Menomonee Falls Symphony Orchestra

2023 – 24    Season Schedule and Rehearsal Dates

 

October 21, 2023: Fall “Bewitching Spooktacular” concert

  • Paul McGraw: Once Upon a Midnight Grimm
  • Andrew Lloyd-Webber arr. Calvin Custer: Phantom of the Opera
  • Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
  • Charles Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette
  • Eduard Grieg: “Peer Gynt”: In the Hall of the Mountain King
  • Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14: March to the Scaffold
  • Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel “Witches Ride”
  • John Williams: Imperial March from “Star Wars”
  • John Williams: Harry Potter Suite
  • Klaus Badelt arr. Ted Ricketts Pirates of the Caribbean “The Curse of the Black Pearl”
Rehearsals
  • Sept 14, 2023 - THURSDAY
  • Sept 18, 2023
  • Sept 25, 2023
  • Oct 2, 2023
  • Oct 9, 2023 – String sectional led by concertmaster/principals.
  • Oct 16, 2023
  • Oct 20, 2023 – Friday Dress Rehearsal – On Stage 7:00 – 9:00 PM
  • Oct 21, 2023 – Sat Concert 7:30

December 2, 2023: Holiday Pops

  • Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival
  • Bruce Chase: Around the World at Christmastime
  • Corelli: Christmas Concerto
  • Tchaikovsky: Selections from “The Nutcracker Suite”
  • Vincent Guaraldi: A Charlie Brown Christmas
  • Bill Holcombe: Festive Sounds of Hanukkah
  • Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
  • arr. Finnegan: Christmas Sing-Along
  • TBD Choir Selections?
  • Handel: Hallelujah Chorus, from MESSIAH
  • ? arr. Chase: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Rehearsals
  • November 2, 2023 - THURSDAY
  • Nov 6, 2023
  • Nov 16, 2023 - THURSDAY
  • Nov 20, 2023 - TIME CHANGE 8pm -10pm
  • Nov 27, 2023
  • December 2, 2023 – Saturday Dress Rehearsal - 9:00 – 11:00 am
  • Dec 2, 2023 – Sat Concert 7:30pm

February 10, 2024: Valentines- “A Night with Gershwin and Fitzgerald”

Soloist - Corynn Latta – Jazz Singer

https://www.youtube.com/@corynnsingsjazz

  • Mercer: Dream
  • Gershwin: Embraceable You
  • Gershwin: Nice Work if you can get it
  • Porter: Night and Day
  • Gershwin: Soon
  • Gershwin:
  • Gershwin: But not for me
  • Gordon/Warren: Sweet and Low
  • Dubin and Warren: I only have eyes for you
  • Gershwin: I have a Crush on You
  • Gershwin: Someone to Watch over Me
  • Anderson: Jazz Legato
  • Gershwin: Fascinating Rhythm (Arr. M. Kamenski)
  • Gerschin / Arr. Brubaker: Gershwin by George
  • Gershwin: American in Paris
Rehearsals
  • Jan 8, 2024
  • Jan 18, 2024 - THURSDAY
  • Jan 22, 2024
  • Jan 29, 2024 – STRINGS ONLY - String sectional led by concertmaster/principals.
  • February 5, 2024
  • Feb 9, 2024 ─ Friday Dress Rehearsal @ Davians ─ 7:00 ─9:00 pm
  • Feb 10, 2024 ─ Sat. Concert @ Davians – Dinner – 6:30 PM, Concert – 7:30 PM

April 20, 2024 “Spring Grandeur”

  • Sibelius. Finlandia
  • Sibelius: Spring Song, Op.16 (
  • Coleridge-Taylor: Danse Negre
  • Borodin: Steppes of Central Asia
  • Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 “From the New World”
Rehearsals
  • Feb 19, 2024
  • Feb 29, 2024 – THURSDAY
  • March 4, 2024
  • March 14, 2024 - THURSDAY
  • March 18, 2024
  • March 25, 2024 – OFF – HAMILTON SPRING BREAK
  • April 1, 2024
  • April 8, 2024– STRINGS ONLY string sectional led by concertmaster/principals
  • April 15, 2024
  • April 19 – Friday Dress Rehearsal– On Stage 7:00 – 9:00 PM
  • April 20 – Sat Concert – 7:30 pm