Do you hear that? It’s the beautiful sound of a symphony orchestra performing inside an auditorium. It’s a sound we missed last year, even as we celebrated the ability to create new venues and new pathways to stay together as an orchestra.
Now we’re coming back stronger – thanks for coming with us! After a crazy year, the Wichita Falls Youth Symphony Orchestra board and artistic staff took a moment to breathe and find our new focus. We asked, “What did we miss the most last year? And which of the old traditions do we want to breathe new life into?”
Our goal this year is to elevate the orchestra experience for both students and audience members. To drink deeply from the richest traditions of the orchestra and to rededicate ourselves to our core mission of creating music education that leads to exceptional group performances and a lifelong love of music.
We appreciate everyone who plays a role in this journey…from our new Music Director Dr. Luttrell and new conductor Mrs. Liticker who guide the artistic vision, to our coaches and administrative staff who keep the wheels turning, and the schools who partner with us to give Gail Key Academy of Music students access to strings education during the school day. From the civic clubs that invite us to share our story and the businesses who support the programs through sponsorships and advertising messages, to the parents and friends who attend concerts and make individual gifts. We all have parts to play in this orchestra, and the traditions live on inside us all. More than 150 music students from 20 area schools depend on us.
On behalf of our YSO board, thank you for choosing to journey with us. Now let’s all lean back in our chairs and revel in the beautiful sounds these students have poured themselves into creating. Bravo!
Dana Taylor
YSO Board Chair
Reinvigorated Traditions
Wichita Falls Youth Symphony Orchestra 2021-22 Season
Spring Concert, April 10, 2022
Philharmonic Orchestra
Kathy Liticker, conductor
Lightly Row
Traditional
Arr. Shinichi Suzuki
Song of the Wind
Traditional
Arr. Shinichi Suzuki
An Irish Air
Dr. Terry McQuilkin
Appalachian Sunrise
Doris Gazda
Warriors of Beijing
Bob Grice
Postcards from Russia
Traditional
Arr. Carrie Lane Gruselle
Philharmonic Violin Ensemble
Amanda Hernandez, coach
Ouverture and Aria from The Magic Flute
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Arr. Vladimir Bodunov
Lacrimoso (Lament)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Arr. William Starr
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Edvard Grieg
Arr. Vladimir Bodunov
Stringsemble
Barbara Kavanaugh, coach
All the Pretty Little Horses
American Folksong
Arr. Anne McGinty
Antique Dances and Airs
Ottorino Respighi
Arr. Harry A. Alshin
Dona Nobis Pacem
16th Century Song
Arr. Anne McGinty
Dedicated to the people of Ukraine
Symphonic Orchestra
Dr. Matthew Luttrell, conductor
Sabre Dance from Gayane (1942)
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, No. 8 (1874)
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
The Blue Danube, Op. 314 (1866)
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
Russian Sailor’s Dance from The Red Poppy (1927)
Reinhold Glière (1874-1956)
