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Due to local increases in COVID-19, attendance for this performance is limited to 2 guests per musician. Proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test within 72-hours of the performance.  Masks must be worn by all attendees regardless of vaccination status.

String Orchestra + Youth Jazz Orchestra Perform at SUNY Schenectady

Thursday, February 17

7:30 PM
ESYO’s String Orchestra & Youth Jazz Orchestra serve up a perfect pairing of musical standouts by Bach, Greig, Fred Sturm, Duke Ellington, & more. String Orchestra performs Grieg’s elegiac Heart Wound alongside an arrangement of the first movement of Bach’s beloved Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. Members of the Youth Jazz Orchestra bring the swing with David Springfield’s The Art of the Matter and Half the Fun by the king of Swing, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.

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Free for ESYO Families!

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What you will hear

String Orchestra
Joseph Gumpper, Conductor

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Merle J. Isaac: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Mvt I
  • Edvard Grieg: ​​Heart Wounds
  • Reynard Burns: New York Swing
  • Edvard  Grieg, arr. Elliot Del Borgo: Peer Gynt Suite
  1. Morning Mood
  2. Anitra’s Dance
  3. Ase’s Death
  4. In the Hall of the Mountain King

Youth Jazz Orchestra
Dr. Peter Bellino, Conductor

  • Benny Moten, arr. Rich Matteson: Moten Swing
  • David  Springfield: The Art Of The Matter
  • Mongo Santamaria, arr. Michael Philip Mossman: Afro Blue
  • Fred  Sturm: Follow the Leader
  • Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn: Half The Fun