Gettysburg College-Community Orchestra to perform April 26 at Majestic Theater

The Gettysburg College- Community Orchestra will perform April 26 at the Majestic Theater.

The 8 p.m. performance will take place at the Majestic Theater located at 25 Carlisle St., one block north of Lincoln Square. The orchestra is directed by music professor Daniel Levitov. The concert will feature the music of Leonard Bernstein, Gioachino Rossini and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as a performance by the Sunderman Strings, directed by Sunderman Conservatory of Music visiting assistant professor Yeon-Su Kim. The performance is free and open to the public.

The core of the orchestral program at Gettysburg College is the Gettysburg College-Community Orchestra. This auditioned ensemble is open to all students, as well as talented musicians from the local community. Members of the orchestra may be considered for membership in a highly selective string ensemble and contemporary music ensemble. Student soloists are also given opportunities to perform concertos with the orchestra.

Levitov is a professor of cello at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music and the newly appointed conductor of the Gettysburg College-Community Orchestra. Levitov is also the director of the Peabody Young Artists Orchestra and coordinator of preparatory cello at the Peabody Institute. Levitov has performed as a concerto soloist with the Manhattan Virtuosi, Mendocino Festival Orchestra and Peabody Camerata. He is a cellist with the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. Levitov earned his bachelor's degree from the Oberlin Conservatory, master's from the Manhattan School of Music and doctorate of musical arts from the City University of New York.

The Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College combines Gettysburg's superb music tradition and its strengths as one of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges. Established in 2005 through a $15.7 million gift from 1919 graduate Dr. F. William Sunderman Sr., the conservatory offers three degrees -- bachelor of music in performance, bachelor of arts in music, and bachelor of science in music education -- as well as a minor in music.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with approximately 2,600 students. It is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Issued: 4/17/08
By: Kendra Martin