Symphony Orchestra to Perform Works by Rossini and Beethoven at Lebanon Valley College

ANNVILLE, PA (04/09/2012)(readMedia)-- The Lebanon Valley College symphony orchestra will presents its second concert this spring on Sunday, April 22 at 3 p.m. in Lutz Hall of the Blair Music Center. Admission is free and open to the public.

The concert program, under the direction of Dr. Hannes Dietrich, includes the popular "Overture to the Barber of Seville" by Rossini, three movements from Beethoven's dramatic "Symphony No. 5 in C Minor," which by most accounts includes the first use of trombones in a major orchestral work, and sections from Respighi's "Ancient Airs and Dances Suite II."

The orchestra will depart in May for a tour of Austria and Germany.

Dietrich, a native of Bozeman, Montana, joined the LVC faculty in 1995. As the Newton and Adelaide Burgner Professor in Instrumental Music, he directs the LVC Symphony Orchestra, teaches conducting and string methods and applied violin and viola, and conducts chamber music ensembles. He has studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and at Montana State University. Dietrich has a master's in violin performance and a doctorate in violin performance and conducting from the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati.

As a conductor, Dietrich has lead district, regional, state, and honors orchestras from New Jersey to Montana. He is active as a clinician, and recently was awarded the Orchestra Director of the Year award from the Pennsylvania/Delaware String Teachers Association.