St. Croix Valley Symphony Orchestra
The St. Croix Valley Symphony Orchestra (SCVSO) is a symphony orchestra founded in 1960. It is composed of students from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and community members from the St. Croix Valley area. It is a non-profit organization that uses money from donations and grants.
Repertoire and concerts
The orchestra performs about eight regular concerts per season consisting of classical and pop repertoire. Recent performances include pieces by Gabriel Faure, Modest Mussorgsky, Giocomo Pucchini, Leroy Anderson, Aaron Copland, Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Felix Mendelssohn. The orchestra performs a Young Person's Concert for elementary and middle school students in the area each spring. It also performs a Holiday Extravaganza concert in December.
Conductor
The conductor of the SCVSO is Kristen Tjornehoj, the fourth director of this ensemble since 1960.
Featured soloists
- Sooyoun Kim, cellist
- Miran Kim, cellist
- Manny Laureano, principal trumpet of the Minnesota Orchestra
- Roger McVey, pianist
- Jill Jaeckel, oboist
- Tony Caparelli, pianist .[1]
- Jenn Burleigh-Bentz, Broadway singer
- Carla Thelen Hanson, soprano [2]
- Randy Sabien, jazz violinist
- Angela Jia Kim, pianist
- Verle Ormsby, horn
- Margeret Jane Wray, soprano
- Layton "Skip" James, harpsichord
- Anthony Kearns, tenor
Performances
The St. Croix Valley Symphony Orchestra primarily performs in William Abbott Concert Hall, located on the University of Wisconsin-River Falls campus. In addition, the SCVSO performs around the St. Croix Valley area, including Hastings High School (Minnesota), Trinity Lutheran Church in Stillwater, MN, and Sheppard of the Valley Lutheran Church.
Board of Directors
A board of directors was established in 2008 to organize the orchestra's operations, planning and development.[3]
References
- ↑ "Concert Features High School Senior". 2009-010-14. Retrieved 2013-03-19. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Guest Artist: November 2012". 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
- ↑ "Our History". SCVsymphony.org. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
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