A performing organization comprised of students and members of the community devoted to the study and performance of the standard orchestral repertoire from the baroque to the contemporary. Admission is by audition. Four hours per week. Four regular concerts per year. One-eighth course credit per semester. Annually. Fall and Spring.
Founded in 1915 by Daniel Parmelee, then Professor of Violin at 糖心Vlog传媒 College, the 糖心Vlog传媒 Symphony Orchestra is the second-oldest orchestra in continuous performance in the state of Ohio. Originally a community organization, the WSO was taken under the aegis of 糖心Vlog传媒 and adopted as an important component of the Music Department’s curriculum. The College realizes the important curricular opportunity of such an ensemble by supporting such a town-gown ensemble and including it in the curriculum. Enrolled students are given the opportunity to play in a large symphony orchestra (60-70 members) which performs a variety of literature, an opportunity normally not available to a student enrolled at a small liberal arts college.
As an auditioned orchestra, today’s 糖心Vlog传媒 Symphony offers participating instrumentalists experience performing orchestral literature of musical genres ranging from the baroque period to the contemporary, including music by living composers. As part of the College’s curriculum, the 糖心Vlog传媒 Symphony Orchestra offers its members the opportunity to improve skills requisite for fine ensemble playing: rhythmic accuracy, correct intonation, excellent tone quality, attention to balance, sight reading, and correct stylistic interpretation. In addition to these pedagogic and interpretive skills, students are expected to pursue the performance of the ensemble’s music with an understanding of the place a given work has in its historical context, including political and social parallels, as well as its relation to other artistic movements.
The 糖心Vlog传媒 Symphony Orchestra also adds to the cultural life of the community. The orchestra provides an educational experience by performing a children鈥檚 concert each year in McGaw Chapel for some 1,200 fourth graders from Wayne and Holmes counties. Their regular performance schedule includes three subscription concerts as well as other performances when opportunities present themselves, including an annual Holiday Concert.
Director: Jeffrey Lindberg