UNT SYMPHONY AND CONCERT ORCHESTRAS
FALL, 2011 - SPRING, 2012  
TENTATIVE DATES AND REPERTOIRE
                                               

FALL, 2011

UNT Symphony Orchestra                                              Performance: 9/30/11 (Fri) 8:00pm; Winspear Hall
David Itkin, conductor
Emanuel Borok, violin
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps

UNT Concert Orchestra                                                   Performance: 10/12/11 (Wed) 8:00pm; Winspear Hall
Clay Couturiaux, conductor
John Scott, clarinet
Sibelius: En Saga, Op. 9
Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie
Wagner: Prelude und Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol

UNT Symphony Orchestra (Opera Gala)                      Performance: 10/16/11 (Sun) 4:00pm; Winspear Hall
Stephen Dubberly, conductor

UNT Concerto Competition Finals                                Date: 10/26/10 (Tue) 6:00pm; Winspear Hall
Open to Public; No orchestra involved

UNT Symphony Orchestra                                             
with UNT Opera                                                               Performance: 11/11/11 (Fri) 8:00pm; Lyric Theater
Stephen Dubberly, conductor                                            Performance: 11/13/11 (Sun) 3:00pm; Lyric Theater
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527                                             Performance: 11/18/11 (Fri) 8:00pm; Lyric Theater
                                                                                            Performance: 11/20/11 (Sun) 3:00pm; Lyric Theater
                                                                                               
UNT Symphony Orchestra (chamber orchestra)       Performance: 11/9/11 (Wed) 8:00pm; Winspear Hall
David Itkin, conductor
Concerto Competition soloist
Lynn Eustis, soprano; Linda Di Fiore, mezzo-soprano; David Sundquist, tenor;
Stephen Austin, tenor; Jeffrey Snider, baritone; Stephen Morscheck, bass
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 “Unfinished”
Mozart: TBA
                Soloist, TBA
Donizetti: Excerpts from Lucia di Lammermoor

UNT Concert Orchestra                                                   Performance: 11/16/11 (Wed) 8:00pm; Winspear Hall
Clay Couturiaux, conductor
Eugene Osadchy, cello                                      
Mozart: Overture to Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario), K. 486
Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 38 “Spring”

SPRING, 2012

UNT Symphony Orchestra and UNT Concert Orchestra        Performance: 2/4/12 (Sat) 8:00pm; Winspear Hall
David Itkin and Clay Couturiaux, conductors
Felix Olschafka, violin                       
Debussy: Nocturnes
Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 [1st movement]
R. Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20

Texas Music Educators Association Convention       Performances: 2/10/12 (Fri) & 2/11/12 (Sat); San Antonio
UNT Symphony Orchestra                                             
David Itkin, conductor
Felix Olschafka, violin
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 [1st movement]
Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20
Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine

UNT Concert Orchestra                                                   Performance: 2/17/12 (Fri) 5:00pm; Winspear Hall
Conducting Students’ Concert                         

UNT Concert Orchestra                                                   Performance: 3/2/12 (Fri) 8:00pm; Lyric Theater
with UNT Opera                                                                 Performance: 3/4/12 (Sun) 3:00pm; Lyric Theater
Stephen Dubberly, conductor                                              Performance: 3/9/12 (Fri) 8:00pm; Lyric Theater
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi                                           Performance: 3/11/12 (Sun) 3:00pm; Lyric Theater              

UNT Symphony Orchestra                                              Performance: 3/7/12 (Wed) 8:00pm; Winspear Hall
UNT Concerto Competition Winners

UNT Concert Orchestra (chamber orchestra)            Performance: 3/14/12 (Wed) 8:00pm; Winspear Hall
with UNT Chamber Choir                                              
Clay Couturiaux and Richard Sparks, conductors
Julia Bushkova, violin
Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201
TBA
Schubert: Mass No. 2 in G Major, D. 167

UNT Symphony Orchestra                                              Performance: 3/30/12 (Fri) 8:00pm; Winspear Hall
Conducting Students’ Concert                                         

UNT Concert Orchestra                                                   Performance: 4/18/12 (Wed) 8:00pm; Winspear Hall
Clay Couturiaux, conductor
Gustavo Romero, piano
Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F# minor, Op. 1

UNT Symphony Orchestra                                              Performance: 4/25/12 (Wed) 8:00pm; Winspear Hall
with UNT Grand Chorus                                                 
David Itkin, conductor      
Richard Croft, tenor                                           
Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage       
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes