2002-2003 Season

October 26, 2002
Brahms, Symphony No.1 in C Minor
Griffes, Poem for Flute and Orchestra
  Priscilla Ochran-Holt, flute
Glazunov, “Autumn” from The Seasons

November 14, 2002
2002 Annual Children’s Concert

December 6 and 7, 2002
The Sherman Symphony’s Christmas Pops
Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf
   plus Seasonal Favorites

March 1, 2003
Mozart, Symphony No. 36 in C Major,
  K 425 (“Linz”)
Beethoven, Egmont Overture, op. 84
C.M.v.Weber, Euryanthe Overture

May 1, 2003
Dvorak, Concerto in B Minor for Cello and Orchestra, op. 104
            Julie Albers, cello
Gershwin/Bennett, A Symphonic Picture for Orchestra from Porgy and Bess

2003-2004 Season

October 25, 2003
Brahms, Symphony No. 2 in D Major
Tomasi, Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
   John Holt, trumpet

November 13, 2003
2003 Annual Children’s Concert

December 6 and 7, 2003
The Sherman Symphony’s Christmas Pops
Grieg, Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 and 2
with Dick Malnory, “the voice of the SSO”
  plus Seasonal Favorites

February 28, 2004
Ravel, Ma mere l’oye
Borodin, Polevetsian Dances
Schubert, Symphony No. 8 (“Unfinshed”)

May 1, 2004
Holst, The Planets

2004-2005 Season

November 6, 2004
Brahms, Symphony No. 3 in F Major
Debussy, Prelude a l’apres midi d’un faun
Wagner, Siegfried’s Rhine Journey

November 11, 2004
2004 Annual Children’s Concert

December 4 and 5, 2004
The Sherman Symphony’s Christmas Pops
Vivaldi, Gloria
   plus Seasonal Favorites

March 5, 2005
Verdi, La Traviata (Prelude and Act I)

Puccini, La boheme (Act I finale)
Puccini, Turandot (“Nessun dorma”)
Bizet, Pearl Fishers (duet and l’orage)
Strauss, Fledermaus (Csardas)
Humperdinck, Hansel und Gretel
     (Children’s Chorus)

April 30, 2005
Beethoven, Symphony No. 1 in C Major
Elgar, Serenade for Strings in E Minor
Delius, Two Pieces for Orchestra
  “Summer Night on the River”
  “On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring”

2005-2006 Season

October 29, 2005
Rachmaninov, Isle of the Dead
Ravel, Bolero
Desenclos, Incantation, Threne, Danse for Trumpet and Orchestra
   John Holt, trumpet

November 10, 2005
2005 Annual Children’s Concert

December 3 and 4, 2005
The Sherman Symphony’s Christmas Pops
Tchaikovsky, Nutcraker Suite
   plus Seasonal Favorites

March 4, 2006
Brahms, Tragic Overture
Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake Suite and Act IV finale
Chabrier, Espana
Ponchielli, Dance of the Hours

April 29, 2006
Beethoven, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
   Soovin Kim, violin
Stravinsky, Firebird Suite (1919)

2006-2007 Season

October 28, 2006
Mozart, Violin Concert No. 5
   Clare Cason, violin
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2

November 9, 2006
2006 Annual Children’s Concert

December 2 and 3, 2006
The Sherman Symphony’s Christmas Pops
Silent Film Festival
  Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin
   plus Seasonal Favorites

February 24, 2007
Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man
Copland, Rodeo, Four Dance Suite
Grofe, Grand Canyon Suite

April 28, 2007
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
   Emily Newton, soprano
   Kathryn Proctor Duax, mezzo-sporano
   Wayne Crannell, tenor
   John Seesholtz, bass-baritone
     Combined Austin College Choirs, Alumni,
      and Faculty

2007-2008 Season

October 20, 2007
Mussorgsky (Ravel), Pictures at an Exhibition
Delius, “A Song of Summer”
Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

   (New setting for string orchestra)

   Jeannie Clark Fisher, soprano

November 8, 2007
2007 Annual Children’s Concert

December 1 and 2, 2007
The Sherman Symphony’s Christmas Pops
  plus Seasonal Favorites

March 1, 2008
Rodrigo, Fantasia para un gentilhombre
   Petar Jankovic, guitar
Barber, First Essay for Orchestra

Barber, Second Essay for Orchestra
Brahms, Academic Festival Overture
Handel, Overture to Agrippina

May 3, 2008
Verdi, Rigoletto

   Emily Newton, soprano
   Wayne Crannell, tenor
   Lawrence Harris, baritone
   Austin College Choirs

2008-2009 Season

October 25, 2008
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6
    “Pathetique”
Brahms, Variations on a Theme by Haydn

November 13, 2008
2008 Annual Children’s Concert

December 6 and 7, 2008
The Sherman Symphony’s Christmas Pops
   plus Seasonal Favorites

