Emanuele Andrizzi, Symphony Orchestra artistic director, conductor
Richard W. Robbins, Conservatory Choir director

Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory

William Tell Overture

Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)

Cello Concerto, op. 22

I. Allegro moderato

Samuel Barber (1910–1981)

Christopher Gilley, cello soloist
Juan-David Domínguez, conductor

Christopher Gilley is one of the winners of Shenandoah Conservatory’s 2025/26 Student Soloists Competition

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WORLD PREMIERE

Shenandoah Carols

I. Introit / Oh Light Part 1
     First Lesson: “The Stream of Life”
II. O River Far Beyond Me
     Second Lesson: “For Every Atom”
III. Oh Light Part 2
     Third Lesson: “Have You Not Heard”
IV. The Turning Year (meditation)
     Fourth Lesson: from Li Qingzhao
V. Oh Light Part 3

Joel Puckett (b. 1977)

VOCAL SOLOISTS

Shannon Fowler, solo
Alyssa Bonfardeci, Shannon Fowler, Brooke Frampton, trio
Olivia Scanzera, solo
Kaitlyn Flebbe, solo

READERS

Marjorie Lewis, Byron Jones, James Imoh, Alicia Lewis

Joel Puckett’s new work was commissioned in celebration of Shenandoah University’s 150th anniversary, and made possible by the generosity of John Lewis in honor of his wife, Marjorie.

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Symphony in D Minor

I. Lento - Allegro non troppo
II. Allegretto
III. Allegro non troppo

César Franck (1822–1890)

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