MASTERWORKS I
Stefan Jackiw, violin

Saturday, October 11, 2008 ~ 8pm
Morris Performing Arts Center

Violin Fireworks!

Violinist Stefan Jackiw is recognized as one of the most significant and exciting artists of his generation. He's intense. He's emotional. "...a Perlman or Stern in his early years." - Washington Post

Plus, a provocative, romantic classic - Tchaikovsky's ever-popular

5th Symphony.

MASTERWORKS II

Saturday, November 8, 2008 ~ 8pm
Morris Performing Arts Center

Scheherazade!

Gounod's symphonies are rarely heard so this concert will be a special treat. Plus, we'll feature the Symphony's own acclaimed wind and brass sections. Based on the book One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade is lauded for its dazzling, haunting orchestration. The work will feature many principal players, especially SBSO's concertmaster, Zofia Glashauser.

MASTERWORKS III

Carolyn Plummer, violin

Karen Buranskas, Violoncello
Saturday, January 24, 2009 ~ 8pm
Morris Performing Arts Center

Beethoven to Brahms - Brilliant!

Carolyn Plummer and Karen Buranskas are Associate Professors of Music at the University of Notre Dame and members of the celebrated Notre Dame String Trio. This will be a magical, musical evening.

Brahms: Hungarian Dance #1

Brahms: Double Concerto, Op. 102

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

MASTERWORKS IV

Robert Belinic, guitar
Saturday, February 28, 2009 ~ 8pm
Morris Performing Arts Center

Tales of the Classical Guitar

Classical guitarist Robert Belinic has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe and earned international recognition as the first guitarist to win Young Concert Artist audtions to New York. Mr. Belinic has been characterized as "a young genius, a poet, and a super-sensitive musician" and is known for his intense passion, charisma, and breathaking performances. Kodaly's Hary Janos Suite will captivate you with its intriguing Hungarian tall tale.

Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose Suite

Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

Zoltan Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite

MASTERWORKS V

Danielle Svonavec, soprano

Stephen Lancaster, baritone

Bethel College Concert Choir

Notre Dame Chorale
Saturday, April 4, 2009 ~ 8pm
Morris Performing Arts Center

Sacred Spring: A Choral Festival

Danielle Svonavec and Stephen Lancaster, voice faculty at the University of Notre Dame, join conductor Robert N. Ham and the Bethel College Concert Choir, plus conductor Alexander Blachly and the Notre Dame Chorale to perform traditional Judeo-Christian music for this beautiful holiday celebration. The American composer Leonard Bernstein, better known for his groundbreaking West Side Story, composed the featured Chichester Psalms.

Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite #1

Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms

Faure: Requiem

MASTERWORKS VI

Terence Wilson, piano
Saturday, May 16, 2009 ~ 8pm
Morris Performing Arts Center

Magical Melodies

Terence Wilson is one of today's most gifted pianists with numerous national awards and prizes to his credit. He has performed with many prestigious ensembles across the country and has played in Chicago's Ravinia Festival, Tanglewood, Wolf Trap, New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The highlight of this melodic concert will be the dazzling interplay of Wilson's piano and the orchestra in Khachaturian's piece.

Russel Peck: Peace Overture

Khachaturian: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

Dvorak: Symphony #8

The legendary Fats Waller, jazz pianist and skilled composer, was one of the most popular performers and his era. Byron Stripling interprets Fats Waller to rave reviews, having earned his stripes as lead trumpeter and soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra. This will be an evening filled with jazz classics.

Pops! II

Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 8:00 P.M.
Morris Performing Arts Center

Valentines

- From Hollywood and Broadway -
Anne Runolfsson, soprano & Gary Mauer, tenor

Featuring famous love songs from Hollywood and Broadway.

Come hear the world's most wonderful love songs. And fall in love again. Anne Runolfsson's and Gary Mauer's Broadway credits include The Phantom of the Opera, Victor/Victoria and Les Miserables.

Pops! III

Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 8:00 P.M.
Morris Performing Arts Center

Photochoreography

James Westwater, Photo Choreographer

James Westwater artfully fuses the music of Copland with giant-screen panoramic photgraphs to create a breath-takingly beautiful photographic concerto. Michiana students will showcase their own version of this wonderful medium with a special work they'll help create for the Young People's Discovery concerts.

