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Lebanon Valley College’s Symphony Orchestra will perform its fall program Sunday, Nov. 13 in Lutz Hall of the Bertha Brossman Blair Music Center.

ANNVILLE, PA (10/20/2016)(readMedia)-- Lebanon Valley College's Symphony Orchestra will perform its fall program Sunday, Nov. 13 in Lutz Hall of the Bertha Brossman Blair Music Center. The performance will begin at 3 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

As the College continues with its 150th anniversary celebration year, the orchestra will perform two newly written pieces, including "Blast," a rousing and dramatic fanfare that showcases the entire orchestra. "Blast" was commissioned by the College, and written by Richard Pearson Thomas, whose piece includes music reminiscent of the time LVC was founded. The second new piece is "Growth" by Nancy Bloomer Deussen from her work Journey of the Heart.
In addition to the more recent pieces, the orchestra will play "Symphony No. 2 in D Minor" by the Danish composer Richard Hol. A virtually unknown symphony written in 1866, the orchestra played the first movement of this piece for the 150th anniversary celebration during Homecoming Weekend 2016.
Finally, Sunday's performance includes the winners of the annual Concert Aria competition. Violist Anthony Scheuerman '17 will perform a movement from the little-known concerto by the British composer Cecil Forsyth, while Abigail Mosior '17 will play the last movement from Carl Maria von Weber's second clarinet concerto.
The orchestra is under the direction of Dr. Johannes Dietrich, Newton and Adelaide Burgner Endowed Professor of Instrumental Music.
Lebanon Valley College offers numerous public performances by students, faculty, and guests of the College throughout the semester. Visit www.lvc.edu/music/events.aspx for the list of recitals.

About Lebanon Valley College
Lebanon Valley College is a private, coeducational college founded in 1866 and dedicated to the liberal arts. The College offers 40 undergraduate majors plus self-designed majors and a range of minors, concentrations, and pre-professional options, as well as graduate degree programs in athletic training, business administration, music education, physical therapy, science in STEM education, and speech-language pathology.

The College has 1,608 full-time undergraduate students and 108 full-time faculty. Students can choose from more than 90 clubs and organizations, and 12 study abroad programs. LVC awards generous academic scholarships to those whose high school records demonstrate a commitment to challenge and achievement.