This year, you have more options to watch the orchestra in live performance! Working alongside our guest conductors, we are presenting full ensemble concerts as well as bringing their visions to chamber music ensembles in our In Your Neighborhood Engagement Series!
November 5, 2023 @4pm – “An Evening of French Fantaisie”
Church at Wieuca 3626 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta GA 30326
Phillip E. Allen, Guest Conductor
- Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
- Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thais arr. Phillip E. Allen with Andrzej Zabinski solo violin
- Charles Gounod: Marche Funèbre d’une Marionnette
- Georges Bizet: Selections from L’Arlesienne Suite no.1 and no. 2
- Claude Debussy: Clair de Lune
- Claude-Michel Schoenberg: Selections from “Les Misérables”
December 10, 2023 @2:30pm – “A Celebration of the Holidays”
Saint Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church 1790 Lavista Rd. Atlanta GA 30329
Pablo Zamora, Guest Conductor
- Leroy Anderson: Christmas Festival
- J.S. Bach: Jesu Joy of Man’s desiring (BWV Cantata 147)
- Meza: Imagenes
- Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
- William Grant Stihl: Mother and Child
- Traditional: Havah Nagiela Arr. Hilbert
- Felix Mendelssohn: Adeste Fideles
- Cervantes. Solo Recuerdos. Arr. Delgado
- Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleves
- Sergio Delgado: Sinfonietta Decembrina
March 17, 2024 @5pm – “Tales of Fantasy and Imagination” – A Young Person’s Concert” featuring winners of the ‘Arts in Music’ contest
Temple Emanu-el 1580 Spalding Dr. Sandy Springs GA 30350
Robert Trocina, Guest Conductor
- Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra, Op. 46: Andante sostenuto, Nancy Schechter solo violin
- Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel, Overture
- Bedřich Smetena: Má Vlast: Moldau (Vltava)
- Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino, Overture
- Igor Stravinsky: “The Firebird” Suite (1919)- The Princesses’ Khorovod, Berceuse, Finale (With winners of the ACSO Art in Music contest)
May 19, 2024 @4pm – “Winners Concert” featuring winners of the 48th Annual Ruth Kern Young Artists Concerto Competition
Christ Church Presbyterian 1740 Peachtree Rd. NW Atlanta GA 30309
Pablo Zamora, Guest Conductor
- Featuring winners of the 48th Annual Ruth Kern Young Artists Concerto Competition
- New Composition from an up and coming young composer (Selected finalist from Georgia State’s Masters Composition Program)
IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: Engagement Series
November 9, 2023 @7pm – “La Musique est La Vie”
Saint Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church 1790 Lavista Rd. Atlanta GA 30329
Phillip E. Allen, Guest Conductor
- Wolfgang Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
- Leroy Anderson: The Waltzing Cat
- Arthur Pryor: The Whistler and his Dog
- Dario Marianelli: Pride and Prejudice with solo piano
- Peter Schikele: “Olé!” Concerto in F for brass vs. piano
- Charles Gounod: Marche Funèbre d’une Marionnette
- Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thais arr. Phillip E. Allen with solo flutes
- J.S. Bach: Fugue in G Minor
December 14, 2023 @7pm – “Latin-American Sounds of the Season”
Sarah Smith Intermediate School 4141 Wieuca Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30342
Pablo Zamora, Guest Conductor
- Fonseca. Gran Fantasia sinfonica: Arr. Delgado
- Meza: Aries Navideños
- Nagle. Christmas Carol Festival
- William Grant Still: Mother and Child
- Meza: Infantilismos
- Meza: Escenas Ticas
- Holcombe: American Christmas Folk Song Suite
March 12, 2024 @7pm – “An Irish Heritage ” St. Patrick’s Day Concert
Location TBD
Robert Trocina, Guest Conductor; Special Guests Crossroads Call
- Thomlinson: Arr. for Crossroads Call Trio and members of ACSO Woodwind Quintet and/or ACSO String Ensemble
- Granger/Siu: Molly On The Shore for Woodwind Quintet
- Granger/Siu: Shepherd’s Hey for Woodwind Quintet
- Gibson: The Jigs are Up – Celtic Music for Woodwind Quintet
- Alshin: Danny Boy
May 14, 2024 @7pm – “La Música es Pura Vida”
Location TBD
Pablo Zamora, Guest Conductor
- Portuguez. Yaguarete
- Camacho.Ritual y Celebración.
- Garrigues. Triptico
- Juan Ramirez. Suite Latina feat. ACSO string quartet
- Latin Steps
- Milonga and Tango a la Piazzolla
- Danza Morena
- Cano – world premiere composition