Lower Merion Symphony Celebrates its 25th Year of Giving Free, Professional Quality Classical Music Concerts to the Public

(LOWER MERION, Pa.) The Lower Merion Symphony Orchestra has announced the concert schedule for its 25^th season, which kicks off in less than two weeks. Four classical music concerts are planned on the Main Line for the 2018/2019 season.

 

As the preeminent amateur classical music organization in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, the Lower Merion Symphony continues to improve the quality and depth of its orchestra with the addition of numerous Philadelphia Orchestra members who will donate their time. Dr. Sherman Leis is both President and principal clarinetist.

 

“Since 1993, we continue to be the Delaware Valley’s best entertainment value,” Dr. Leis says. “We offer some of the highest quality classical music performances in the region, and every concert is free.”

 

The 2018/2019 concert schedule is as follows:

Sunday, October 14th, 2018 03:00 PM
     Location: Harriton High School

     Conductor: Mark Gigliotti

     Program:

     Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3

     Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2

                Soloist: Robin Freund

     Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor

Sunday, December 16th, 2018 03:00 PM
     Location: Harriton High School

     Program:

     Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite

     Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker

Sunday, March 17th, 2019 03:00 PM
     Location: Welsh Valley Middle School

     Program:

     Wagner: Scenes from "The Ring of the Nibelung"
                Soloists: Lisa DeNolfo, Soprano & John Packard, Tenor

 

Sunday, June 9th, 2019 03:00 PM

     Location: Welsh Valley Middle School

     Program:

     Beethoven: Violin Concerto

                Soloist: William Polk (Philadelphia Orchestra)

     Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

 

Founded in 1993, the Lower Merion Symphony Orchestra is under the direction of Music Director/Conductor Mark Gigliotti. The Orchestra's major objective is to make exceptional classical music available to as wide an audience as possible. In its endeavor to fulfill its mission, the Orchestra remains one of the few musical organizations in the region that provides free concerts. For more information, please visit: LowerMerionSymphony.org.