The Goshen College Symphony Orchestra (GCSO) will present a concert of orchestral works by American composers in their spring concert, on Friday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.

The GCSO, conducted by Assistant Professor of Music Dr. Christopher Fashun, will present an “All-American” program, featuring performances of Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question, Armenian-American composer Alan Hovhaness’ Prelude and Quadruple Fugue, Op. 128, and Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 (“Romantic”).

The ensemble will also celebrate the 90^th birthday of Goshen College Professor of Music Emeritus Mary Oyer with a performance of William Grant Still’s Danzas de Panama, a piece specially selected for Dr. Oyer by Fashun. Birthday cake for all concert attendees will be served following the concert in the Music Center lobby.

Tickets cost $7 for adults and $5 for seniors/students, and are available at the door one hour before the concert. Goshen College students, faculty and staff are free with valid ID.

Fashun, DMA, also directs the Lavender Jazz Ensemble, oversees the music education program, conducts the orchestras for musicals and opera and teaches applied percussion. In 2011, he became the music director of the Elkhart County Honors Youth Orchestra where he has the opportunity to work with talented high school musicians throughout Elkhart County. Fashun holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Saint Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., and received his Master of Music degree in percussion performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Iowa where he studied conducting with William LaRue Jones and viola with Christine Rutledge.

Eight student winners of the 2012-2013 Goshen College Concerto-Aria Competition will perform arias and individual concerto movements with the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra, directed by Assistant Professor of Music Christopher Fashun, in the 53nd annual Concerto-Aria Concert on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.

Performing:

• Senior Josh Yoder, violin, and senior Chelsea Wimmer, viola, performing W.A. Mozart’s “Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, K. 364.” Yoder, the son of Erik and Leanne Yoder, is an environmental science and biology double major from Tucson, Ariz. Wimmer, the daughter of Dean and Julia Wimmer, is a music major from Telford, Pa.
• Junior Hillary Harder, violin, performing Jean Sibelius’ “Concerto in D minor, Op. 47.” Harder, the daughter of Tom and Lois Harder, is a music and Spanish double major from Wichita, Kan.
• Junior Stephen Graber, tenor saxophone, performing Heitor Villa Lobos’ “Fantasia for Saxophone and Orchestra.” Graber, son of Millard and Sheila Graber, is a molecular biology/biochemistry major from Goshen.
• Senior Sophie Lapp, piano, performing W.A. Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466.” Lapp, daughter of John and Sandra Shenk Lapp, is a Bible and religion major from Goshen.
• Senior Rachel Mast, mezzo soprano, performing “Una voce poco fa” from Giaochino Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia. Mast, daughter of Fred and Linda Mast, is a music major from Corvallis, Ore.
• Senior Madeline Ruth, piano, performing Maurice Ravel’s “Piano Concerto in G Major.” Ruth, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Ruth, is a psychology and music double major from Harleysville, Pa.
• Senior Emily Grimes, soprano, performing “Quando me’n vo soletta” from Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme. Grimes, daughter of Daniel and Brenda Grimes, is a music major from Goshen.

The Goshen College Symphony Orchestra will also perform Giuseppe Verdi’s “Overture from Nabucco.”

Dr. Christopher Fashun is an assistant professor of music at Goshen College where he conducts the Symphony Orchestra, directs the Lavender Jazz Ensemble, oversees the music education program, conducts the orchestras for musicals and opera, and teaches applied percussion. In 2011, he became the music director of the Elkhart County Honors Youth Orchestra, where he has the opportunity to work with talented high school musicians throughout Elkhart County. Fashun holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Saint Olaf College in Northfield (Minn.) and received a master’s degree in percussion performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Iowa where he studied conducting with William LaRue Jones and viola with Christine Rutledge.

Nov. 2          7:30 p.m., Goshen College Symphony Orchestra Fall Concert, Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

The GCSO, conducted by Dr. Christopher Fashun, will present their fall concert in Sauder Concert Hall.
The GCSO will be joined by the Goshen College Chorale, directed by Dr. Scott Hochstetler, in a performance of Mozart’s Litaniae Lauretanae K. 109. The program will also feature works by Franz von Suppé, Anatoly Lyandov, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”).
Tickets are $7 adults, $5 senior/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC students/faculty/staff free with ID.

3          7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Series: Del McCoury Band, Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

This season, we bring back the much-loved bluegrass of the Del McCoury Band. Since he was last here in 2004, Del McCoury has received a National Heritage Fellowship lifetime achievement award and was elected into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, honoring his 50-plus years making music. Del McCoury and his faithful band demonstrate that bluegrass isn’t just for those with an acquired taste; it’s about presence, passion, and the musical marriage of sound old and new.
15 percent special discount off regular prices for all in-person or phone sales with mention of promo code “PAS.” Non-discounted tickets: $40, $35, $25

7          7:30 p.m., Visiting Artist: Phoenix Park-Kim, Music Center, Rieth Recital Hall

Visiting artist and pianist Phoenix Park-Kim will present a solo piano recital. Park-Kim’s program will include arrangements of J.S. Bach by Wilhelm Kempf and Egon Petri, as well as works by Haydn, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Verdi/Liszt and Frederic Rzewski.
Tickets are available for $7 adults, $5 seniors/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC Students/faculty/staff free with ID.

