Parma Symphony Orchestra

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

UPCOMING EVENTS

2024 - 2025 Season Dates:

October 13, 2024 - Fall Concert
December 8, 2024 - Christmas Concert
January 26, 2025 - special performance at Severance Hall
March 9, 2025 - Winter Concert
May 4, 2025 - Spring Concert

All live concerts are scheduled to be held on Sunday at 3:00pm in the
Valley Forge High School Auditorium located at 9999 Independence Blvd in Parma Heights.

Sunday, January 26, 2025

5:00 P.M.
Severance Hall
Cleveland, OH - map

Part of the 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Northeast Ohio Band Invitational XX
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Special Performance

Rienzi overture - Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Finlandi - Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

finale of Symphony in D - César Franck (1822-1890)

Crown Imperial March - William Walton (1902-1983)

Sunday, March 9, 2025

3:00 P.M.
Valley Forge HS
Parma Heights, OH - map

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Winter Concert

Festive Overture - Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Escapades from Catch Me If You Can - John Williams (b. 1932)
Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber - Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)

Sunday, May 4, 2025

3:00 P.M.
Valley Forge HS
Parma Heights, OH - map

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Spring Concert

Program details to follow…

Endowment Campaign

An opportunity to provide ongoing support for the orchestra, with recognition.

1. Name the chair to be endowed.

2. Select a specific section and chair.

3. Have your name listed in the program as the donor of the chair to be endowed.

4. A group may donate together as a team to reach the Five Thousand dollar amount.

5. To date, we have endowed seven chairs for the Symphony. We are moving in the right direction for keeping the Orchestra solvent for years to come.

If you would like to honor a former member of the Orchestra, a family member or a friend, please contact Mr. John D. Roberts at john.d.roberts21@gmail.com and he will guide you through this process.

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Past Performances

Sunday, December 8, 2024

3:00 P.M.
Valley Forge HS
Parma Heights, OH - map

Christmas Concert

William Tell Overture - Rossini (1792-1868)
“O Magnum Mysterium” - Frank LaRocca (b. 1951)
arranged and directed by Dr. James Feiszli
Carol of the Bells - Mykola Leontovich (1877-1921)
Five Meditations for Orchestra - John Rutter (b.1945 )
I. What Sweeter Music
II. Blow, blow, thou Winter wind
III. Candlelight
IV. Lord, make me an instrument of your peace
V. The Lord bless you and keep you
Christmas: A Medley of Well-known Christmas Carols - Arthur Harris (1927-1992)
Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson (1908 - 1975)

Sunday, October 13, 2024

3:00 P.M.
Valley Forge HS
Parma Heights, OH - map

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Autumn Concert

Light Cavalry Overture - Franx von Suppe (1819-1895)

Marche Slave - P.I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Operatic Trios :

“Don Giovanni, A cenar teco” from “Don Giovanni” - W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

“Strange Adventure” from “Yeoman of the Guard” - Gilbert & Sullivan

“La Mia Donabella, E La Fede delle femine, Una Bella” From Cosi Fan Tutte - W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

“A Paradox” from Pirates of Penzance - Gilbert & Sullivan

Trios from Broadway :

“One More Walk Around the Garde” From “Carmelina" - Burton Lane (1912-1997)

“Fugue for Tinhorns” From “Guys and Dolls” - Frank Loesser (1910-1969)

“Old Friends” from “Merrily We Roll Along” - Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)

Jared Plasterer, Brian Johnson, and Dave Aberth, soloists

Firebird Suite - Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Sunday, March 1o, 2024

3:00 P.M.
Valley Forge HS
Parma Heights, OH - map

March Concert

Rienzi Overture - Richard Wagner
Concerto in D for violin and strings - Felix Mendelssohn
(Mari Sato, violin)
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro
Concerto in E minor for violin - Felix Mendelssohn
(Andrew Sords, violin)
I. Allegro molto appassionato
II. Andante - Allegretto non troppo
III. Allegro molte vivace
The Raiders March from Raiders of the Lost Ark - John Williams