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Annual Art Auction is coming September 24

Scary Sinfonia is back!

We perform in Symphony Hall this season on Nov 20
and April 2.
We perform in Allen Organ's Octave Hall this season on Oct 2
and March 5.
We perform at Wesley Church this season on Jan 16.
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Check out the summer schedule of another of our musical friends in the Lehigh Valley.

Click below for the next concert of each type.
Regular Season - Valley Vivaldi - Simply Sinfonia - Camerata Singers

Our newest venue, Allen Organ's Octave Hall in Macungie, has been declared a rousing success by the musicians and the audience. You know you are doing something right when you have to set up additional chairs (fortunately the floor plan is open and allows this) and quickly reproduce extra copies of the program because of the influx of audience. July 18th's concert was a delight - the ambience was warm and intimate, the acoustics were excellent, the audience was attentive and appreciative and the musicians were at the top of their form. This is the opinion of your webmaster, but I'm sure the critics will agree. This is what Philip A.Metzger had to say about the June 27 concert in Octave Hall and here is what Steve Siegel said about the July 18 concert.

Your next opportunity to check out this venue for yourself will be at our regular season opener on Saturday, October 2.

Simply Sinfonia 2010-2011

Virtuoso Benefit Recitals

Suggested donation, $15 at the door. No tickets required.

Michael Gurt and Friends

Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 7:30 PM

Wesley Church, Bethlehem

Michael Gurt, piano

Antonin Dvořák - Piano Quintet in A

John Corigliano - violin sonata with Simon Maurer (Mr. Corigliano is the composer of the score for The Red Violin).

Jindrich Feld, a flute sonata performed by Robin Kani

Michael Gurt

Our Regular Season Schedule 2010-2011

Exotic Gems

Saturday, October 2, 2010 - 7:30 PM

Soloist: Christopher Houlihan, organ

Octave Hall, Allen Organ Headquarters, Macungie

Barber - Capricorn Concerto (oboe, flute trumpet)

Leighton - Veris Gratia (cello, oboe)

Amaya - Angelica (combination of Latin rhythms)

Poulenc - Organ Concerto in g

This is an exciting new venue with wonderful acoustics, plenty of free parking, and an interesting museum about the history of electronic organs. Map and Directions

Sinfonia welcomes brilliant young organist Christopher Houlihan. Audience members can become part of the increasing pool of Houl-i-"fans" when they hear him perform Poulenc's Organ Concerto in g.

Christopher Houlihan

PSO Gala - Mozart and Schubert

Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 7:30 PM

Soloist: Vivian Wang, piano and The Camerata Singers

Symphony Hall, Allentown

Mozart - Symphony No 23 in D, K.181

Schubert - Mass No. 2 in G (with the Camerata Singers)

Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 24 in c minor, K. 491

The Sinfonia and Allan Birney have nurtured many careers in the nearly 30 year history of the orchestra. Vivian Wang, now a senior at Moravian Academy, is both young AND familiar to Sinfonia audiences. She has been a student of Allan Birney's since she was 6 1/2 and performed her first solo concert at Wesley Church when she was only 11. Vivian has not only won the hearts of Sinfonia's audiences, but several competitions as well.

Vivian Wang

Winter Vivaldi

Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 3 PM

Soloist: Father Sean Brett Duggan, piano

Wesley Church, Bethlehem

Vivaldi - Concerto in g for two cellos and strings

Grossi - Sonata Decima for trumpet and strings

Telemann - Canonic Sonata No.4 in a

Bach - Piano Concerto in f, BWV 1056

Father Sean Brett Duggan, pianist and Bach specialist, will return to Wesley Church for Sinfonia's beloved "Winter Vivaldi" program. He will be joined by the principal players of the orchestra to perform Bach's Piano Concerto in f, BWV 1056. Vivaldi's Concerto in g for two cellos and strings, a Telemann Canonic Sonata and a trumpet and string sonata by Grossi will also be on the program.

