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Autumn Concert 7:30 p.m. — Saturday, September 21, 2019 Centennial Auditorium @ Sterling High School September 21, 2019 – Some of our greatest orchestral composers wrote some their best music about the pleasures of the countryside. We open the season

Chamber Music 3:00 p.m. — Sunday, November 10, 2019 Zion Lutheran Church, Clinton, Iowa “The Music of Friendships” Composers, musicians and listeners alike consider chamber music to be the music of friendships. Composers write it with specific groups of friends

Holiday Concert 7:30 p.m. — Saturday, December 14, 2019 Vernon Cook Theater@Clinton High School “Holidays with the Symphony” The Holidays are a time for family, friends and music. On this special evening we gather many of our friends to perform

Winter Concert 7:30 p.m. — Saturday, February 15, 2020 Morrison High School Auditorium, Morrison, Illinois It’s Beethoven’s 250th birthday year, and we feature his Wellington’s Victory and his spirited Symphony No. 7, along with our annual Young Artist soloist. Wellington’s

Spring Concert 7:30 p.m. — Saturday, April 25, 2020 Vernon Cook Theater@Clinton High School, Clinton, Iowa Naha Greenholtz, Quad City Symphony concertmaster, joins us to perform Lalo’s Symphonie Espangnole, along with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 5.

A Riverfront Pops Concert 6:30 p.m. — Sunday, June 7, 2020 Join us for the annual Sunday Pops in Riverview Park concert! Enjoy a variety of music from light classical, Broadway, film, and television music. It is a free concert,

Holidays with the Symphony
In Events, Program Notes
December 7, 2019
Join us on Saturday, December 14 at 7:30 in Clinton High’s Vernon Cook Theater for our Holiday concert. Our special guest this year is RiverChor. This concert is always a favorite as we explore new and familiar musical themes of the Holidays. Bring family and friends for a festive evening! Our program is: A Most Wonderful Christmas; arr. Robert Sheldon Skater’s Waltz; Émile Waldteufel [Click to read more…]
Musical Friendships – Brass Quintet
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November 8, 2019
Closing our Musical Friendships chamber music concert will be a collection of music written by brass quintet. Join us this Sunday, November 10, at 3:00 pm, Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton, Iowa. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba G. F. Handel/arr. Hauser Exaltabo Te Giovanni de Palestrina/trans. Cooper Tempting Davy’s Cup from Galleons and Cutlasses Kevin McKee Moto Perpetuo from “Variations [Click to read more…]
Musical Friendships – Clarinet Quintet – Brahms
In Program Notes
November 6, 2019
Join us for an afternoon of chamber music presented by members of the Clinton Symphony Orchestra. The concert is at 3:00 pm on Sunday, November 10 at Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton, Iowa. The third group on the program is: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115 Johannes Brahms Rob Miller, clarinet James Fudge and Theresa Johnson, violins Hyun-Kyung Ryn, viola • Ann Balderson, [Click to read more…]
Musical Friendships – Piano Trio in C Major – Haydn
In Program Notes
November 4, 2019
Enjoy chamber music presented by members of the Clinton Symphony Orchestra on our Musical Friendships concert on Sunday, November 10, at 3:00 pm at Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton, Iowa. The second piece on the concert will be: Piano Trio in C Major, Hob.XV;27 Joseph Haydn Nadia Wirchnianski, piano Asa Church, violin • David Spaulding, violoncello Please enjoy the following program [Click to read more…]

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