The 蜜桃传媒 Orchestra, masked up, socially distant and with bell covers over their instruments, will perform 鈥淎n Orchestral Sampler鈥� on Friday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. The event, which is being recorded live outdoors, will be available for free viewing at .
Michael Shasberger, 蜜桃传媒 Adams professor of music and worship, will conduct the orchestra behind a face shield. 鈥淥ur great delight in presenting these video programs is the opportunity to be together to make music, even outside in a tent with crickets chirping, wind blowing, a range of temperatures and cars passing by,鈥� Shasberger says. 鈥淲orking remotely with various online platforms for the first month of school was challenging in many good and difficult ways. We learned a great deal, particularly the value of being together!鈥�
The concert will include Felix Mendelssohn鈥檚 鈥淔ingal鈥檚 Cave Overture,鈥� Mary Watkins鈥� 鈥淪oul of Remembrance,鈥� Edvard Grieg鈥檚 Piano Concerto in A Minor Movement No. 3 with sophomore Emma Mitchell on piano, and Philip Stern鈥檚 鈥淎rches Over Water.鈥