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SAX IN THE CITY
Orchestra Concert
featuring guest artists The Sinta Sax Quartet
Saturday, September 16, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Sawmill Creek Convention Center (Huron, OH)
The FSO’s season opens with the full orchestra, joined by The Sinta Sax Quartet, hailed by Boston Musical Intelligencer as “a tight-knit ensemble exploding with power and virtuosity”. They will be featured in William Bolcom’s Concerto Grosso for Saxophone Quartet. Program highlights include Gershwin’s An American in Paris, and works by Copland, Williams, and Glass. | Buy Tickets |
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SILVER SCREEN SORCERY: A HALLOWEEN FANTASY
Orchestra Concert
Meet Count Dracula, played by Eric Charnofsky
Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 4 p.m.
Sawmill Creek Convention Center (Huron, OH)
A family celebration of all things spooky! Come dressed in your best Halloween costume and be transported through the fantastical movie universes of Star Wars, The Wizard of Oz, Harry Potter, Hook, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and The Witches of Eastwick. The concert will also feature eerie symphonic masterpieces like Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre, and Peck’s The Thrill of Orchestra. | Buy Tickets |
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SONGS OF THANKSGIVING
Chorale Concert with Chamber Orchestra
featuring guest vocalist Kirsten Kunkle, soprano
narrated by William Barrett
Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 4 p.m.
Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church (Sandusky, OH)
Join the FSO Chorale for their annual Thanksgiving concert. This year’s theme is based on the hymn “It Is Well with My Soul” and focuses on hope, understanding, renewal, and gratitude. The concert will also feature renowned soprano Kirsten Kunkle and the chorale performing several traditional Thanksgiving favorites and a new work by composer Matthew Kennedy. | Buy Tickets |
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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. | Buy Tickets |
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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
Chorale Concert with Chamber Orchestra
featuring guest vocalist Kirsten Kunkle, soprano and Heidelberg University Choir
Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Heidelberg University (Tiffin, OH)
The FSO Chorale and chamber orchestra are joined by Kirsten 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
Chorale Concert with Chamber Orchestra
featuring guest vocalist Kirsten 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 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 |
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