Father Sean Duggan

Revelations

Saturday, March 5, 2011 - 7:30 PM

Soloist: Meta Weiss, cellist

Octave Hall, Allen Organ Headquarters, Macungie

Bach - Sitkovetsky Goldberg Variations

Grieg - Two Elegiac Melodies Op. 10

Haydn - Cello concerto in C

Terrific young cellist, Meta Weiss, will join Sinfonia for Haydn's Cello Concerto in C. A unique rendition of J.S. Bach's the Goldberg Variations with a complete orchestration of the keyboard work by Sitkovetsky will also be featured. This musically challenging and gratifying orchestration brings out details not readily heard in the keyboard versions. The individual lines (especially in the canons) are more audible to the listeners through the various timbres of the instruments, as well as matching the lines heard to the visual aspect of that line being performed by the instrumentalists. The acoustics, visibility and smaller venue at Allen Organ's Octave Hall will augment this aspect and heighten the audience's experience. Grieg's Two Elegiac Melodies Op. 10 will also be on the program.

Meta Weiss

A Classic Season Finale

Saturday, April 2, 2011 - 7:30 PM

Soloist: Carmit Zori, violin

Symphony Hall, Allentown

Schubert - Rondo in A for violin and strings

Maltz - M.O.N.K. (A Brotherly Serenade) world premiere

Dvořák - Romance in f for violin and orchestra, Op. 11

Beethoven - Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36

Back at Symphony Hall, Sinfonia will complete their fall/winter season featuring familiar violin soloist, Carmit Zori, performing Dvořák's Romance in f for violin and orchestra, Op. 11 and Schubert's Rondo in A for violin and strings. Highlighting the program will be a new work written especially for the orchestra by composer, Richard Maltz entitled "M.O.N.K." Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 in D will round out the program and a varied year of new plus familiar works in new (Octave Hall) and familiar (Symphony Hall and Wesley Church) surroundings!

Carmit Zori

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Camerata Singers 2010-2011

Visit the Camerata Singers' website.

see the PSO Gala in the regular season concert schedule

Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 7:30 PM

Soloist: Vivian Wang, piano and The Camerata Singers

Symphony Hall, Allentown

Handel's Messiah

Saturday, December 18, 2010 - 7:30 PM

First Presbyterian Church, Allentown

Handel's timeless masterpiece in a complete performance

Spring Concert

Saturday, April 9, 2011 - 7:30 PM

First Presbyterian Church, Allentown

The Invisible Fire - a dramatic oratorio

Music by Cecil Effinger

Libretto by Tom F. Driver

Simply Sinfonia 2010-2011

Virtuoso Benefit Recitals

Suggested donation, $15 at the door. No tickets required.

Michael Gurt and Friends

Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 7:30 PM

Wesley Church, Bethlehem

Michael Gurt, piano

Antonin Dvořák - Piano Quintet in A

John Corigliano - violin sonata with Simon Maurer (Mr. Corigliano is the composer of the score for The Red Violin).

Jindrich Feld, a flute sonata performed by Robin Kani

Michael Gurt

The Spirituality of Great Keyboard Composers

Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 4 PM

Wesley Church, Bethlehem

Father Sean Brett Duggan, piano

Spiritual music by Bach, Liszt and Messiaen

Father Sean Duggan

J. S. Bach - The Art of Fugue

Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 4:00 PM

Wesley Church, Bethlehem

Father Sean Brett Duggan, piano

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Valley Vivaldi Wreath

Last Summer (2010) Schedule

Sunday June 27, 2010 - 7:30 PM

Octave Hall, Allen Organ Headquarters, Macungie

Vivaldi - Spring (Seasons)

Handel - Organ concerto in B Flat

J.C Bach - Quintet in F for oboe, flute, violin, viola and continuo

Telemann - Airs for trumpet and organ

Bach - Oboe d'amore concerto in A, BWV 1055

Featuring Valley Vivaldi Musicians:
  Inna Eyzerovich, violin - "Spring"
  Nobuo Kitagawa, oboe
  Robin Kani, flute
  Lawrence Wright, trumpet
  Allan Birney, organ

This is an exciting new venue with wonderful acoustics, plenty of free parking, and an interesting museum about the history of electronic organs.

Pictures, Map and Directions