The Journey Continues

Once in a lifetime. The fortunate among us may have enjoyed a once in a lifetime opportunity. Perhaps it was a once in a lifetime job oer. Maybe it was a one-time chance to buy a lovely home. Or maybe it was that clarifying moment when you fell deeply in love. Finding a new music director for the Elgin Symphony Orchestra is another life-changing milestone we will experience together. Yes, you are key to everything that happens next with the ESO. You are on the threshold of inuencing the future of the orchestra and our communities! Our musical world will change, and you will shape the outcome. For the one person who takes the helm of one of the nest regional orchestras in the nation, he or she, too, will take on a life-changing commitment. Our new conductor will continue a journey that began 63 years ago. That persons charge will be no small feat: To make magic, make music and make history. To unfurl a world of change through sound, leadership, community, and limitless possibility. To be at this crossroads is a once in a lifetime privilege and responsibility one that the ESO board of directors, trustees, musicians and sta eagerly share with you. You are vital to this endeavor. Your active participation ensures that we will select the best artistic leader for our community. With the experienced counsel of Henry Fogel, prior president and chief executive ocer of the League of American Orchestras and former president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, the ESO has identied a group of internationally-renowned nalists from a pool of nearly 200 applicants. Industry experts tell us that we have attracted prospects of the highest caliber. The conductors vying to be the next music director of the ESO are among the nest available anywhere, both nationally and internationally. Together, we will experience the skills, the ideas, and the leadership of the worlds best conducting talent. Together, we will embrace this once in a lifetime opportunity. The Elgin Symphony Orchestra is now and has always been your orchestra. Care for it with us. Nurture it with us. Go forward into new adventures with us!

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2012-2013 Classic Masterworks Series

A Change in the Air
Sat-Sun, Sept 8-9, 2012 Dorian Wilson, conductor Joyce Yang, piano
Bates Rachmanino Elgar Rusty Air in Carolina Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Enigma Variations

2012-2013 Spotlight Pops Series

A Night in Havana
Sat-Sun, Oct 20-21, 2012 Matthew Kraemer, conductor Tiempo Libre, guest artists (Saturday only)
(Saturdays concert focuses on the music of the guest artist, Tiempo Libre; on Friday and Sunday the focus is on the orchestra, performing light classics with a Latin inuence, such as Gershwins Cuban Overture)

Sublime Delight
Sat-Sun, Feb 9-10, 2013 Donato Cabrera, conductor Alexander Schimpf, piano Elgin Choral Union
Brahms Beethoven Schubert Schicksalslied Choral fantasy Symphony in C major, D.944 The Great

Wicked Divas
Sat-Sun, Jan 26-27, 2013 Stephen Squires, conductor Cast TBA

Club Swing
Sat-Sun, Mar 23-24, 2013 Stuart Chafetz, conductor Five by Design, guest artists

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A Patriotic Salute
Sat-Sun, Nov 17-18, 2012 Stephen Squires, conductor Artist TBA

Night of Enchantment
Sat-Sun, Oct 6-7, 2012 Andres Franco, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
Copland Revueltas Piazzolla Mrquez El Saln Mxico La noche de los Mayas (The Night of the Mayas) The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Danzn No.2

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Time for Spring

Sat-Sun, Mar 9-10, 2013 Alastair Willis, conductor Time for Three, guest artists
Estacio Higdon Tchaikovsky Spring's Promise Concerto 4-3 Symphony No.5 in E minor

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2012-2013 Prairie Center Series

A Night in Havana
Fri, Oct 19, 2012 Matthew Kraemer, conductor

Time for Spring

Fri, Mar 8, 2013 Alastair Willis, conductor Time for Three, guest artists

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Pictures at an Exhibition
Sat-Sun, Nov 3-4, 2012 Rafael Payare, conductor
Tchaikovsky Daugherty Mussorgsky Francesca da Rimini, op.32 Ghost Ranch Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

Natures Awakening
Sat-Sun, April 6-7, 2013 Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Amy Porter, ute
Haydn Nielsen Beethoven Symphony No.88 in G major Concerto for Flute & Orchestra Symphony No.6 in F major, Pastorale

The Four Seasons

Fri, Jan 11, 2013 Ignat Solzhenitsyn, conductor Jennifer Frautschi, violin

Natures Awakening
Fri, April 5, 2013 Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Amy Porter, ute

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The Four Seasons

Sat-Sun, Jan 12-13, 2013 Ignat Solzhenitsyn, conductor Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Stravinsky Tchaikovsky Vivaldi Dumbarton Oaks Serenade for Strings The Four Seasons

Lark of a Season
Sat-Sun, May 4-5, 2013 Andrew Grams, conductor Isabella Lippi, violin
Mussorgsky Vaughan Williams Shostakovich Introduction from Khovanchina The Lark Ascending Symphony No.10 in E minor, op.93

2012-2013 Holiday Concert

Let it Snow!
Sat-Sun, Dec 15-16, 2012 Stephen Squires, conductor
Featuring: Rich Ridenour, piano Elgin Choral Union Elgin Childrens Chorus Midwest Dance Collective

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NOTE: Time change! Friday (Prairie Center) and Saturday night concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. Time change! Sunday concerts begin at 2:30 p.m. Presto Family concerts begin at 3:30 p.m., with activities beginning at 2:00 p.m.

2012-2013 Presto Family Series

Halloween Spooktacular
Sun, Oct 28, 2012 Series details, matines and specic locations are listed on your subscription renewal form.

Around the World in 50 Minutes Sun, April 21, 2013

A Very Windy Afternoon

Sun, Feb 24, 2013
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