The Hamilton Performing Arts Classical Connections Series continues Sunday, Nov. 18, at 3 p.m. with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra in Wellin Hall at the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. Conducted by Daniel Hege, the SSO will perform Brahms's "Symphony No. 3" and Respighi's "Pines of Rome." The program will also include a premiere of Syracuse composer Andrew Waggoner and "Stretched on the Beauty: Concerto for 4 Cellos and Orchestra."
Waggoner's inspiration for his concerto came from both Walt Whitman's poem "Leaves of Grass," and his father's vivid recollections of seeing Mt. Rainier from the Puget Sound upon leaving his home in Iowa for the first time as he shipped out to Korea at the age of 23. Andrew Waggoner was born in 1960 in New Orleans. He grew up there and in Minneapolis and Atlanta, and studied at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, the Eastman School of Music and Cornell University. He is a professor of music and composition at the Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.
The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra quickly evolved from its beginning in 1961 as a community orchestra into a fully professional resident orchestra serving the entire Central and New York State region. Today an ensemble of national acclaim, the Symphony boasts 75 musicians and a conducting staff of international caliber, and performs 200 full-orchestra and chamber ensemble concerts throughout Central and Northern New York, reaching more than 225,000 audience members during its 38-week season.
Waggoner and SSO artistic director Daniel Hege will give a pre-performance talk at 2 p.m. in Café Opus, located directly in front of the Wellin Hall box office. The pre-performance talk is free. Tickets for the symphony's concert are $18 for adults, $12 for senior citizens and $5 for students. For tickets or more information, call the box office at 859-4331 or visit www.hamilton.edu/college/performingarts.
Waggoner's inspiration for his concerto came from both Walt Whitman's poem "Leaves of Grass," and his father's vivid recollections of seeing Mt. Rainier from the Puget Sound upon leaving his home in Iowa for the first time as he shipped out to Korea at the age of 23. Andrew Waggoner was born in 1960 in New Orleans. He grew up there and in Minneapolis and Atlanta, and studied at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, the Eastman School of Music and Cornell University. He is a professor of music and composition at the Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.
The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra quickly evolved from its beginning in 1961 as a community orchestra into a fully professional resident orchestra serving the entire Central and New York State region. Today an ensemble of national acclaim, the Symphony boasts 75 musicians and a conducting staff of international caliber, and performs 200 full-orchestra and chamber ensemble concerts throughout Central and Northern New York, reaching more than 225,000 audience members during its 38-week season.
Waggoner and SSO artistic director Daniel Hege will give a pre-performance talk at 2 p.m. in Café Opus, located directly in front of the Wellin Hall box office. The pre-performance talk is free. Tickets for the symphony's concert are $18 for adults, $12 for senior citizens and $5 for students. For tickets or more information, call the box office at 859-4331 or visit www.hamilton.edu/college/performingarts.
