The Skidmore College Orchestra Celebrates its 25th Anniversary Season
Now entering it's twenty-fifth concert season, the Skidmore College orchestra is a semi-professional orchestra made up
of Skidmore students and top players from several regional professional
orchestras, including the Albany Symphony, Berkshire Symphony, Schenectady
Symphony and Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra. Skidmore's unique orchestral
program emphasizes students in the most important orchestral
positions and features students in the most important solos. Our
professional members create a unique atmosphere where students participate
in a living orchestral lesson each week with the top professional players
assisting our students in each rehearsal. This combination of professional and student players creates an exciting synergy and an exciting concert atmosphere for players and audience members alike!
Student soloists are also featured each year as winners of the Orchestral
Concerto Competition.
The Skidmore College Orchestra Residency 2007-08
Michelle Kim
Assistant Concertmaster, New York Philharmonic
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Michelle Kim (above), Assistant Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, will perform with the Skidmore Orchestra in December of 2007 and April of 2008.
The Skidmore College Orchestra Residency 2006-07
Hai-Ye Ni ,
Principal Cellist, The Philadelphia Orchestra
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Hai-Ye Ni (above), Principal Cellist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, will perform with the Skidmore Orchestra in April 2007.
The Skidmore College Orchestra Residency 2005-06
Mark Ludwig,
Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Here is a picture of Maestro Mark Ludwig (above left) of the Boston Symphony Orchestra coaching some of our Skidmore Orchestra String Players during his 2005-06 Residency.
Composer Peter Schickele (aka PDQ Bach) Residency:Fall 2005
The Skidmore College Orchestra
Residency 2004-05:
Michael Ludwig,
Associate Concertmaster,
Philadelphia Orchestra
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Here is a picture of Maestro Michael Ludwig, Associate Concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra, during
his 2004-05 Skidmore Orchestra Residency....coaching some of the members of our
first violin section .
The Skidmore College Orchestra plays to a capacity audience.
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The Skidmore Orchestra is open to student members each term through
an audition. The audition consists of performing two solo works, major
and minor scales and arpeggios and sight reading. If you are a high school
age student considering application to Skidmore, we would love to hear
from you. You also should know about the Filene Scholarship Competition
in Music.
To contact the conductor of the orchestra: Send
Email to conductor Anthony Holland
Dr. Anthony G. Holland
C/O Music Department
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
U.S.A.
tel: 518-584-5000 extension: 2606