Winners of the fall Concerto/Aria Competition will perform with the Grove City College Symphony Orchestra at its Winter Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31 in Ketler Auditorium of the Pew Fine Arts Center on campus.
The concert is free and open to the public. Doors open at 7 p.m. It will be livestreamed at gcc.edu/livestream.
The Orchestra returns to the stage for the semester’s inaugural performance, featuring music from Russian and German composers and the orchestral suite from “Star Wars” in honor of composer John Williams’ upcoming 93rd birthday.
The winners of the Orchestra’s annual Concerto/Aria Competition, Music majors Sarah Altman ’27 and Anna Buckingham ’25, will also perform. Altman, a pianist, will play the solos during the Orchestra’s performance of the third movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb Major, Op. 73, known as the “Emperor” concerto. Buckingham, a cellist, will be accompanied by the orchestra for her solos in Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33, third movement.
In addition to the "Star Wars" suite, the Orchestra will be performing Tchaikovsky’s “Marche Slave,” conducted by Music Education major Evan Misejka ’25, and Shostakovich’s “Festive Overture,” conducted by Music Education major Dakota Snyder ’25.
“Those in attendance will hear and see the tremendous student talent we have on stage. Our students have worked hard, and the soloists and conductors have been preparing diligently for months. We have been furiously preparing and are excited to share our music,” Orchestra Director Dr. Jeffrey Tedford ’00 said.