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Missouri All State Orchestra History

2020

Jason Seber, conductor

Mothership  by Mason Bates

Symphony No. 1 mvmnt 4   Gustav Mahler

2019

Sharon Lavery, conductor

Downey Overture, Oscar Navarro

Symphony No. 2 in c minor mvmnt 1  “The Resurrection” Gustav Mahler

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

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