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CONCERT 2
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Winner 1 - College
TBD
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Winner 2 - HighSchool
TBD
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Elizabeth A Kelly - Stop, Drop, and Listen
(for Actor, Orchestra, and Audience) 5’
with Kerry and Abby, comedians
1 1 1 1
3 1 1 0
Percussion and Actors
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Aristea Mellos - Fountain of Steel (2011) - 8'
for sinfonietta orchestra
Flute doubling piccolo, oboe, clarinet doubling bass clarinet
Bassoon
Horn in F, Trumpet in C, Trombone, Tuba
Percussion 1:
Snare Drum, Temple Blocks (3), Slide Whistle, Suspended Cymbal (medium size), Tom-toms (2), Tambourine, Siren Whistle, Tam-Tam (with a bucket of water), Vibraphone (shared with Perc. 2) and Castanets.
Percussion 2:
Vibraphone, Sizzle Cymbal, Xylophone, Egg Shaker, Crotales
Piano, Harp
Strings - bass with C-extension
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Osborne - Smoke, Steel, Stone, Cinder
15 instruments
fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt, tbn, 2 prc, pno, 2 vln, vla, vlc, db
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Schickele - Eine Kleine Nichtmusic - 12'
1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 0; Str.
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CONCERT 2
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Winner 1 - College
TBD
​
Winner 2 - HighSchool
TBD
​
Elizabeth A Kelly - Stop, Drop, and Listen
(for Actor, Orchestra, and Audience) 5’
with Kerry and Abby, comedians
1 1 1 1
3 1 1 0
Percussion and Actors
​
Aristea Mellos - Fountain of Steel (2011) - 8'
for sinfonietta orchestra
Flute doubling piccolo, oboe, clarinet doubling bass clarinet
Bassoon
Horn in F, Trumpet in C, Trombone, Tuba
Percussion 1:
Snare Drum, Temple Blocks (3), Slide Whistle, Suspended Cymbal (medium size), Tom-toms (2), Tambourine, Siren Whistle, Tam-Tam (with a bucket of water), Vibraphone (shared with Perc. 2) and Castanets.
Percussion 2:
Vibraphone, Sizzle Cymbal, Xylophone, Egg Shaker, Crotales
Piano, Harp
Strings - bass with C-extension
​
Osborne - Smoke, Steel, Stone, Cinder
15 instruments
fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt, tbn, 2 prc, pno, 2 vln, vla, vlc, db
​
Schickele - Eine Kleine Nichtmusic - 12'
1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 0; Str.
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CONCERT 2
​
Winner 1 - College
TBD
​
Winner 2 - HighSchool
TBD
​
Elizabeth A Kelly - Stop, Drop, and Listen
(for Actor, Orchestra, and Audience) 5’
with Kerry and Abby, comedians
1 1 1 1
3 1 1 0
Percussion and Actors
​
Aristea Mellos - Fountain of Steel (2011) - 8'
for sinfonietta orchestra
Flute doubling piccolo, oboe, clarinet doubling bass clarinet
Bassoon
Horn in F, Trumpet in C, Trombone, Tuba
Percussion 1:
Snare Drum, Temple Blocks (3), Slide Whistle, Suspended Cymbal (medium size), Tom-toms (2), Tambourine, Siren Whistle, Tam-Tam (with a bucket of water), Vibraphone (shared with Perc. 2) and Castanets.
Percussion 2:
Vibraphone, Sizzle Cymbal, Xylophone, Egg Shaker, Crotales
Piano, Harp
Strings - bass with C-extension
​
Osborne - Smoke, Steel, Stone, Cinder
15 instruments
fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt, tbn, 2 prc, pno, 2 vln, vla, vlc, db
​
Schickele - Eine Kleine Nichtmusic - 12'
1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 0; Str.
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​
​
CONCERT 2
​
Winner 1 - College
TBD
​
Winner 2 - HighSchool
TBD
​
Elizabeth A Kelly - Stop, Drop, and Listen
(for Actor, Orchestra, and Audience) 5’
with Kerry and Abby, comedians
1 1 1 1
3 1 1 0
Percussion and Actors
​
Aristea Mellos - Fountain of Steel (2011) - 8'
for sinfonietta orchestra
Flute doubling piccolo, oboe, clarinet doubling bass clarinet
Bassoon
Horn in F, Trumpet in C, Trombone, Tuba
Percussion 1:
Snare Drum, Temple Blocks (3), Slide Whistle, Suspended Cymbal (medium size), Tom-toms (2), Tambourine, Siren Whistle, Tam-Tam (with a bucket of water), Vibraphone (shared with Perc. 2) and Castanets.
Percussion 2:
Vibraphone, Sizzle Cymbal, Xylophone, Egg Shaker, Crotales
Piano, Harp
Strings - bass with C-extension
​
Osborne - Smoke, Steel, Stone, Cinder
15 instruments
fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt, tbn, 2 prc, pno, 2 vln, vla, vlc, db
​
Schickele - Eine Kleine Nichtmusic - 12'
1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 0; Str.
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Thank you to our audiences for Season 2025-26
Season 2026-27 Preview
THEIR VOICES HEARD
​Saturday October 10, 2026
Afternoon (time to be announced)
Concert at the First Unitarian Church
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Sunday October 11, 2026
Afternoon (time to be announced)
Concert at University of Buffalo
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Monday October 12, 2026
(time to be announced)
Concert at the JCC Hart Theater
Cordancia in collaboration with:
Evan Meccarello, conductor​
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Music: ​
​Reich, Steve: Tehillim
for female voices and full orchestra
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Bryan, Courtney: Requiem
for four soprano voices, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, tuba, and percussion​
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CROSSING SEAS
DATES
To be announced
CONDUCTOR
Evan Meccarello​​
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SOLOISTS
Winner of the Nico Toscano Competition:
Senior division 2025 winner
Austin Shilling, Saxophone
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MUSIC by
Huang Ruo, Chen Yi, Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Bela Bartok, Julie Reisserova, Ruth Gipps​
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Austin Shilling, Saxophone
Previously this season: