Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra

The Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra combines faculty, students and community members, under the guidance of professional principal players and Music Director Kate Tamarkin. CUSO performs twelve outstanding concerts each year. The symphony’s concerts feature solo performances by orchestra principals as well as collaborations with the University Singers and guest soloists such as pianist Andrew Armstrong and cellist Uri Vardi. Each year the orchestra presents its popular Family Holiday Concerts in collaboration with the University Singers. Symphony performances regularly attract a full house of music lovers who come from all over Central Virginia to hear these concerts.

2009-2010 Events

September 26 & 27, 2009
Ciao Bella

VERDI - Overture to "Nabucco"
ALBINONI - Adagio for Strings in g minor
ROTA - Bassoon Concerto - Elizabeth Roberts, bassoon
MENDELSSOHN - Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 "Italian"

October 8, 2009
Youth Concerts
Beethoven: Back to the Future

Our popular annual event is especially designed for schools and young students. This year’s program, Beethoven: Back to the Future, will present Beethoven's life, his music, his challenges and his victories. Beethoven's character will be portrayed by Professor Richard Warner of UVA's Department of Drama. For more information, call 434-924-6505.

Sponsored by BAMA WORKS FUND OF DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

November 7 & 8, 2009
Vive la France

DURUFLÉ - Requiem - Michael Slon, conductor, with UVA's University Singers
DEBUSSY - Danses Sacred and Profane - Anastasia Jellison, harp
DEBUSSY - La Mer

Sponsored by McGUIREWOODS

December 5 & 6, 2009
Family Holiday Concerts

Featuring the highly praised University Singers, this festive celebration has become a new holiday tradition in Charlottesville. Michael Slon, conducting.

(Both concerts at Old Cabell Hall)

January 30, 2010
The Chamber Orchestra of Charlottesville

BRITTEN - Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings - Joseph Gaines, tenor, and Ian Zook, horn
ELGAR - Serenade for Strings
HAYDN - Symphony No. 104, "London"

Sponsored by SAGE PHYSICS & ENGINEERING

(This concert at Old Cabell Hall)

February 13 & 14, 2010
Heartland of Europe

KODÁLY - Galanta Dances
CHOPIN - Piano Concerto No. 2 - Mimi Tung, piano
PÄRT - Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
PANUFNIK - Sinfonia Sacra

March 27 & 28, 2010
English Variations

BRITTEN - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations on a Theme of Purcell)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
ELGAR - Enigma Variations, Opus 36

April 24 & 25, 2010
The New World

BARBER - Essay No. 2 for Orchestra, Opus 17
SHATIN - Jefferson, In His Own Words (premiere)
DVORÁK - Symphony No. 9 in e minor, Opus 95, "From the New World"