Orchestras
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Ensemble experiences in orchestra include the UTSA Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra. The department also supports the UTSA String Project and summer camps and workshops. UTSA OrchestraThe UTSA Orchestra is the seventy-member student ensemble working toward the highest standard of performance in the classical tradition and reflecting the multi-cultural heritage and influences of symphonic music around the world. In recent years the UTSA Orchestra’s repertoire included jazz works of David Brubeck, orchestral masterpieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky and Debussy, modern works by Stravinsky, Chavez, Heuser, Adler, Gorecki, and Copland, choral works such as Handel’s Messiah and Orff’s Carmina Burana, operas of Mozart, Weill, Menotti, and Barab (world premiere), popular works by Bernstein, Gershwin, and John Williams, and collaborations with Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan. For sound clips of the UTSA Orchestra, click here. |
Chamber OrchestraUTSA Chamber Orchestra, Dr. Eugene Dowdy, Conductor The UTSA Chamber Orchestra is a string orchestra open to all UTSA students, both music and non-music majors. The Chamber Orchestra is dedicated to studying and performing the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern works for string orchestra, and also serves as a training group for university student conductors. The Chamber Orchestra usually performs twice a semester and takes a performance/recruiting tour every other year. Director |
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