CHAMBER I
Sunday, October 19, 2008~ 2:30pm
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center,
University of Notre Dame

Classic Baroque
Jennet Ingle, oboe

Handel: Samson Overture

Mozart: Oboe Concerto, K. #314

Haydn: Symphony #101, "Clock"

Come for an anfternoon of timeless Baroque favorites!

Listen for Haydn's "Clock" movement in one of his best loved symphonies. Soloist Jennet Ingle has performed with the Chicago and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras and has been principal oboe of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra since 1997. She has been principal oboe for the SBSO since 2006.

Join Maestro Tsung Yeh and the guest artists after the concert for a post-concert discussion sponsored by the South Bend Symphony Orchestra League.

CHAMBER II
Sunday, March 8, 2009 ~ 2:30pm
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center,
University of Notre Dame

Feel the Spirit!

Minnita Daniel-Cox, soprano

South Bend Chamber Singers

Debussy: Les Coins des enfants (Children's Corner)

Ravel: Tzigane

Bizet: Symphony in C

Minnita Daniel-Cox has won numerous singing competitions and appeared with many symphonies and operatic productions. She teaches voice at the University of Michigan. The South Bend Chamber Singers, celebrating 20 years of beautiful musi, will also perform.

Join Maestro Tsung Yeh and the guest artists after the concert for a post-concert discussion sponsored by the South Bend Symphony Orchestra League.

CHAMBER III
Sunday, May 3, 2009 ~ 2:30pm
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center,
University of Notre Dame

Schubert + Beethoven
Jeffrey Jacob, piano

Franz Schubert: Die Freunde von Saramanka. D. 326

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2

Schubert: Symphony No. 3, D. 200 in D major

Pianist, composer and educator Jeffrey Jacob has bee hailed as "one of the greatest performers of 20th century music." Currently Mr. Jacob is an artist-in-residence at Saint Mary's College.

Join Maestro Tsung Yeh and the guest artists after the concert for a post-concert discussion sponsored by the South Bend Symphony Orchestra League.

Fall Family Concert

Sunday, October 26, 2008, 3:00 p.m.
Bethel College, Everest-Rohrer Auditorium
Instrument Petting Zoo at 2 p.m.

The Conservatory of Dance

Steve Vaught, magician

Michell Bythrow, vocalist

Zounds!

An Orchestral Parade

This festival of fun features music about animals, marches and other fun works. Morton Gould's Hoedown mixes firefighters with our orchestra! With a costume contest and parade (costumes encouraged). And before the concert, kids can try out various orchestra instruments at the annual Instrument Petting Zoo.

Instrument Petting Zoo at 2:00p.m.
Children love to visit our "zoo," where they can touch the instruments of the orchestra, and actually produce sounds on them assisted by SBSO musicians and volunteers.

Annual Costume Parade

At the end of the concert our young audience is invited to show off their Halloween costumes.  Fun prizes awarded in many categories make this a special treat.

Tickets:  Adults $10, Seniors $8, Kids $5

Spring Family Concert
Sunday, May 10, 2098 -- 3:00 p.m.
Everest-Rohrer Auditorium, Bethel College

"A Celebration of Abraham Lincoln "

featuring the Side-by-Side Orchestra

and Young Artist Competition winners.

Copland's Lincoln Portrait, pieces by William Grant Still and one of Lincoln's favorite works, Verdi's La Forza del Destino. Also featured will be the Grand Prize Winner of our annual Young Artist Competition.

"Home for the Holidays"

Christmas Concert
Morris Performing Arts Center
Sunday, December 7, 2008 at 3:00 P.M.

Diane Penning, soprano

The South Bend High School Festival Choir

Our ever-popular Christmas Concert welcomes back Diane Penning, again bringing her ravishing voice and cherished Christmas favorites to Michiana. The South Bend High School Festival Choir, composed of members of four local high schools, join her for a holiday afternoon that promises to be unforgettable. And yes, there is a special appearance by a right jolly old elf!

Come Tcelebrate the Tseason with Tsung!