The Newton Symphony Orchestra is delighted
to welcome its new Music Director:
James M. Orent.
The Newton Symphony Orchestra is delighted to announce that it has appointed James M. Orent as its new Music Director. Maestro Orent grew up in Newton and was a student of Henry Lasker, one of the founders of the orchestra. Maestro Orent appeared as guest conductor with the Newton Symphony Orchestra for a very successful concert in February 2008, in which he conducted Rhapsody in Blue and Pines of Rome. He will assume the post of Music Director, commencing with the 2008-2009 season. He is a familiar face on the Boston music scene, particularly as a Guest Conductor, Cover Conductor and violinist in Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc. (Boston Pops). He is also Music Director of the Symphony and Chamber Orchestras at Phillips Academy, Andover; Music Director of the Brockton Symphony Orchestra; Principal Conductor of the Boston Conservatory Repertory Orchestra and Assistant Concert Master of the Boston Lyric Opera Orchestra. The Newton Symphony Orchestra is looking forward to an exciting and vigorous future under his baton.
Maestro Orent has already begun to invest his considerable energy and enthusiasm in the NSO. He has designed the 2008-2009 season and filled it with interesting and varied repertoire that will build the orchestra over the season.
Click here to read Maestro Orent's full biography.
Concert 1 October 5th 7.30pm at Grace Episcopal Church
Gala Season Opener: Symphonic Spectacular!
George Whitefield Chadwick: Jubilee, 1895, from Symphonic Sketches
Dvorak: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op 13
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto # 1, Op 23 in Bb minor with soloist Michael Lewin
Concert 2 November 16th 7.30pm at Rashi Auditorium
The Virtuoso Orchestra
Enesco: Rumanian Rhapsody #1
Ethan F. Wickman: Solitary Deserts of Infinite Space, An Airborne Overture for Orchestra
Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos in D Minor; with soloists, Christopher Shih, winner of the Boston Piano Amateurs competition, May 2007 and Thomas Yu
Debussy: Fetes
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Concert 3 March 1st 3pm note time at Rashi Auditorium
Celtic Celebration!
Berlioz: Rob Roy Overture
Stanford: Irish Rhapsody #5
Williams: Far and Away
Bruch Scottish Fantasy, with violin and harp soloists
And more…
Concert 4 April 26th 7.30pm at Rashi Auditorium
Grand Opera and arguably the greatest symphonist of all time!
Puccini: Preludio Sinfonico
Puccini: Arias, TBD
Mahler: Symphony #4, with soprano soloist
*programs and dates subject to change
Tickets can be ordered by phone or mail (see the Tickets page of this site), and will be available late August online.
Grace Episcopal Church is at 76 Eldredge Street, Newton Corner.
Rashi Auditorium, is at 15 Walnut Park, Newton Corner.
Each concert is preceeded by a free lecture given by Steven Ledbetter, and followed by a reception at which the audience is invited to meet the artists.
Watch the NSO on NewTV
NewTV, Newton Community Television, records Newton Symphony Orchestra concerts. Newton residents can watch a tape from the archives every Saturday at 4:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M. and Sundays at 9:00 A.M. on the
Green Channel (Channel 26 on Comcast, Channel 3 on RCN, Channel 32 on Verizon). NewTV also features Conversations with the Conductor, an informative and entertaining discussion of NSO programs hosted by Barbara Brilliant, on the Blue Channel (Channel 10 on Comcast, Channel 15 on RCN, and Channel 34 on Verizon).
For detailed schedules and more information, go to to http://www.newtv.org.