March 7, 2009
Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A Major
Mendelssohn, Hebrides Overture

Rossini, Barber of Seville Overture
Faure, Pavane

May 2, 2009
Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
   Daniel Dominick, piano
Ginastera, Variaciones concertantes
Griffes, The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan
Grant-Still, In Memoriam: The Colored
    Soldiers Who Died for Democracy, 1943

Previous Seasons

2009-2010 Season

October 17, 2009       

Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 in E Minor,
     From the New World
Smetana, The Moldau
Yardumian, Chorale-Prelude

November 12, 2009   
2009 Annual Children’s Concert

December 5 and 6, 2009
The Sherman Symphony’s Christmas Pops
   Special guests, Wayne Crannell and the
     Austin College Choirs

March 6, 2010   
Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, 
       “Reformation”
Ravel, Valses nobles et sentimentale
Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio espagnol

May 1, 2010   
Puccini, La boheme
    Emily Newton, soprano
    Ashlyn Rust, soprano
    Wayne Crannell, tenor
    Roberto Mancusi, baritone
    Jeremy Blackwood, baritone

Southeastern OK State University Choirs 

    Stacy Weger, director

Austin College Choirs,

    Wayne Crannell, director

2010-2011 Season

October 16, 2010
Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, 
    “Scottish”
Beethoven, Leonore No. 1

Rossini, Italian Girl in Algiers Overture
Delius/Fenby, Two Aquarelles

November 4, 2010
2010 Annual Children’s Concert

December 4 and 5, 2010    
The Sherman Symphony’s Christmas Pops
Ravel, Mother Goose
            with Dick Malnory, narrator

March 5, 2011   
Mozart, Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major

Glinka, A Life for the Tsar Overture

Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia

Warren, Intermezzo
                from The Legend of King Arthur
Sibelius, Finlandia

April 30, 2011   
Gershwin, An American in Paris
Ravel, Rhapsodie espagnol
Delius, Florida Suite
 

2011-2012 Season

October 22, 2011    
Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 in F Major,
    “Pastoral”
Dukas, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Liadov, Baba-Yaga
Grofe, Trick or Treat, Halloween Fantasy

            for Strings

November 10, 2011    
  2011 Annual Children’s Concert

December 3 and 4, 2011    
The Sherman Symphony’s Christmas Pops!
Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty Suite
Tribute to Leroy Anderson

March 3, 2012    
Borodin, Symphony No. 2 in B Minor
Copland, Suite from The Tender Land
Liadov, The Enchanted Lake

April 28, 2012    
Brahms, Symphony No. 1 in C Minor
Khachaturian, Suite from Masquerade

2012-2013 Season

October 20, 2012    
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
      Scott Watkins, piano
Debussy, Nocturnes

      Women of Austin College Choirs

          Wayne Crannell, director

November 8 , 2012   
2012 Annual Children’s Concert

December 1 and 2, 2012    
The Sherman Symphony’s

Christmas Pops
      Silent Film/Orchestral accompaniment

            The Gold Rush, Charlie Chaplin

March 2, 2013   

Schumann, Symphony No. 3, “Rhenisch”

Schubert, Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”

April 27, 2013   
Bizet, Carmen in a concert presentation

        Marisan Corzino, Carmen

        Wayne Crannell, Don Jose
        Sylvia Rivers, Micaela

        Justin Duncan, the Toreador

        Jeremy Blackwood, Morales

Southeastern OK State University Choirs                

    Stacy Weger, director

Austin College Choirs
    Wayne Crannell, director

SSO Children’s Chorus

    Sylvia Rivers, director

SHARE Children’s Chorus

    Jeri Walker, director
 

2013-2014 Season

October 5, 2013   

Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez
                Petar Jankovic, guitar

Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade
                Clare Cason, violin

November 7, 2013
2013 Annual Children’s Concert

   

January 5, 2014 

Rescheduled Christmas Pops

Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf

                Betty Harper, narrator

March 1, 2014  
Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G Minor

Griffes, Roman Sketches

Beethoven, Coriolan Overture

April 26, 2014   
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 1

Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4

2014-2015 Season

October 18, 2014    
Brahms, Symphony No.3

Debussy, Afternoon of a faun
Bellini, Overture to Norma
Schmitt, Chant élégiaque

November 6, 2014    
2014 Annual Children’s Concert

December 6 and 7, 2014
The Sherman Symphony’s

Christmas Pops

   TV and Movie theme fun!
      

