After the Hillsdale Symphony Orchestra plays Dvorak’s off-the-beaten-track 8th Symphony, it’ll sprinkle holiday cheer with Christmas music during its winter concert, which runs Saturday to Sunday. It’s rare, but the calendar presented an opportunity for Christmas pop music this year, according to Professor of Music James Holleman. Last year, the orchestra couldn’t follow through with...
The Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra opens its 67th season this weekend with a diverse repertoire featuring works from the 19th and 20th centuries, highlighted by Felix Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 5 in D major,” also known as the “Reformation” symphony. The Orchestra will perform on Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in Markel...
The College Orchestra Directors Association invited the Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra to perform at its 2017 national conference in Washington, D.C., in February. James Holleman, music department chairman, announced Monday that the association selected Hillsdale’s orchestra from other applicants around the country through a blind audition process, so it did not consider any information about...
The Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra will fill Markel Auditorium with the sounds of a Suffolk fishing town this weekend in its annual spring concert. The “Four Sea Interludes,” selections from the opera “Peter Grimes” by British composer Benjamin Britten, challenge musicians to bring the salty air of the sea and scenes of village living in...
When Music Department Chair James Holleman tried to explain the climax of Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2, his favorite piece from the orchestra’s upcoming concert program, words failed him. Instead, he resorted to his natural mode of communication and began to conduct an invisible orchestra, humming the melody to make his point. The Hillsdale College Symphony...