SBU’s Staller Center to host University Orchestra concert on Nov. 12

Stony Brook University’s University Orchestra will present a concert at the Staller Center for the Arts, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook on Tuesday, November 12 on the Main Stage at 7:30 p.m. Conducted by Susan Deaver, the University Orchestra will perform Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances and Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony.

The University Orchestra is a 70-member ensemble of undergraduate students from Stony Brook University. The University Orchestra presents a series of concerts each year at Staller Center including the annual Messiah Sing-Along and the annual Family Concert. Susan Deaver, conductor of the University Orchestra, has conducted orchestras in the United States, Europe and Asia and is a member of the music faculty at Stony Brook University. In 2016 she completed her 25th year as Music Director & Conductor of the North Shore Symphony Orchestra and has conducted Composers Reading Sessions with the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra and numerous festivals in New York and New Jersey.

The featured soloist is pianist and Long Island native Michael Ho who tied as 1st Place Winner of the 2024 Undergraduate Concerto Competition. Mr. Ho will perform the first movement of Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor.

Tickets are $15 adults, $10 seniors  (62+) and $5 students and are available online at www.stallercenter.com or by purchasing tickets at the Staller Box Office (631)632-2787). The Box Office is open one hour prior to the performance or you may purchase online at this link: Music Department Events

For further information about the University Orchestra, contact the Stony Brook Department of Music at 631.632-7330 or visit their website at https://www.stonybrook.edu/music.

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