Performance Archives

5:00 PM Apr 29, 2024
Majestic Theater
Student Conductors

Jacob Hunkins ‘24, Conductor 
Alexis Gonzales ‘26, Conductor 
Jack Kane ‘24, Conductor 
Christian Teufel ‘27, Conductor 
JJ Jordan ‘24, Conductor 
Michael Tropp ‘25, Conductor  


Program:

Motivations – Anne McGinty  
Jacob Hunkins, Conductor  

Kentucky 1800 – Clare Grundman 
Alexis Gonzales, Conductor 

“Moorside March” from A Moorside Suite – Gustav Holst 
Jack Kane, Conductor  

“Nimrod” from Enigma Variations – Edward Elgar 
Christian Teufel, Conductor 

American Riversongs – Pierre La Plante 
JJ Jordan, Conductor  

Backlash – Katahj Copley  
Michael Tropp, Conductor 



8:00 PM Apr 12, 2024
Majestic Theater
Russell McCutcheon, Conductor and Avner Dorman, Guest Conductor

John Tadlock and Zoey Cobb, percussion


Program:

Vous avez du feu? -- Emmanuel Séjourné
Sunderman Conservatory Percussion Ensemble       

Dispatches from the Anthropocene – Armando Bayolo

I.  Manifest Destiny
II. Carousel of Progress
III. Follow the Leaders (after Isaac Cordal)
IV. Manifest Destiny: World on Fire
V. Thunberg’s Children

Commission Consortium Premiere

Second Suite in F, Op. 28, No. 2 – Gustav Holst

I. March
II. Song without Words
III. Song of the Blacksmith
IV. Fantasia on “The Dargason”

Spices, Perfumes, Toxins! -- Avner Dorman / trans. Amanda Heim

I.   Spices
II.  Perfumes
III. Toxins

Avner Dorman, Guest Conductor
Ouf Duo: John Tadlock and Zoey Cobb, Percussion Soloists



3:00 PM Feb 18, 2024
Majestic Theater
Russell McCutcheon
Program:

Now and Today  

Good 4 U – Olivia Rodrigo / arr. Chris M. Bernotas 

80’s Flashback  

Livin’ on a Prayer – Bon Jovi / arr. Paul Murtha 

The Motown Sound  

The Soulful Sxities – arr. Michael Brown 

I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye  
Land of A Thousand Dances – Wilson Pickett 
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin 
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell 

Country Crossings  

Old Town Road (I Got the Horses in the Back) -- Lil Nas X / arr. Paul Murtha 

Classical Air  

Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 103 – Ludwig van Beethoven / trans. Avner Dorman 

III. Minuet and Trio  

  Sunderman Chamber Winds  

70’s Disco Forever 

Dance Fever – arr. Michael Brown  

You Should be Dancing – The Bee Gees from Saturday Night Fever 
Boogie Fever – The Sylvers 
Reunited – Peaches and Herb 
That’s the Way (I Like It) - K.C. and the Sunshine Band 
Y.M.C.A. -- Village People  

Now and Today  

A Taylor Swift Duo – arr. Michael Story  

Bad Blood  
You Belong with Me  

Jazz Journeys  

 Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes) -- Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer / arr. Alfred Reed 

Classic Rock Rocks  

Legends of Rock! -- arr. Paul Murtha  

Hit Me with Your Best ShotPat Benatar 
Barracuda -- Heart 
ParanoidBlack Sabbath 
Rock and Roll All NiteKiss 

 

Classical Air  

Overture to “Candide” -- Leonard Bernstein / arr. Walter Beeler 

90’s Garage Grunge 

Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana / arr. Tom Wallace 



8:00 PM Nov 17, 2023
Majestic Theater
Russell McCutcheon
Program:

Music of John William "Buzz" Jones

Salute to PMEA -- A.D. Davenport

For the People
Commissioned by the Pennsylvania Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and the
Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College


I. Overture ~ Liberty and the Law
II. Recitative ~ God
III. Aria ~ Death
IV. Rallying Songs ~ Conflict
V. Hymn ~ Thanksgiving


Susan Hochmiller, soprano
Jeffrey Fahnestock, tenor
Matthew Osifchin, baritone


Elegy and Dance
Dedicated to the Gettysburg College Wind Symphony
Russell McCutcheon, conductor
Kenneth Bell and Abbey Jemison ’24, horns

1916 
Dedicated to Aire Duo
Rhapsody by Florence Coates (1850-1927)
Monotone by Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
I Shall Be Gone (The Sound of the Trees) by Robert Frost (1874-1963)


Aire Duo: Susan Hochmiller, soprano & Steve Marx, trumpet & flugelhorn
Aaron Scott, clarinet Diana Flesner, cello Jocelyn Swigger, piano

Swedish Samba 
Commissioned by the Christianson Family
Bret Crawford, soprano saxophone Steve Marx, flugelhorn
George Grund, keyboards John Pineda, bass Chris Loser, drums



8:00 PM Sep 29, 2023
Majestic Theater
César Leal, Symphony Orchestra Conductor and Russell McCutcheon, Wind Symphony Conductor
Program:

Sunderman Conservatory Symphony Orchestra  

Libertango -- Astor Piazzola / arr. Kazik 

Holberg Suite – Edvard Gried 

I. Praelude 
II. Sarabande
 
III. Gavotte
 
IV. Air
 
V. Rigaudon
 

Sunderman Conservatory Wind Symphony  

Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo, Op. 90 – Malcolm Arnold / trans. John Paynter 

I. Prelude 
II. Siciliano
 
III. Rondo
 

Riften Wed – Julie Girous 

Psalm for Band, Op. 53 – Vincent Persichetti  

Moderato, Piu Mosso, Allegro Vivace 

A Mother of a Revolution! – Omar Thomas