SYS Spring Concert 2025

Salem Youth Symphony Spring Concert 2025
Smith Auditorium, Willamette University
April 13, 2025 at 3:00 pm

Festival seating, ADULTS $15, CHILDREN 18 and under free

This concert features Mozart Players, Amadeus Players, Philharmonia and Youth Symphony
AND Concerto Winner, Koyuki Blaumer, cello

(Please choose e-ticket or ticket to be picked up at will call)

PROGRAM

MOZART PLAYERS CONDUCTED BY RACHAEL ANDERSON

Luminescence by Alan Lee Silva (b. 1964)

Viking by Soon Hee Newbold (b. 1974)

AMADEUS PLAYERS CONDUCTED BY MAC MAYER

El Toro by Don Brubaker

Artemis Rising by Jeffrey S. Bishop

Serendipity Suite by Richard Meyer (b. 1957)

1. Fit as a Fiddle
2. Sol-La Viola
3. Cello Pudding
4. Oasis for Basses

PHILHARMONIA CONDUCTED BY DANNY HUNT

Anvil Chorus from Il Trovator by Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) arr. Sandra Dackow

Poème symphonique “Les Préludes”  by Franz Liszt (1811–1886) arr. Rick England

March to the Scaffold from Symphonie fantastique, op. 14 by Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) arr. Vernon Leidig

Cossack Dance from Mazeppa by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) arr. Sandra Dackow

YOUTH SYMPHONY CONDUCTED BY JON HARRIS-CLIPPINGER

Overture to Colas Breugnon, op. 24 by Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904–1987)

Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, op. 33,   III. Tempo primo by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)

Koyuki Blaumer, cello

Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36 ("Enigma Variations") by Edward Elgar (1857–1934)