Members

Hello MLSO members:

 

The MLSO Podium Committee has been working on a VERY exciting season.

 

Highlights

Venues

 

Concert dates are "firm." Rehearsal dates must be confirmed with Valley Forge Middle school. Check out most rehearsals are on Tuesdays, some in the fall are on Wednesday! The starting time for rehearsals (7 or 730) must be defined with Valley Forge Middle School.

 

Rachel Braddick
MLSO Personnel Director
mlso.alert@gmail.com
610-256-1131

MLSO guest side-by-side with Philadelphia community musicians and Philadelphia Mass Community Choir celebrating Music Education in Philadelphia Schools

Sunday, February 16, 2025, 3 pm (12:30 pm call, MLSO performing around 4:15 pm)

When You Pray (from Mass for the Light Becoming) – Jay Fluellen

Lift Every Voice and Sing – J. Rosamond Johnson, Arr. by Roland Carter

Climb Every Mountain – Richard Rogers

 
Kimmel Center Marion Anderson Hall
300 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102

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Concert #2 - Puccini and Bruckner, The Human and The Divine - Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church

Friday, February 21, 2025, 8 pm (7:30 pm call)

Scenes from Madame Butterfly, Tosca, Gianni Schicchi, La Boheme – Giacomo Puccini

Kara Goodrich, Soprano | Ashley Marie Robillard, Soprano | Joshua Blue, Tenor | Troy Cook, Bass/Baritone

Villanova University Chorale | Philadelphia Chorale | Main Line Singers | Philadelphia Boys Choir | Philadelphia Girls Choir

Symphony #6 – Anton Bruckner

Rehearsals

Tuesday 1/7 - VFMS 7 PM Read Bruckner, 8:45 PM read Tosca and La Boheme excerpts

Tuesday 1/14 - VFMS 7 PM Bruckner

Tuesday 1/21 - VFMS 7 PM Bruckner

Tuesday 1/28 - VFMS 7 PM Bruckner, 8:45 PM read O Mio and Hummingbird Chorus

Tuesday 2/4 - VFMS 7 PM Puccini, 8:45 PM Bruckner, 9-9:30 PM, Feb 16 program

Tuesday 2/11 - VFMS 7 PM Puccini, 8:45 PM Bruckner

Tuesday 2/18 - Final Rehearsal at BMPC 7-8:30 PM Puccini, 8:45-10 PM Bruckner

Concert #2 Encore - Puccini and Bruckner, The Human and The Divine - Villanova

Sunday, February 23, 2025, 6pm (4:30 pm sound check)

Same repertoire as Feb 21st Concert

 
The John and Joan Mullen Center for the Performing Arts
800 East Lancaster Ave, Villanova, PA

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Spring 2025: Philadelphia Sounds - Cheryl Beth Silverman Memorial Concert - Congregation Keneseth Israel

Saturday, April 26, 2025, 2 pm (12:30 pm call)

Toccata and Fugue in D minor – Johann Sebastian Bach  |  Stokowski transcription

Student Soloist – Winner of the James Deitz Student Concerto Contest

Oboe Concerto – Joseph Haydn  |  Richard Woodhams, Oboe Soloist

Symphony #2 – Jean Sibelius

Rehearsals

Tuesday 3/11 - VFMS

Tuesday 3/18 - VFMS

Tuesday 3/25 - VFMS

Tuesday 4/1 - VFMS

Tuesday 4/8 - VFMS

Tuesday 4/22 - VFMS

Concert Order

 
Keneseth Israel
8339 Old York Road
Elkins Park, PA 19027

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Side by Side Performance: MLSO with Villanova University Orchestra
1st half of concert is Villanova strings only.

Sunday, April 27, 2025, 6pm (4:30 pm sound check)

Symphony #2 – Jean Sibelius

Additional pieces performed by Villanova University Orchestra

 
The John and Joan Mullen Center for the Performing Arts
800 East Lancaster Ave, Villanova, PA

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Gala Concert: MLSO with Musicopia

Saturday, May 31, 2025, 3pm

World Premiere of Commissioned Composition – Andrea Clearfield

Variations on a Shaker Melody – Aaron Copland

A Flat – Black Violins

Carnegie Hall's "Lullaby's" Project

"Global Performers" Segment

Rehearsal

Tuesday 4/29 - VFMS

Concert Order

 
Miller Theater
250 S. Broad St, Philadelphia, PA

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Rachel Braddick for MLSO Communications Team
mlso.alert@gmail.com