Moravian College Community Orchestra
Director: Donald Spieth, Artist in Residence
Rehearsals: Mondays, 7:00PM-10:00PM
The MCCO is conducted by Moravian faculty member, Donald Spieth, and is open to college and community instrumentalists by audition. Rehearsals are 7-10 PM Mondays in Foy Concert Hall, Priscilla Payne Hurd Campus. The MCCO is the required ensemble for string majors. Repertoire determines the wind and percussion requirements.
Concert Schedule
Moravian College Community Orchestra
Sunday, November 11, 2018, 7:00 pm
Donald Spieth - conductor
Tanya O’Brien - soprano soloist
Dr. Carl Hess - trumpet soloist
Hector Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture
Patrick Oswald - Harbor Songs, text by Carl Sandburg
Alexander Arutiunian - Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5, Op. 67, in C minor
Moravian College Community Orchestra
Sunday, April 7, 2019, 7:00 pm
Donald Spieth - conductor
Blair McMillen - piano soloist
Neil Wetzel, saxophone soloist
“Born in the U.S.A.”
Music of Iconic American Composers
Leonard Bernstein - Slava! (A Political Overture)
Larry Lipkis - Rhapsody & Riffs for Saxophone and Orchestra
Aaron Copland - Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
George Gershwin - Concerto in F
