11-17-97
By Marge Victor, 541-737-5592
SOURCE: OSU Department of Music, 541-737-4061
CORVALLIS - The Oregon State University-Corvallis Symphony Orchestra will open its 92nd season on Sunday, Nov. 23, with music of Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich and Berlioz. The concert begins at 3 p.m. in the LaSells Stewart Center at 875 SW 26th St. in Corvallis.
The program will begin with music director Marlan Carlson conducting Schubert's "Fourth Symphony in C minor," composed when Schubert was just 19 years old.
Guest conductor Jay Chen, adjunct instructor of trumpet at OSU, will conduct "Concertino for Brass Choir" by Shostakovich.
Another guest conductor, Judy Witzke, will conduct Berlioz' Hungarian March from "La damnation de Faust." Witzke, a sales associate with Coldwell Banker Valley Brokers, was selected by the OSU music department as the outstanding senior in Music Educati on in 1984. She was director of choral activities at South Albany High School for seven years.
The concluding work of the concert is Rachmaninoff's "Third Piano Concerto," featuring concert pianist Craig Sheppard, Senior Artist-in-Residence at the University of Washington School of Music. OSU's Carlson called Sheppard a "formidable pianist."
"Not only does he have a brilliant technique, but he infuses every one of his performances with a powerful expressiveness," Carlson said.
Tickets for the Sunday afternoon concert are available at these Corvallis locations: OSU's Department of Music, Rice's Pharmacy, The Emporium, and Gracewinds Music Store. They are also available from Sid Stevens Jewelers in Albany.
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