppes of Central Asia
       Symphony No. 2 in b minor
Johannes BRAHMS: 
       Academic Festival Overture, opus 80           
       Concerto for Violin & Cello in a minor, opus 102
       Symphony No. 1 in c minor, opus 68                                                           
       Symphony No. 2 in D Major, opus 73
       Symphony No. 3 in F Major, opus 90
       Symphony No. 4 in e minor, opus 98
       Tragic Overture, op. 81
       Variations on a Theme by Haydn, opus 56
Max BRUCH:
       Symphony No. 2 in F Major, opus 36
       Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, op. 26
Anton BRUCKNER:
       Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major “Romantic” (1880 – Haas)                      
George BUTTERWORTH:
       The Banks of the Green Willow   
Eduardo di CAPUA: 
       “O Sole Mio”     
John CARTER:
       Cantata 
Mario CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO:
       Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D Major, opus 99
George Whitefield CHADWICK:
        Symphony No. 2 in B-flat Major
Ernest CHAUSSON:
       Poeme for Violin & Orchestra, opus 25
       Viviane, opus 5
Luigi CHERUBINI:
       Medea Overture
Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR:
       Petite Suite de Concert
Aaron COPLAND: 
       An Outdoor Overture
       Fanfare for the Common Man
       Lincoln Portrait
       Our Town
       Quiet City
Jason CRESS: 
       Theme (premiere)
Bernhard CRUSELL: 
       Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in f minor, opus 5   
Calvin CUSTER: 
       The American Frontier
       Star Trek Through the Years
Zachary GULABOFF DAVIS: 
       Oregon Memories (PREMIERE)
Zachary GULABOFF DAVIS: 
       Shimmer (World Premiere)
Claude DEBUSSY: 
       Nocturnes
       Petite Suite (arr. Henri Busser)
       Prelude a “L’apres-midi d’un faune”  
Antonin DVORAK: 
       American Suite, opus 96b 
       Carnival Overture
       Cello Concerto in b minor, opus 104
       Czech Suite in D Major, opus 39
       In Nature’s Realm, opus 91
       Serenade for Winds in d minor, opus 44
       Symphony No. 5 in F Major, opus 76
       Symphony No. 6 in D Major, opus 60 
       Symphony No. 7 in d minor, opus 70        
       Symphony No. 8 in G Major, opus 88
       Symphony No. 9 in e minor, opus 95 "from the New World"              
       Waldesruhe ("Silent Woods"), opus 68  
Edward ELGAR: 
       Froissart Overture 
       Serenade for Strings in e minor, opus 20
Gabriel FAURÉ: 
       Elegy, opus 24
       Pavane, opus 50
       Pelleas et Melisande Suite, opus 80
Christoph FORSTER: 
       Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major (Janetzky)         
Caesar FRANCK: 
       Symphony in d minor 
Michael GIACCHINO: 
       Star Trek (2009)
       Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
George GERSHWIN: 
       An American in Paris 
       Rhapsody in Blue 
Scott GERWECK: 
       At the Mountains of Madness (premiere)
       3 Sketches for Orchestra (premiere)
Morton GOULD: 
       American Salute
Charles GOUNOD: 
       Funeral March of a Marionette
       Petite Symphonie in B-flat Major for Winds  
       Symphony No. 1 in D Major                                                                        
Edvard GRIEG: 
       Lyric Suite, opus 54                                                                                         
       Piano Concerto in a minor, opus 16 
G.F. HANDEL: 
       Concerto for Organ in F Major “The Cuckoo & the Nightingale”, HWV 295
       Concerto Grosso in G Major, opus 6, number 1
       Messiah, HWV 56
Howard HANSON: 
       Symphony No. 2 “Romantic”
Franz Josef HAYDN: 
       Cello Concerto in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1
       Cello Concerto in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2
       Oboe Concerto in C Major
       Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob. XVIII:11
       St. Bernardi Mass “Heiligmesse”
       Symphony No. 88 in G Major, Hob. I:88
       Symphony No. 104 in D Major, Hob. I:104 “London”          
       The Heavens are Telling
       Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major, Hob. VIIe:1
Louis Joseph F. HEROLD: 
       Zampa: Overture                                                                                            
Paul HINDEMITH: 
       Trauermusik for Cello & String Orchestra
Bill HOLCOMBE: 
       Casey at the Bat
Gustav HOLST: 
       The Planets
James HORNER: 
       Selections from Apollo 13
Heinrich HUBLER: 
       Konzertstuck for 4 French Horns
Johann Nepomuk HUMMEL: 
       Trumpet Concerto in E–flat Major 
Charles IVES: 
       The Unanswered Question
Aram KHACHATURIAN:
       Adagio from "Spartacus" (Arranged by Stone)  
Anders KOPPEL: 
       Concerto for Marimba & Orchestra
Eduardo LALO: 
       Cello Concerto in d minor
       Symphonie Espagnole, opus 21
John David LAMB: 
       Nightscape (premiere)
Agustin LARA: 
       Granada
Ruggero LEONCAVALLO: 
       “Mattinata”       
       “Vesti la giubba” from Pagliacci 
Gyorgy LIGETI: 
       Poeme Symphonique
Franz LISZT: 
       Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in c minor  
       Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in d minor
Gustav MAHLER: 
       Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 in c-sharp minor
       Symphony No. 1 in D Major “Titan”
Felix MENDELSSOHN: 
       The Hebrides, opus 26 (Fingal’s Cave)
       Piano Concerto No. 1 in g minor, op. 25
       Symphony No. 1 in c minor, opus 11
       Symphony No. 3 in a minor, opus 56 “Scottish”
       Symphony No. 4 in A Major, opus 90 “Italian”                            
       Symphony No. 5 in d minor “Reformation”
       Violin Concerto in e minor, op. 64 
Timothy Scott MISNER: 
       Freedom Overture (premiere)
       Sketches from the Oregon Trail (PREMIERE)
Leopold MOZART: 
       Sinfonia in F Major for Alphorn & Strings 
W.A. MOZART: 

Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618
Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
Concerto for Flute & Harp in C Major, K. 299
Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major
French Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major, K. 417
French Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major, K. 447
Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384
Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527

Overture to Idomeneo, K. 366

Overture to The Impresario, K. 486

Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
Overture to “Die Zauberflote”, K. 620
Piano Concerto No. 20 in d minor, K. 466             
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
Piano Concerto No. 24 in c minor, K. 491
Serenade in G Major, K. 525 “Eine kleie Nachtmusik”
Serenade No. 6 in D Major, K. 239 "Serenata Notturna" 
Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major for Winds & Orchestra, K. 297b

Symphony No. 25 in g minor
Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201/186a 
Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 “Haffner”
Symphony No. 40 in g minor, K 550
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216                                                   

Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219

Modest MUSSORGSKY: 

A Night on Bald Mountain

Modest MUSSORGSKY/TUSHMALOV: 
       Pictures at an Exhibition
Johann Baptist Georg NERUDA: 
       Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major 
Rebecca OSWALD: 
       Finding the Murray River (premiere)
Harold OWEN: 
       Concertino for Harp & Strings
Sergei PROKOFIEV: 
       Lt. Kije Suite, opus 60                     
Giacomo PUCCINI: 
       Act III: Prelude & “E lucevan le stelle” from Tosca
Sergei RACHMANINOV: 
       Vocalise, opus 34, number 14
Maurice RAVEL: 
       Pavane pour une infante defunte                                                                 
Ottorino RESPIGHI: 
       Pini di Roma 
Ottorino RESPIGHI: 
       Ancient Aires and Dances, Suite 1
Richard RODGERS & Oscar HAMMERSTEIN: 
       Selections from Oklahoma!
       Selections from “South Pacific”
Joaquin RODRIGO: 
       Tres Viejos Aired de Danza
Gioachino ROSSINI: 
       Overture to “The Barber of Seville”
       Overture to “Guillaume Tell” 
       Overture to “L’italiana in Algeri”
John RUTTER: 
       Suite Antique
Camille SAINT-SAËNS: 
       Cello Concerto in a minor, op. 33
       Danse Macabre: Poeme Symphonique, opus 40
       Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, opus 22
       Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major, opus 103 “Egyptian”
       Violin Concerto No. 3 in b minor, opus 61
Pablo de SARASATE: 
       Gypsy Airs                                                                                              
Franz SCHUBERT: 
       Mass No. 2 in G Major, D. 167
       Overture in D Major “In the Italian Style”, D. 590
Overture in C Major “In the Italian style”, D. 591
Rosamunde Overture D. 644
Symphony No. 2 in B-flat Major, D. 125
       Symphony No. 4 in c minor, D. 417 “Tragic”
       Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, D. 485
       Symphony No. 8 in b minor “Unfinished”, D. 759
Robert SCHUMANN: 
       Cello Concerto in a minor, opus 129
       Overture, Scherzo & Finale, opus 52
       Piano Concerto in a minor, opus 54
       Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, opus 38 "Spring"   
       Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, op. 97 “Rhenish”
       Symphony No. 4 in d minor, opus 120
Jean SIBELIUS: 
       Finlandia, opus 26
       Pelleas and Melisande Suite, opus 46    
       The Swan of Tuonela, opus 22, no. 2      
       Symphony No. 1 in e minor, opus 39
       Symphony No. 2 in D Major, opus 63            
Bedrich SMETANA: 
       Ma Vlast: Moldau 
John SMITH: 
       The Star-Spangled Banner 
William Grant STILL: 
       Symphony No. 1 “Afro-American”
Richard STRAUSS: 
       Also Sprach Zarathustra
       French horn Concerto No. 1, opus 11                                                          
Igor STRAVINSKY: 
       L’histoire du Soldat
SUDERLUND: 
       Concerto for Oboe & Strings
Sir Arthur SULLIVAN: 
       Overture in C Major “in memoriam”
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: 
       Capriccio Italienne, Op. 45
       Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-flat minor, opus 23
       Romeo & Juliet Overture-Fantasy
       Symphony No. 1 in g minor, opus 13 “Winter Reveries”
       Symphony No. 5 in e minor, opus 64  
       Violin Concerto in D Major
Georg Philipp TELEMANN: 
       Don Quixote Suite
TRADITIONAL: 

