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SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
ORCHESTRA

The Swarthmore College Orchestra, directed by Andrew Hauze ’04, rehearses every Tuesday night from 7:00-10:00 in Lang Concert Hall, and performs a full concert at the end of each semester.  Made up of more than sixty musicians, most SCO members are Swarthmore students, supplemented by members of the faculty, staff, community, and local professionals.

With a repertoire ranging from Purcell to Pärt, the Orchestra is dedicated to bringing great orchestral works to the Swarthmore campus. We are committed to a deep and vital exploration of this powerful, communal form of music-making. (See below for a list of the orchestra’s repertoire over the past five years).

Auditions are held at the beginning of each semester, and are open to all members of the college community.

For more information about the orchestra, please feel free to email the director, Andrew Hauze, at ahauze1@swarthmore.edu.

Concerto Competitio

The SCO holds a concerto competition each January, open to all students.  The winner of the competition performs her/his solo work with the orchestra on their spring concert.  If you are interested in competing, please email Andrew Hauze for details.

The SCO welcomed distinguished conductor and composer Victoria Bond in November of 2011 to lead our fall retreat.

Special Events

Each semester, the SCO holds  an orchestra retreat in Upper Tarble.  We spend all day together on a Saturday rehearsing and having lunch.  In the fall, we welcome distinguished guest conductors, and in the spring we hold sectionals with experts on wind and string instruments.

Swarthmore College Orchestra repertoire, 2006-201

Fall 2011:

  • Golijov, Night of the Flying Horses
  • Haydn, Symphony no. 44 (“Trauer”)
  • Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel), Pictures at an Exhibition

Spring 2011:

  • Barber, Music for a Scene from Shelley
  • Bach, Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor,
  • with Sophia Uddin ’11 and Shreyas Ravi ’14, soloists
  • Dvorak, Symphony no. 9 (“New World”)

Fall 2010:

  • Prokofiev, Suite no. 2 from Romeo and Juliet
  • Glazunov, Saxophone Concerto, with Soren Larson ’11, soloist
  • Beethoven, Symphony no. 5

Spring 2010:

  • Dukas, L’apprenti sorcier
  • Lalo, Cello Concerto, with Jenna McCreery ’10, soloist
  • Brahms, Symphony no. 1

Fall 2009:

  • Purcell, music from The Fairy Queen
  • Mendelssohn, Overture, Nocturne, and Wedding March
  • from A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasilerias no. 4

Spring 2009:

  • Mozart, Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488, with Karen Guan '09, soloist
  • Shostakovich, Symphony no. 5

Fall 2008:

  • Messiaen, Les offrandes oubliées
  • Schubert, Symphony in B Minor (Unfinished), D.759
  • Mascagni, Intermezzo from Cavelleria Rusticana
  • Verdi, Overture to La Forza del Destino

Spring 2008:

  • Copland, El Salón México
  • R. Strauss, Horn Concerto no. 1, with Bryce Wiedenbeck '08, soloist
  • Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture

Fall 2007:

  • Pärt, Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
  • Mozart, Concerto in A for Clarinet and Orchestra, K.622
  • with Kara Peterman '09, soloist
  • Schumann, Symphony no. 3

Spring 2007:

  • Mozart, Overture to Don Giovanni
  • Shostakovich, Cello Concerto no. 1
  • with Henry Heaton '09, soloist
  • Liszt, Orpheus
  • Berlioz, Three Pieces from La Damnation de Faust

Fall 2006:

  • Haydn, Symphony no. 101 ("The Clock")
  • Britten, Five Folk Songs of the British Isles
  • Brahms, Hungarian Dances


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