Missouri All State Orchestra History
2018
Joyful Shimmering, commissioned by Chris Thomas
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein
2017
Jeffrey Grogan, Conductor
Symphony No. 5 in e minor, Op. 64, Tchaikovsky
2016
Douglas Droste, Conductor
Academic Overture, Brahms
Four Dance Episodes, Copland
Danzon No. 2, Marquez
2015
Ryan McAdams, Conductor
Rhapsodie espagnole Maurice Ravel
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture P.I. Tchaikovsky
2014
Jung Ho Pak, Conductor
The Planets: Mars, Venus and Jupiter, Holst
Apollo the Bringiner of Life, Brett Keuper Abigana
2013
Anthony J. Maiello, Conductor
Festival Overture, Shostakovich
Sieben gluckliche Jahre, Melillo
Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgsky/Ravel
2012
Jung Ho Pak, Kirt Mosier, Conductors
Symphony No. 9, Shostakovich
2011
Steven Davis, Conductor
Berceuse and Finale from The Firebird Suite, Stravinsky
In the Balance, Stephen Taylor
Three Dances from The Bartered Bride, Smetana
2010
Robert Gregg, Conductor
Run!, Commissioned by Kirt N. Mosier
Adagio for Strings, Barber
Capriccio Italien, Tchaikovsky
2009
Steven McDonald, Conductor
Overture to Die Meistersinger, Wagner
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Vaughn Williams
Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40, Elgar
2008
Dr. Paul Phillips, Conductor
Academic Festival Overture, Brahms
Missouri River Songs and Dances, Commissioned work by John Cheetham
Night on Bald Mountain, Moussorgsky
2007
Dr. Mark Parker, Conductor
An Outdoor Overture, Copland
Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23A, Barber
Polovtsian Dances from the Opera Prince Igor, Borodin
2006
Dr. David Barg, Conductor
Overture to Candide – Leonard Bernstein
Scherzo Fantastique – Commissioned Work by Michael McLean
Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy – Peter I. Tchaikovsky
2005
Dr. Timothy Russell, Conductor
Carnival Overture – Dvorak
Love Duet from Merrymount – Hanson
An American in Paris – Gershwin
2004
Margery Deutsch, Conductor
Cappriccio Bohemian, OP 12, Rachmaninoff
Out of Adullum, commissioned work by Kirt Mosier
Symphony No 5, Finale, Shostakovich
2003
Ken Kiesler, Conductor
Academic Festival Overture, Brahms
Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgsky
2002
Emily Freeman Brown, Conductor
Pines of Rome, Respighi
Mysterious Mountain ( Symphony #2), Hovhaness
Commissioned work by Chris Theofanidis
2001
Alastair Willis, Conductor
Symphonic Dances, from West Side Story, Bernstein
Adagio for Strings, Barber
Prelude to Die Meistersingers, Wagner
2000
Dr. Robert Culver, Conductor
Rienzi Overture, Wagner
Missouri Dreamscape, commissioned work by Andrew List
Komm Susser Tod, Bach
Soirrees Musicales, Britten
1999
Dr. Harry Dunscombe, Conductor
Symphonie Nr. 6, Opus 68 in F Major (“The Pastorale Symphony”), Ludwig van Beethoven
1998
Dr Gerald Fischbach, Conductor
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, J. S. Bach/Leopold Stokowski
Colas Breugnon Overture, Op. 24, Dimitri Kabelevsky
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34, Edvard Grieg
Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saens
1997
Dr. William LaRue Jones, Conductor
Overture to LaForza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi
Octet, Op. 20, Allegro moderato, Felix Mendelssohn
Horizons, Robert Charles Howard (Commissioned by the Missouri Chapter of ASTA for the 1997 Missouri All-State Orchestra)
Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Finale, Vassili Kalinnikov
1996
Dr. William LaRue Jones, Conductor
Divinum Mysterium, W. Thomas McKenney (Commissioned by the Missouri Chapter of ASTA for the 1996 Missouri All-State Orchestra)
Aria (Air from Overture No. 3 in D Major), J. S. Bach/Stokowski
Symphony No. 5, Op. 47, Allegro non Troppo, Dimitri Shostakovich
1995
Dr. Robert Gillespie, Conductor
Festival Overture, Op. 96, Dimitri Shostakovich
Three Binghams for String Orchestra, John Cheetham (Commissioned by the Missouri Chapter of ASTA for the 1985 Missouri All-State Orchestra; published by Shawnee Press)
Symphony No. 5, Op. 64, Finale, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1994
Kenneth Andrews, Conductor
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80, Johannes Brahms
Concertino #3 for String Orchestra, Samuel Adler (Commissioned by the Missouri Chapter of ASTA for the 1994 Missouri All-State Orchestra)
Firebird Suite, (Infernal Dance & Berceuse and Finale), Igor Stravinsky
1993
Sandra Dackow, Conductor
String Sinfonie No. 9 in C (Grave-Allegro), Felix Mendelssohn
Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns, Howard Hanson
Revelation, Kirt N. Mosier (Commissioned by the Missouri Chapter of ASTA for the 1993 Missouri All-State Orchestra)
St. Paul’s Suite, Gustav Holst
1992
Michael Allard, Conductor
Serenade for Strings, Tchaikovsky
Overture for Strings, Paul Whear (Commissioned by the Missouri Chapter of ASTA for the 1992 Missouri All-State Orchestra)
1991
Niklaus Wyss, Conductor
Three Divertimenti, No. 1 in D Major, K. 136, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Invocation and Exultation 1791-1991, Michael Horvit (Commissioned by the Missouri Chapter of ASTA for the 1991 Missouri All-State String Orchestra, Financial assistance provided by the Missouri Arts Council)
Serenade in G Major, K. 525 (“Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1990
Stephen Shipps, Conductor
Adagio and Fugue, K. 546, W. A. Mozart
Two Tableaux, Prairie Vista, Festival, Walter J. Halen (Commissioned by the Missouri Chapter of ASTA for the 1990 Missouri All-State String Orchestra, Financial assistance provided by the Missouri Arts Council)
Holberg Suite, Op. 40, Edvard Grieg
1988
Paul Vermel, Conductor
Chacony in G minor for strings, Henry Purcell
Overture: “Our Creed is Our Shield,” Claude T. Smith (Commissioned by the Missouri Chapter of ASTA for the 1981 Missouri All-State Orchestra)
Divertimento in C major, K. 157, W.A. Mozart
String Triptych, Ulysses Kay
Pizzicato Polka