The Ithaca College Symphony and Chamber Orchestras will share the stage in giving a free concert on Saturday, December 6.
Beginning at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall in the Whalen Center, the performance will feature Haydn's Symphony no. 104, Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, and Samuel Barber's Essay for Orchestra. Also on the program is Edward Elgar's symphonic masterpiece, the Enigma variations -- a theme and 14 variations, each depicting a character trait of one of Elgar's friends. Associate professor of music performance Jeffrey Grogan and School of Music graduate student Anna Sagdeeva will conduct.
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Grogan
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Grogan was previously acting director of bands at Baylor University. During a recent visit to Europe, he studied with several prominent conductors, including Tomás Koutník of the Prague Conservatory and Johannes Schlaefli from the Musik-Hochschule Winterthur in Zürich. Grogan also conducted the Bohuslava Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra of Zlín in the Czech Republic.
Contributed by Erik Kibelsbeck
