The Manchester Symphony Orchestra begins its 86th season on Sunday, Oct. 6 with two joyful classics.
The Manchester Symphony Orchestra begins its 86th season with two joyful classics.
Debra Lynn, conductor and artistic director, selected Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 and the music from Igor Stravinsky’s Pulcinella ballet for the MSO’s Back to the Classics concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6 in Cordier Auditorium at Manchester University.
The Pulcinella features Manchester alumni soloists Mackenzie Sheridan ’24, mezzo soprano; Jake Svay ’24, tenor; and Jeremiah Sanders ’14, baritone.
General admission is $20. Tickets and a livestream link are available for purchase at manchestersymphonyorchestra.org. As part of its outreach efforts, admission to this concert is free for those 18 and younger, as well as for MU students and employees.
North Manchester is one of the smallest communities in the nation with its own symphony orchestra. Residents of Wabash County and what was then Manchester College founded the symphony in 1939. That partnership continues today with a carefully crafted collaboration of professional and community musicians, as well as selected MU students, staff and faculty musicians.