Princeton University Department of Music: “Princeton University Sinfonia”
Princeton University Department of Music
Princeton University Sinfonia
Friday, May. 11, 2018 7:30 pm
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall
Program
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Julius Fučik The Old Sore-Head (Der Alte Brummbär)
Franz Krommer movements from Concerto for Two Clarinets, Op. 81
Camille Saint-Saëns movements from Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61
Édouard Lalo movements from Symphonie espagnole, Op.21
The Princeton University Sinfonia is an exciting musical outlet for undergraduate and graduate student musicians. Expanding every year, the orchestra now averages 55 members and performs one concert each semester in Richardson Auditorium with additional, smaller performances scheduled each year. Ruth Ochs has conducted Sinfonia for the past seven seasons, and she has been joined by selected undergraduates pursuing the Music Department’s certificate in musical performance in conducting.
Past concerts have included symphonies by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky, as well as works by Bach, Bartók, Brahms, Dvorak, and Stravinsky. In May 2009, Sinfonia with the Princeton University Jazz Ensemble, Anthony D.J. Branker, director, commissioned and premiered a new work by Laurie Altman called In Another Time. Designed to have a more modest time commitment than other ensembles, Sinfonia pursues a high level of musicianship while also emphasizing the enjoyable and memorable aspects of performing wonderful music with others.
Ruth Ochs
Conductor of the Princeton University Sinfonia; Associate Conductor of the Princeton University Orchestra; and Director of Small Ensembles at Princeton; Lecturer in Music.
More about Ruth Ochs
Under Maestro Ochs’ leadership, the Princeton Uniersity Sinfonia has grown from a small chamber orchestra into a full symphony orchestra. Welcoming undergraduate and graduate student musicians, the Sinfonia performs music from the Baroque to the modern, and they have performed symphonies of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky. With the growth of the ensemble, Ms. Ochs has offered new opportunities such as Sinfonia’s annual concerto competition. In May 2009, Sinfonia premiered a new work by composer Laurie Altman called In Another Time. Familiar with Altman’s work, Ruth Ochs premiered and recorded for Albany Records his Homage a Stravinsky (2006).
In addition to her work with Sinfonia, Ruth Ochs conducts the Westminster Community Orchestra, a position she has held for the past four seasons. There she conducts major orchestral and choral-orchestral works, and she has led the orchestra in collaborations with choral ensembles from the Westminster Conservatory and the Westminster Choir College. Additionally, she has worked with the Princeton University Orchestra and conducts faculty ensembles at the Westminster Conservatory of Music.
Education
Degrees in Music and Orchestral Conducting: Harvard University, University of Texas at Austin
Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Musicology at Princeton University, with a dissertation on Karol Szymanowski’s ballet Harnasie.
Studied with Maestro Michael Jinbo at the Pierre Monteux School in Hancock, Maine.
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