9, 10    8 p.m., Fall Mainstage: Urinetown, The Musical, Umble Center

Urinetown, The Musical offers a unique “what if” story. What if in the near future the world has nearly exhausted the earth’s water supply? What if our 21st century Goshen, Indiana, lifestyle isn’t as sustainable as we think it is? How could a musical comedy make fun of musical comedy (insert laugh here) and make us think (analyze and gasp) all at the same time?
Tickets are $10 adults, $5 seniors/students/GC employees. Tickets can be purchased from the Goshen College Welcome Center or online at www.goshen.edu/tickets.

11        4 p.m., CSA Fall Showcase Concert, Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

Community School of the Arts music ensembles will perform a Showcase Concert in Sauder Concert Hall. The performance will feature the Rejoice Children’s Choir (grades 3-5), directed by Kristin Kauffman, and Shout for Joy (grades 6-8), directed by Sandy Hill. Also performing will be CSA Suzuki String Academy students, directed by Rosalyn Troiano, and CSA piano students, coached by Anna Bauer.
Tickets are $7 adults, $5 senior/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC students/faculty/staff free with ID.

12        8 p.m., The Harbor Trio (Jesse Blumberg, Deborah Selig and Cameron Stowe), Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

The Harbor Trio, a vocal-piano ensemble based in New York and Boston, will present a visiting artist recital featuring art songs and duets from a wide variety of composers, including Brahms, Clara Schumann, Duparc, Sibelius, Ives, Barber, and Bernstein, as well as modern composers Daron Hagen, Lori Latiman, William Bolcom, and Christina Courtin.
Tickets are $7 adults, $5 seniors/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. Goshen College faculty, staff, and students are free with valid ID.

16, 17  8 p.m., Fall Mainstage: Urinetown, The Musical, Umble Center

Urinetown, The Musical offers a unique “what if” story. What if in the near future the world has nearly exhausted the earth’s water supply? What if our 21st century Goshen, Indiana, lifestyle isn’t as sustainable as we think it is? How could a musical comedy make fun of musical comedy (insert laugh here) and make us think (analyze and gasp) all at the same time?
Tickets are $10 adults, $5 seniors/students/GC employees. Tickets can be purchased from the Goshen College Welcome Center or online at www.goshen.edu/tickets.

18        3 p.m., Fall Mainstage: Urinetown, The Musical, Umble Center

Urinetown, The Musical offers a unique “what if” story. What if in the near future the world has nearly exhausted the earth’s water supply? What if our 21st century Goshen, Indiana, lifestyle isn’t as sustainable as we think it is? How could a musical comedy make fun of musical comedy (insert laugh here) and make us think (analyze and gasp) all at the same time?
Tickets are $10 adults, $5 seniors/students/GC employees. Tickets can be purchased from the Goshen College Welcome Center or online at www.goshen.edu/tickets.

30        7:30 p.m., Lavender Jazz Fall Concert, Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

Lavender Jazz, Goshen College’s big band, will present their fall concert in Sauder Concert Hall. LJ is directed by Christopher Fashun.
Tickets are $7 adults, $5 senior/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC students/faculty/staff free with ID.

Goshen College’s Administration Building, Church-Chapel, Good Library, Music Center, Newcomer Center, Union Gymnasium and Umble Center are accessible to people using wheelchairs and others with physical limitations.

Directions to the college and a campus map are available at: www.goshen.edu/virtualgc/tour.  For ticket information, contact the Welcome Center, at (574) 535-7566, or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

Goshen College Symphony Orchestra

The Goshen College Symphony Orchestra (GCSO), conducted by Assistant Professor of Music Dr. Christopher Fashun, will present their fall concert in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall on Friday, Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m.

The program will be highlighted by a performance of W.A. Mozart’s Litaniae Lauretanae K. 109, featuring the Goshen College Chorale, directed by Associate Professor of Music Dr. Scott Hochstetler. The GCSO will also perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 (“Pastoral”), and works by Anatoly Lyandov and Franz von Suppé.

Tickets cost $7 for adults, $5 seniors/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. Goshen College faculty/staff/students are free with valid ID.

Fashun, DMA, also directs the Lavender Jazz Ensemble, oversees the music education program, conducts the orchestras for musicals and opera and teaches applied percussion. In 2011, he became the music director of the Elkhart County Honors Youth Orchestra where he has the opportunity to work with talented high school musicians throughout Elkhart County. Dr. Fashun holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Saint Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., and received his Master of Music degree in percussion performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Iowa where he studied conducting with William LaRue Jones and viola with Christine Rutledge.