Season 12 | 2021-2022
Upcoming Concerts
Spring Concert
PLEASE NOTE: This concert takes place at the Hamel Music Center
Thomas Kasdorf, piano
Chris Ramaekers, conductor
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, featuring Thomas Kasdorf
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Early Spring Concert
PLEASE NOTE: This concert takes place at Memorial High School
Ernesto Estigarribia, conductor
Winners of the MCO Youth Concerto Competition:
Ava Kenney, violin
Dexter Mott, violin
Andrew Siehr, cello
Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 - Allegro moderato, featuring Ava Kenney
Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22 - Allegro moderato, featuring Dexter Mott
Dvorak: Silent Woods, featuring Andrew Siehr
Winter Concert
David Perry, violin
Chris Ramaekers, conductor
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Prokofiev: Selections from Romeo and Juliet Suites
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219, featuring David Perry
Holiday Concert
Hillary Hempel, violin
Chris Ramaekers, conductor
Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise
Strauss: Blue Danube
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, featuring Hillary Hempel
Fall Concert
Chris Ramaekers, conductor
Thomas Kasdorf, piano
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Webern: Langsamer Sätz
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15, featuring Thomas Kasdorf
“The Middleton Community Orchestra is a fantastic community ensemble, made up of so many highly talented amateur musicians. I’m very excited to be working with them again… For a collaborative musician, working with an orchestra is really the highest form of collaboration…”
Thomas Kasdorf, pianist and MCO Artist in Residence