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LSO 2007-2008 Season

Spring Concert

Sunday, May 4, 2008, 7:00 pm, Hill Auditorium
Clinton Smith, Music Director and Conductor

Featuring:


"Asclepius" - Michael Daugherty, originally commissioned for the opening of the U-M Cardiovascular Center

Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber

"Billy the Kid" Suite - Aaron Copland

Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome - Ottorino Respighi

Free of charge, public welcome. Donations to support the LSO gratefully accepted.

Past Concerts

Winter Concert 2008
Saturday, January 12, 2008, 8:00 pm, Hill Auditorium
Hill Auditorium

Clinton Smith, Music Director and Conductor, and Diego Piedra, Assistant Conductor

Egmont Overture, Op. 84 - Ludwig van Beethoven

Allegro non troppo from Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21 -
Edouard Lalo
Featuring LSO Concerto Competition Winner
Trina Stoneham, violin
Conducted by Diego Piedra

The Planets, Op. 32 - Gustav Holst
with members of the Ann Arbor Cantata Singers
Warren Puffer Jones, Musical Director

Concert press release here

Printable concert flier here



Spring Benefit Concert 2007
"Making Music for Mott" Benefit Concert featuring violin prodigy Jourdan Urbach http://www.childrenhelpingchildren.net
A special concert to benefit U-M C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Ronald McDonald "House within a Hospital" and U-M Health System Gifts of Art Bedside Music Program

Friday, April 20, 2007
7:30 p.m.
Hill Auditorium


Conducted by music director Clinton Smith and assistant conductor Sameer Patel

Tickets: $25 adults, $10 college students and seniors,
$5 children and K-12 students
Afterglow tickets: $25 sponsored by Bello Vino

Featuring a family-friendly program:

Fanfare from Also Sprach Zarathustra - Richard Strauss (known for its use in 2001: A Space Odyssey)

Poet and Peasant Overture - Franz von Suppe

Violin Concerto No. 5, Op. 37 - Henri Vieuxtemps

Carmen Fantasie - Pablo de Sarasate (based on the opera by Georges Bizet)

The Peer Gynt Suite - Edvard Grieg

William Tell Overture - Giacchino Rossini (known as the "Lone Ranger Theme")













LSO T-shirt/CDs


LSO T-shirts are available for purchase. The T-shirts are white and feature the LSO logo in a design similar to the above sketch. (t-shirts are 100% pre-shrunk cotton, S-XL sizes available) Email orchestra@umich.edu if you are interested.


Recordings of LSO concerts are available on CD! Visit our Patron's Page for more information.