The Davidson College Symphony Orchestra is an ensemble of approximately fifty-five student musicians. These students, originating from Georgia, Colorado, New York and more than ten other states and countries, reflect the diversity of the Davidson student body. Not only are the members diverse in their backgrounds, but they are diverse in their interests and career pursuits as well. The orchestra is an excellent opportunity for students, regardless of their major, to rehearse and perform in a collaborative atmosphere while honing their technical skills and broadening their musical knowledge and experience.

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February 28, 2007: Concerto Competition Winners

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto for Violin No. 3 in G Major, K. 216

I. Allegro
II. Adagio, Lee Ballard '07, violin

• Charles Gounod, Ah! Je veux vivre (Roméo et Juliette), Jenna Gould '09, soprano
• Camille Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22
  I. Andante sostenuto, Emily Howe '09, piano

October 4, 2006

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 ("Haffner"), 4th movement
• Jules Massenet, Fête bohême (Scènes pittoresques)

April 11, 2006

• Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Kamarinskaya
• Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (arr. Maurice Ravel), Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Catacombs, The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga), The Great Gate of Kiev

February 21, 2006: Concerto Competition Winners

• Edouard Lalo, Concert for Cello and Orchestra in D Minor, Allegro maestoso, Julie Grubbs ‘08, cello
• Frederic Chopin, Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22, Monica Slinkard ‘06, piano
• Lars-Erik Larsson, Concertino for Trombone and String Orchestra, Op. 45, No. 7, Matt Petit ‘08, trombone

November 15, 2005

• Armas Järnefelt, Præludium
• Oskar Merikanto, Romanssi, Op. 12

April 20, 2005

• Ralph Vaughan Williams, Overture to The Wasps
• Jacques Ibert, Cortège and Finale from Divertissement
• Claude Debussy, "Cortège" from Petite suite

February 22, 2005

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto for Horn in D Major, K. 412 (Will Winter '07)
• Samuel Barber, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14 (Kristy Marynak '05)
• Domenico Cimarosa, Concerto for Two Flutes in G Major (Kate Minogue '05 and Susan Ripper '05)
• Aaron Copland, Hoe-Down from Rodeo

November 16, 2004

• John Corigliano, Voyage
• Antonín Dvorák, Symphony No. 9 in E Minor ("From the New World"), 4th movement

February 26, 2004

• Jean Sibelius, Two Serenades, Op. 69 (Brian Conaway '06)
• Johann Sebastian Bach, Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043 (Susan Stroebel '05 & Lee Ballard '07)
  • I. Vivace
  • II. Largo, ma non tanto
  • III. Allegro

October 30, 2003

• Ottorino Respighi, I pini di Villa Borghese and I pini della Via Appia from I pini di Roma