NOVA Manassas Symphony Orchestra
2008-09 Concert Season
           
spacer Saturday, August 23, 2008, 3:00 PM spacer Summer Pops Americana    
  Connaughton Plaza, Woodbridge

Sunday, August 24, 2008, 3:00 PM
Harris Pavilion, Manassas

Free Admission to both concerts
  Presented bySeal of the Prince William County Govenrment  
           
      Highlights, previews, and sumertime favorites!  
   
           
  November 8, 2008
8:00 PM
  Symphonic Elegance  
           
  Grace United Methodist Church   Overture to La Gazza Ladra Gioachino Rossini  
  9750 Wellington Road   Dances from A New England Album, 1856 William Bergsma  
  Manassas, Virginia   Guest Conductor - Michelle Rupert Photo of Heleen Du Plessis, cello soloist
  Directions   Cello Concerto No.1 in C Franz Josef Haydn
     
Soloist - Heleen Du Plessis (Stellenbosch, South Africa)
      Symphony No. 8 in G major, op. 88 Antonín Dvořák
   
   
  December 13, 2008
3:00 PM
  Family Concert: Moo-sic of the Old West
Presented byNOVEC
 
           
  Grace United Methodist Church   Rodeo: Hoedown Aaron Copland  
  9750 Wellington Road   American Folk Rhapsody No. 2 Clare Grundman  
  Manassas, Virginia   Oklahoma: Selections Richard Rodgers (arr. R. Bennett)  
  Directions   Grand Canyon Suite: On The Trail Ferde Grofé  
      Cowgirl Rosie and Her Five Baby Bison
(World Premiere)
Glenn Smith  
      Based on the children's book by Stephen Gulbis. Used with kind permission of the author.  
     
Plus other surprises and seasonal favorites!
 
   
   
  February 28, 2009
8:00 PM
  Mmmm Mozart!
Music composed and inspired by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Photo of Emil Cheytanov, violin soloist
         
  Grace United Methodist Church   Overture to Don Giovanni
  9750 Wellington Road   Variations on Là ci darem la mano
from Don Giovanni    
Ludwig van Beethoven
  Manassas, Virginia   Sinfonia Concertante in Eb for Violin and Viola, K. 364 Photo of Natalie Kentworthy Short, viola soloist
  Directions  
Soloists - Emil Cheytanov (Varna, Bulgaria), NMSO Concertmaster &
Natalie Kenworthy Short (Hampton, Virginia), NMSO Principal Violist
      Symphony No. 41 in C (Jupiter), K. 551
   
   
  May 2, 2009
8:00 PM
  Around the World    
           
  Grace United Methodist Church   Overture in C in the Italian Style Franz Schubert Photo of Chris Bojarczuk
  9750 Wellington Road
Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 in e minor Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Manassas, Virginia   Romance for Violin No. 2 in F Ludwig van Beethoven
  Directions   Soloist - Chris Bojarczuk, senior, Osbourn Park High School
    Симфония Номер 2 (Маленький русский) Пётр Ильич Чайковский
      Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 (Little Russian) Piotr Ilyich Tschaikowsky
         
      Concert programs are subject to change at any time without notice.
         
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