Published on September 27, 2005 at 7 p.m. by Mary Wimberley  

Âé¶¹¹û¶³ Orchestra will present its 10th anniversary concert Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Wright Center Concert Hall. The public is invited free of charge.

Âé¶¹¹û¶³ School of Performing Arts dean Milburn Price will conduct the program of music by Beethoven, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Rimsky-Korsakov's "Capriccio Espagnol" will feature violin soloist Jeffrey Flaniken, who has served as concertmaster for the orchestra since its beginning in 1995.

Other selections represent what Price calls "Conductor's Choice: A 'Symphony' of Symphonic Movements." The orchestra's founding conductor, Price chose his favorite movements from various symphonies the orchestra has played over the decade.

The section includes Mozart's "Symphony No. 40 in G minor," First Movement; Beethoven's "Symphony No. 7 in A major," Second Movement; Mendelssohn's "Symphony No. 5 in D Minor" (Reformation), Third Movement; and Dvorak's "Symphony No. 9 in E minor" ("From the New World"), Fourth Movement.

The concert by the 56-member orchestra is presented by Âé¶¹¹û¶³'s School of Performing Arts, Division of Music.

 

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Âé¶¹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Âé¶¹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Âé¶¹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.