Ride on King Jesus
Amazing Grace 

Eleanor TRAWICK: 
       Shepard’s Dance (premiere)
Johann Baptist VANHAL: 
       Concerto for 2 Bassoons 
Edgard VARESE: 
       Octandre
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: 
       Concerto for Oboe & Strings in a minor
       English Folk Song Suite
       Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Giuseppe VERDI: 
       La Forza del Destino Overture
       Nabucco Overture
Antonio VIVALDI: 
       Concerto in D Major for Guitar & Strings, RV 93
       Concerto in g minor for 2 Violoncelli & Strings, F. III.2
       Gloria in D Major, RV 589
Richard WAGNER: 

Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Siegfried Idyll                                                                             

Carl Maria von WEBER: 
       Der Freischutz Overture                                                            
       Symphony No. 1 in C Major, opus 19 
John WILLIAMS: 
       Star Wars Epic Suite - Part I 
       Star Wars Epic Suite - Part II
Laura ZAERR: 
       Appalachian Concerto

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Stage Works Conducted / Directed
Sherman EDWARDS:
       1776 (as John Adams)

John FROHNMAYER & Sila SHAMAN: 
       Spin (premiere)

W.S. GILBERT & Arthur SULLIVAN: H.M.S. Pinafore*
       The Mikado* (and as The Mikado)
       The Pirates of Penzance*sm    
       Ruddigore (or The Witch’s Curse)*
       The Sorcerer
       Trial by Jury*sm (and as The Learned Judge)

Alan Jay LERNER & Frederick LOEWE: 
       Brigadoon

W.A. MOZART: 
       Così fan tutte (scenes)
       Le Nozze di Figaro (scenes)    

Richard RODGERS & Oscar HAMMERSTEIN: 
       Oklahoma! *
       The Sound of Music
       South Pacific*sm

Gioachino ROSSINI: 
       La Cenerentola (scenes)

Stephen SONDHEIM: 
       A Little Night Music

       Into The Woods

Meredith WILLSON: 
       The Music Man*sm
 

* = multiple productions / sm = stage director & music director

 

Representative Guest Artists

Michael ANDERSON, clarinet
Stephanie BARTH, violin
Alice BLANKENSHIP, violin
Tim BLUEFLINT RAMEL, 
Native American Flutist
Scott CHRISTIANSEN, organ    
Judith CLOUD, mezzo-soprano
Megan COATES, soprano 
Chase COLEMAN, piano            
Thanh Mai DOTRAN, violin
Jason DUCKLES, cello    
Horatio EDENS, cello
Matthew FULLER, violin             
Scott GERWECK, trumpet
Gail GILLESPIE, flute
Susan GILLESPIE, flute
Matt GOODRICH, piano
Cindy GOULD, trumpet                
David GUSTAFSON, tenor
Jane HALL, oboe   

Daniel HARLAN, French horn 
Yvonne HSUEH, violin 
Paul KIESGEN, bass 
Sunghee KIM, piano
Andrew KOLB, cello 
Anthea KRESTON, violin 
Jessica LAMBERT, violin             
Christina LARSON, bassoon
Nicholas LARSON, tenor
Jaclyn LARUE, oboe & English horn
Cindy LEFTON, French horn
Marion MABY, violin                    
Kerry MAMMONE, bassoon
El MARIACHI TAPATIO de TUCSON
Harvey MICKELSON, alphorn
Meredith MILLS (KIESGEN), soprano
Carren MOHAM, soprano
Katherine COUCH PARKS, cello
Cicely PARNAS, cello 
Madalyn PARNAS, violin    

Ricardo PEREIRA, tenor 
Burr COCHRAN PHILLIPS, bass 
Marion ROSSI, narrator 
Krzysztof RUCINSKI, violin
Ken SAUL, trumpet
Robert SCHAPPER, French horn 
Noah SEITZ, cello
Tom SHEELEY, guitar 
David SORENSON, French horn
Victor STEINHARDT, piano
David OGDEN STIERS, actor
Lisa TAYLOR, clarinet                     
Lydia VAN DREEL, French horn
A. Wesley WARD, guest presenter
Laura WAYTE, soprano
Dow YEH, piano     
Georgienne YOUNG, cello                    
Laura ZAERR, harp
Crystal ZIMMERMAN, piano