March 20, 2015   

Beethoven, Symphony No. 3
Ginastera, Estancia Suite

May 2, 2015  
Gounod, Finale to Act I, Faust      

Gounod, “Salut! demeure chaste,” Faust            

Delibes, “Sous le dôme épais,” Lakme       

Verdi, “Va pensiero,” Nabucco                         

Puccini, Finale to Act I, Tosca                              

Puccini, Musetta’s Waltz, La boheme        

Handel, “Lascia ch’io pianga,” Rinaldo        

Massenet, “Va! Laisse couler,” Werther        

Bizet, “Au fond du temple,” The Pearl Fishers  

Mozart, “Porgi, amor,” The Marriage of Figaro   

Puccini, “O mio babbino caro,” Gianni Schicchi   

Wagner, “Freudig begrüssen,” Tannhäuser         

     Sylvia Rivers, soprano

    Candace Taylor, soprano

    Wayne Crannell, tenor

    Roberto Mancusi, baritone

Austin College Choirs, Wayne Crannell, director

Southeastern Oklahoma Sate University Choirs,

                                  Joshua Nannestad, director

      
 

2015-2016 Season

October 17, 2015
Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 1

        Elisabeth Adkins, violin
Elgar, Enigma Variations

November 5, 2015      

2015 Annual Children’s Concert

December 5 and 6, 2015  

The Sherman Symphony’s

Christmas Pops
           

February 27, 2016   

Wm Grant Still, Symphony No. 1,

    “Afro-American”
Rimsky-Korsakov, Coq d’or Suite

Rachmaninov, Vocalise

April 30, 2016   
Holst, The Planets

Beethoven, Overture to Fidelio   
 

2016-2017 Season

October 22, 2016
Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Evan Mitchell, piano

November 3, 2016      

2015 Annual Children’s Concert

December 3 and 4, 2016  

The Sherman Symphony’s

Christmas Pops

    Peer Gynt Suites 1 and 2 and

      How the Grinch Stole Christmas
           

February 25, 2017   

Wagner, Seigfried’s Rhine Journey

Rachmaninov, Isle of the Dead

April 28, 2017   

Beethoven, Symphony No. 9

    Nereida Garcia, soprano

    Molly Fillmore, mezzo-soprano

    Wayne Crannell, tenor

    Roberto Mancusi, bass   

1.     Austin College Choirs
   

2.     Austin College Alumni Choir
   

3.         Wayne Crannell, director
   

4.     The Symphonic Chorus of SOSU
   

5.         Joshua Nannestad, director
   

6.     The North Texas Concert Chorale
   

7.         Sam Patty, director
    
   

2017-2018 Season

October 7, 2017   

Brahms, Symphony No. 2
Ravel, Bolero

Saint-Saens, Danse macabre
          Elisabeth Atkins, violin

November 2, 2017
2017 Annual Children’s Concert

   

December 2 and 3, 2017 

Christmas Pops

    Grieg, Symphonic Dances

    Dum spiro, film and film score

                        accompaniment

March 3, 2018  
Stravinsky, Firebird (1919)

Britten, Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings

            Wayne, Crannell, tenor

            William Scharnberg, horn

Mozart, Overture

             March of the Priests

                    (Magic Flute)

Sousa, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine

April 28, 2018   
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5

Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man

Tower, Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman

Vaughan-Williams, Prelude to 49th Parallel

2018-2019 Season

October 13, 2018   

Dvorak, Symphony No. 8
Rimsky-Korakov, Capriccio espagnol

Delius, Walk to the Paradise Garden

November 1, 2018
2018 Annual Children’s Concerts

   

December 1 and 2, 2018  (Sherman)

December 6, 2018 (Greenville)

December 7, 2018 (Ardmore)

Christmas Pops

Movie and TV Themes   

    Batman

    Star Trek

    Star Wars

    Gone With the Wind

    James Bond

    Pink Panther

    How to Train Your Dragon

    Incredibles

   

March 2, 2019  
Beethoven, Symphony No. 8

Brahms, Tragic Overture

Mussorgsky/R-Korsakov, Night on Bald Mountain

Sibelius, Finlandia

April 27, 2019   
Mozart Operas

    Don Giovanni

            Overture

            “Il mio tesoro intanto”

            Finale, Act II

    Marriage of Figaro

            “Gioani liete”

            “Hai gia vinta causa”

            “Che soave zeffiretto”

            “Ricevete, o padroncina”

            Finale, Act IV

    Magic Flute

            “O Isis und Osiris, schenket der Weisheit Geist”

            “Seid uns zum zweiten Mal willkommen”

            “O Isis und Osiris, welche Wonne!”

            Finale, Act II

    Ave verum corpus

Sylvia Rivers, soprano

Robin Tercero Montgomery, soprano

Julie Crannell, soprano

Hannah Barry, mezzo

Emily Campbell, mezzo

Toni Richardson, soprano

Wayne Crannell, tenor

Robert Cardwell, bass

Roberto Mancusi, bass

Jeremy Blackwood, baritone

Zachary Magers, baritone

Austin College Choirs

        Wayne Crannell, director