Oskaloosa Symphony Orchestra Young Performers Concert
Oskaloosa Symphony
This Sunday, the George Daily Auditorium will house the annual Oskaloosa Symphony Orchestra’s Young Performers Concert. The concert usually features two or three outstanding musicians, from the surrounding area, to perform a solo piece that the orchestra will accompany . High School musicians audition in front of Tony Chang, the conductor of the symphony orchestra. Tony then selects the musicians who will be performing with the orchestra. This year, all three of the students who were selected study at Oskaloosa High School. The students selected were: Amber Ringgenberg, playing the violin; Bailie Benson, who is playing tuba; and Lyric Morris, who is being featured on the clarinet.
At this years concert the program contains 10 selections. (order is not necessarily the order for the concert)
Frackenpohl’s Concertino for Tuba and String Orchestra- Feat. Bailie Benson
Viotti’s 23tes Concert arranged by von Hans Sitt- Feat. Amber Ringenberg
Weber’s Concertino fur Klarinette- Feat. Lyric Morris
Borodin’s On the Steppes of Central Asia
Gliere’s Russian Sailors’ Dance from“The Red Poppy” arranged by Merle J. Issac
Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite:
Morgenstimmung(Morning Mood)
Tanz in der Halle des Bergkonigs(In the Halls of the Mountain King)
Der Brautraub (The Abduction of the Bride)
Arabischer Tanz(Arabian Dance)
Solvejg’s Lied(Solvejg Song)
All three of the featured soloists plan on going to college and to continue playing music. Lyric Morris plans on attending Northwestern College and majoring in graphic design as well as a possible music performance major. Bailie Benson plans on going to, either, the University of South Dakota or the University of Northern Iowa. She will double major in Music and Studio Art. Amber Ringgenberg will major in pre-veterinary medicine/animal science at Iowa State University. She plans on playing in the college orchestra.
The concert starts at 4:00 P.M. tomorrow afternoon. Ticket prices are $12.00 for adults, $8.00 for students and $24.00 for a family. We encourage you to go support the symphony orchestra and enjoy a great show.
The Symphony orchestra will be joined by the Oskaloosa High School Chamber Orchestra and members of the high school band.
