CONCERTS FOR A CAUSE

In its 2010-11 season, the Davidson College Symphony Orchestra (DCSO) continues Concerts for a Cause, a series of three concerts to support those in need through the power of music. All Concerts for a Case will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Duke Family Performance Hall of the Alvarez College Union on the Davidson College Campus. Admission is free and open to all.

Concerts for a Cause events are marked below with an asterisk (*).

Fall 2010

Sunday, September 19, 2010 - Concert on the Davidson Town Green
6:00 p.m.
Portions of repertoire from upcoming concert.

*Thursday, September 30, 2010 - Fall Concert
Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture
Chadwick - movements from Symphonic Sketches
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring Artist Associate, Ruskin Cooper

Friday, October 29, 2010 - Family Weekend Concert
7:00 p.m., Davidson College Presbyterian Church
Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain
Schubert - Symphony No. 8, first movement, conducted by Daniel Legrand ‘11

*Thursday, November 18, 2010 - Concerto Competition Winners Concert
Mendelssohn - Overture to the Hebrides
Concertos TBA
Schumann - Overture, Scherzo, & Finale

 Sunday, December 5, 2010 - Vespers Service
6:30 p.m., Davidson College Presbyterian Church
DCSO plays pre-service music.

Spring 2011

*Thursday, February 17, 2011 - Winter Concert
Griffes - The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan
Delius - A Song Before Sunrise
Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Vaughan Williams - In the Fen Country
Ravel - Mother Goose Suite

March 25-27, 2011 and April 1-2, 2011 - Musical in Collaboration with Theatre Department
Sodheim's Into the Woods

Date TBA, 6:00 p.m. - Concert on the Davidson Town Green
Badelt - Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Elfman - Music from Spider-Man
Bernstein - Selections from West Side Story