The Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra will present its final concert of the 2014-15 school year at Eisenhower Auditorium. The program features Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" with narrator Gregory Drane, as well as a performance of the first movement of Jean Sibelius’ “Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47” with Concerto Competition winner Sooah Jung.The ensemble is conducted by Gerardo Edelstein, assisted by graduate orchestral conducting students Santiago E. Osorio and Benjamin Firer.
Tickets are $12 general admission, $4 students (at the door). Tickets bought for School of Music concerts n Eisenhower Auditorium in advance will be discounted 40 percent. There is no limit on the number of tickets that can be purchased. (Tickets purchased on the the day of the concert are not eligible.) Tickets are available at the Eisenhower Ticket Center or may be purchased by phone at 814-863-0255 or 1-800-ARTS-TIX.
This performance is available via livestreamed video at Penn State School of Music.
The 90-member Philharmonic presents five to six full concerts per academic year. Off campus, the Philharmonic has performed throughout the northeastern United States, including concerts at New York City's Carnegie Hall, Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall, Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center, and the MENC Eastern Division Conference in Baltimore. In March 2006, the orchestra participated by invitation in the Sixth International Orchestra Festival in Zaragoza, Spain. The Philharmonic’s repertoire from recent years has included works by Brahms, Debussy, Dvorak, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Mahler, Vaughan Williams, Rachmaninoff, and Wagner. Enrollment, open to all University Park students, is by audition at the beginning of each semester.