Concerts
2011 – 2012 Concert Season
Our main season concerts take place in the Center for Performing
Arts at Dexter High School.
Admission is free; donations are welcome.
| SPECIAL EVENT: Don Parrish Memorial
Concert Sunday, September 11, 2011 Celebrating the life of our founding conductor, Don Parrish (1938-2011) 2 PM at Dexter High School Anthony Elliott and Matthew Deloria, conductors |
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| BEETHOVEN | Egmont Overture |
| MOZART | Quartet in G minor for piano and strings, K. 478, mvt. 1 |
| NARDINI | Melody for cello and piano |
| WALTON | "Touch her soft lips and part" from Henry V |
| SHORE (John Walton, arr.) | Suite from Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring |
| ELGAR | "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations |
| WAGNER | Prelude to "Die Meistersinger" |
| Sunday, November 6, 2011 5 PM at Dexter High School Anthony Elliott, conductor |
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| SHOSTAKOVICH | Festive Overture |
| DEBUSSY | Danses Sacred and Profane Celisa Gutierrez, harp |
| BEETHOVEN | Symphony No. 6 |
| Sunday, December 18, 2011 4 PM at Dexter High School Anthony Elliott, conductor |
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| VIVALDI | Gloria with the Washtenaw Community Orchestra Chorus |
| RUTTER | Carols with the Washtenaw Community Orchestra Chorus |
| Sunday, March 18, 2012 4 PM at Dexter High School Anthony Elliott, conductor |
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| RAVEL | Mother Goose Suite |
| SPOHR | Duo Concertante No. 2 in b minor Paul and Linda Rosenthal, violins |
| RIMSKY-KORSAKOV |
Scheherazade |
| Sunday, May 20, 2012 4 PM at Dexter High School Anthony Elliott, conductor |
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| RESPIGHI | Fountains of Rome |
| TBD |
Youth concerto competition winner, TBD |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | Symphony No. 5 |
| Gazebo Concert: June 2012 Date TBD Monument Park Gazebo, downtown Dexter |
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| Light classics and popular favorites. Part of the Dexter Area Chamber of Commerce Summer Music Series. |
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| Chamber music concerts Sunday, January 22, 2012, 2 PM Sunday, April 1, 2012, 2 PM Dexter District Library, 3255 Alpine St., Dexter |
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| Chamber works performed by Dexter Community Orchestra Musicians | |
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This activity is supported by the MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS and the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS. |
