As of May 11, 2021, we are planning for concerts in May and June. Due to the uncertainty of COVID-19 and its ongoing impact, all plans are tentative. The Board of Directors continues to monitor the situation and will post all updates here, on our home page and on Facebook.++
Patrons should bring a sweater or light jacket to the concert since we will leave doors to the outside open in the sanctuary for better air flow. And, of course, social distancing and properly worn masks will be required.
Concert #5 Ι Sunday, May 16, 2021
Location: St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Bel Air
Two Performances
Time: 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
Brian Folus – Guest Conductor
Linda Leanza – violinist
- Arcangelo Corelli – Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 4
- Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite, Op. 40
- Leroy Anderson – Plink, Plank, Plunk, conducted by Brian Folus
- arr. Theldon Myers – Scarborough Fair, conducted by Brian Folus
- JS Bach – Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Orchestra, with soloist Linda Leanza
Concert #6 Ι Sunday, June 6, 2021
Town of Bel Air Summer Concert Series Ι SSO’s 3rd Annual Opioid Awareness Concert
Location: Humbert Memorial Bandshell
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
- Samuel Ward, arr. Jeffrey E. Turner – America the Beautiful
- Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge, arr. Larry Moore – Thinking Out Loud
- Jean Sibelius – Andante Festivo
- more TBA!
Concert #7 Ι Monday, June 7, 2021
Special Performance!
Location: Hopkins Farm Brewery
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
- Repetoire TBA!
Concert #1 Ι Friday, September 11, 2020
Location: Outdoors at Mt. Felix Winery in Havre de Grace
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Rain Date: Sunday, September 13, 2020 at 4 p.m.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
Brian Folus – Guest Conductor
Emmanuel Borowsky – violinist
Frances Borowsky – cellist
- Samuel Ward and Katherine Bates/arr. Turner – America the Beautiful
- Jean Sibelius – Andante Festivo
- Arcangelo Corelli – Concerto Grosso Op, 6, No. 4 in D Major
- Peter Tchaikovsky – Hamlet Entr’acte No. 8, conducted by Brian Folus
- Anderson – Plink, Plank, Plunk, conducted by Brian Folus
- arr. Sheldon Bair – Londonderry Air (Traditional Irish Melody)
- Jay Ungar/arr. Calvin Custer – Ashokan Farewell
- WA Mozart – Six Ländler K. 606
- Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge/arr. Larry Moore – Thinking Out Loud
- Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Major, with soloists Emmanuel and Frances Borowsky
Program for Sept. 11, 2020
Concert #2 Ι Saturday, October 24, 2020
“A Salute to Europe”
Location: St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Bel Air
Two Performances!
Time: 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
Brian Folus– Conductor
Emmanuel Borowsky – Violin
Frances Borowsky – Cello
Christopher Dillon – Piano
- Jean Sibelius – Andante Festivo
- Felix Mendelssohn – Sinfonia No. 3 in E Minor for String Orchestra
- Ludwig van Beethoven – Cavatina from String Quartet Op. 130
- JS Bach – Piano Concerto in D Minor, with soloist Christopher Dillon
- Peter Tchaikovsky – Hamlet Entr’acte
- Franz Shubert, arr. Folus – Erlkönig
- Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Major, with soloists Emmanuel Borowsky and Frances Borowsky
Concert #3 Ι Saturday, January 23, 2021 – CANCELLED
“Holiday Music from Around the World!”
Location: St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Bel Air
Two Performances!
Time: 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
- Corelli – Christmas Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 8
- arr. Brian Folus – A Taste of Hanukkah
- William Grant Still – Christmas in the Western World, with piano soloist, Gabriellia McNeil
- Giuseppe Torelli – Christmas Concerto Grosso
- Anderson – Suite of Carols
- Anderson, arr. Applebaum – Sleigh Ride
Concert #4 Ι Sunday, April 11, 2021
Location: St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Bel Air
Two Performances
Time: 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
Brian Folus – Guest Conductor
- Samuel Ward, arr. Jeffrey E. Turner – America the Beautiful
- Francesco Geminiani – Concerto Grosso Op. 5. No. 12 “La Folia”
- Sir William Walton – Touch Her Soft Lips and Part from “Henry V”
- Benny Russell – Oh, Freedom
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Six Ländler Dances, K. 606, conducted by Brian Folus
- Jay Ungar, arr. Calvin Custer – Ashokan Farewell, conducted by Brian Folus
- William Boyce, arr. Brian Folus – Symphony No. 1, conducted by Brian Folus
- Percy Grainger – Irish Tune from County Derry, conducted by Brian Folus
++ Last Updated April 17, 2021
