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A PEPPERMINT TWIST CHRISTMAS
Orchestra & Chorale Concert
featuring guest vocalist Connor Bogart O’Brien
Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 4 p.m.
Sawmill Creek Convention Center (Huron, OH)
A sweet twist on the annual holiday pops concert, this year’s program will feature many new and unexpected versions of holiday music. The orchestra and guest vocalist Connor Bogart O’Brien performs selections from Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Duke Ellington's Nutcracker, Holiday Hoedown, Clarinet Candy, and more. The FSO Chorale also ring in the season with holiday music from around the globe. | | No tickets available: In the case of a sold out show, a waitlist will be taken starting one hour prior to the event. To be added to the waitlist, you must appear in person at the box office of the event. Tickets that are returned will be sold to the waitlist names in order if they are present. |
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TO RISE ABOVE: JOURNEY OF A TUSKEGEE AIRMAN
Michael Shirtz Quartet Concert
also featuring local guest vocalists, musicians, and community members
Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Sawmill Creek Convention Center (Huron, OH)
The Michael Shirtz Quartet along with vocalist Sadiyah Babatunde, narrator William Barrett, and conductor Van Parker perform the dramatic musical narrative about the life of the late Lt. Col. Harold Brown and a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen. Based on the 2017 biographical memoir, Keep Your Airspeed Up: The Story of a Tuskegee Airman, this musical dramatization, written by Michael Shirtz, presents the story using the elements of jazz, narration with soloists, and an accompaniment by strings and a chorus of singers. | Buy Tickets | |
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VIVE LA FRANCE
Orchestra & Chorale Concert
Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Sawmill Creek Convention Center (Huron, OH)
Take a tour of France with famed pieces by various French composers. Highlighting the concert will be the dual performance by the orchestra and chorale of Poulenc’s Gloria, known for its rich, flowing harmonies, both dark and whimsical. The orchestra also performs the music of Saint-Saëns, Berlioz, Debussy, as well as Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld Overture, which includes the famous can-can! | Buy Tickets | |
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REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING - Tiffin
Chorale Concert with Chamber Orchestra
featuring guest vocalist Kirsten C. Kunkle, soprano and Heidelberg University Choir
Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Trinity United Church of Christ (Tiffin, OH)
The FSO Chorale and chamber orchestra are joined by Kirsten C. Kunkle, soprano and the Heidelberg University Concert Choir to perform Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living. The five movements form a narrative just as much for the living, and their own struggle with pain and sorrow, as for the dead. This relatively new major choral work features themes of rest and mercy, turmoil, deliverance, peace, and imagery inspired by the view of our planet from the Hubble Telescope. | Buy Tickets | |
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REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING - Sandusky
Chorale Concert with Chamber Orchestra
featuring guest vocalist Kirsten C. Kunkle, soprano and Heidelberg University Choir
Sunday April 7, 2024 at 4 p.m.
St. Mary's Catholic Church (Sandusky, OH)
The FSO Chorale and chamber orchestra are joined by Kirsten C. Kunkle, soprano and the Heidelberg University Concert Choir to perform Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living. The five movements form a narrative just as much for the living, and their own struggle with pain and sorrow, as for the dead. This relatively new major choral work features themes of rest and mercy, turmoil, deliverance, peace, and imagery inspired by the view of our planet from the Hubble Telescope. | Buy Tickets | |
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VIOLIN VIRTUOSITY
Orchestra Concert
featuring guest artist Steven Greenman, violin
Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Sawmill Creek Convention Center (Huron, OH)
The orchestra is joined by guest violinist Steven Greenman, a soulful and virtuosic performer of Klezmer and Eastern European folk music. The program will be a mixture of Greenman’s own compositions, as well as compositions by Brahms, Enesco, and David Rubinoff. An added highlight is music from John Williams’ adaptation for the movie version of Fiddler on the Roof, which earned him his first Oscar. | Buy Tickets | |