Celebrating Our Golden Season! (October Concert)

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50th Season in 2026-2027: 50 Seasons of Sound & Community
Celebrating Our Golden Season!
The Susquehanna Symphony’s Golden (50th) Season will begin with compositions we have performed in the past and composers with whom we have had a close relationship: African American composer William Grant Still; friends to the SSO Amanda Harberg and Kile Smith; and Sir Malcolm Arnold, our guest in March of 2000. The works by Vaughan Williams and Fauré were performed at the Orchestra’s very first concert! We welcome back guest vocalist Carolyn Black-Sotir; JoAnna Cochenet joins to conduct two works.

William Grant Still – Threnody in Memory of Jan Sibelius
Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Gordon Jacobs – English Folk Song Suite
Gabriel Fauré – Pavane
   JoAnna Cochenet, Conductor
Sheldon Bair – The Homefront 1944
   Carolyn Black-Sotir, Mezzo soprano
Sir Malcolm Arnold – Four Cornish Dances, Op. 91
Amanda Harberg – Prayer (for orchestra)
   JoAnna Cochenet, Conductor
Duke Ellington, arr. Sheldon Bair – Mood Indigo
George Gershwin, arr. Sheldon Bair – A Foggy Day in London Town
   Carolyn Black-Sotir, Mezzo soprano
Kile Smith – Susquehanna (40th anniversary season commission)

6:15 pm – the lobby opens for patrons to enjoy concessions from Coffee Coffee and shop with local artists, authors, and other vendors (items priced up to $100).

6:30 pm – Pre-Concert Talk held in the Auditorium