46th Season
Concert #6 Ι Fundraiser Concert Ι Monday, June 5, 2023
Location: Hopkins Farm Brewery, 3833 Rider Ln, Havre de Grace, MD
Time: 7:15 p.m. (doors open at 5 p.m.)
Rain date: Monday, June 12, 2023
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
Maltz – Harford Fanfare
Sousa – Fairest of the Fair
Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 5
Holkenborg/Roszell – Zach Snyder’s Suite from Justice League
Mozart – Minuet K. 409
Lussier – Bassango with Ben Schuhart
Webber – Selections from Phantom of the Opera
Williams/Erickson – Selections from E.T.
Diamond – Sweet Caroline, featuring Mary Pohlenz
Zyriek – I Choose the Mountain, featuring Mary Pohlenz
Ellington – Caravan
Program is subject to change.
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Concert #1 Ι Celebrate! Borowsky Plays Beethoven Ι Saturday, October 22, 2022
Location: Bel Air High School
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
• Bair – Celebrate! Premiere
• Schubert – Entr’acte No. 3 from “Rosamunde”
• Smith – Jubilate Deo Premiere
• Beethoven – Violin Concerto
Emmanuel Borowsky, violin
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Concert #2 Ι A Snowman’s Holiday Ι Saturday, December 3, 2022
Location: Bel Air High School
Time: 7:30 p.m.
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Sheldon Bair – Conductor
• Korngold – The Snowman, Overture
Brian Folus – Conductor
• Blake – The Snowman
Carolyn Black-Sotir, narrator and vocalist
• arr. Welles Still – Carol of the Bells, Premiere
• arr. Brian Folus – A Taste of Chanukah
Brian Folus – Conductor
• Leon Jessel arr. Donald Raff – Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (Novelty for Orchestra)
Brian Folus – Conductor
• arr. Donald Raff – A Czech Christmas
• Irving Berlin, arr. Bruce Chase – White Christmas
• arr. Bruce Chase – Christmas Memories
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Concert #3 Ι Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of Harford County! Ι Saturday, March 18, 2023
Location: Bel Air High School
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Tickets on sale in January 2023
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
• Richard Maltz – Harford Fanfare, Premiere
• Malcolm Lewis – “Skirmish at Havre de Grace” from Chesapeake Suite
• Aaron Copland – Down a Country Lane
• Kile Smith – Susquehanna, an Overture for OrchestraIntermission
• James Lee III – Toward a Greater Light
• Jerry Bilik – American Civil War Fantasy
• Benny Russell – Steal Away
Benny Russell, saxophone
• Sheldon Bair – A Suite of Sweets for Trumpet, Trombone, and Orchestra
Fudge Fantasy
Toffee Tango
Dash to the Candy Counter
Kevin Businsky, trumpet
David Murray, trombone
• Sheldon Bair – This We’ll Defend (composed for the 100th anniversary of Aberdeen Proving Ground)
• Stacey Zyriek – I Choose the Mountain
Mary Pohlenz, soprano
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Concert #4 Ι Organ Symphony Ι Saturday, May 20, 2023
Location: Bel Air High School
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
• Paul Dukas – Fanfare from “La Peri”
Brian Folus, Conductor
• Richard Strauss – Serenade for Winds, Op. 7
Brian Folus, Conductor
• Henry Purcell (edition Sheldon Bair) – Chacony in G Minor
Intermission
• Camille Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3, Op. 78 “Organ Symphony”
Adagio – Allegro moderato – Poco adagio
Allegro moderato – Presto – Maestoso – Allegro
Christian Lane, Organ
Thank You to James and Beth Weed for their generous donation to the SSO, helping to underwrite this concert by paying for the rental of the organ.
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Concert #5 Ι Town of Bel Air Summer Concert Series Ι Sunday, June 4, 2023
Location: William A. Humbert Amphitheater at Shamrock Park
Time: 7 p.m.
- Please note that there will be no access from the Police Department’s parking lot due to construction.
- Bel Air HS is our inclement weather venue.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
++ Last updated December 21, 2022
