2010 - 2011 Concert season

"French Fare"
3:00 p.m., Sep. 26th, 2010
with guest soloist, Clayton Dunaway, clarinet.

~1~ Featuring a petit peu of great French repertoire. [More ~ 1 ~ ]

Amahl & the Night Visitors, and the Telephone Operas
7:30 p.m., Nov. 19th, 2010 &
3:00 p.m., Nov. 21st, 2010
Lakeside Elementary Auditorium
709 S. College, Pittsburg

~2~ Two one act operas by Gian Carlo Menotti [More ~ 2 ~ ]

"Holiday Concert"
3:00 p.m., Dec. 5th
Memorial Auditorium
A concert with the Community Band

~3~ A concert of holiday music [More ~ 3 ~ ]

"Pianissimo"
3:00 p.m., Feb. 20th, 2011,
Dongyuan Chen, & Cagdas Soylar, piano

~4~ Two piano greats by Beethoven and Gershwin [More ~ 4 ~ ]

~ Other Season Performances ~

Oratorio Concert

Join the Southeast Kansas Symphony
and Community Chorus for our annual Annual Oratorio Concert, May 5th, 2011.

Orchestra Personnel

Aysegul Giray, graduate assistant

Names are repeated if musicians perform in multiple sections.

~ Winds ~

Flute ~ Piccolo
- Julie Penner
- Gustavo Aquino Navarro
- AJ Beu
- Kathy De Grave
- Robin Hart
- Tim McVey
Oboe
- Russell Jones
Clarinet
- Clayton Dunaway
- James Ryals
- Kyle George
Bassoon
- Megan Gabehart

~ Brass ~

French Horn
- Jean Klassen
- Sarah Arnold
- Ariele Foltz
Trumpet
- Dalton Williams
- Will Koehler
Trombone
- Christine Lovell
- Amanda Damewood
- Josh Tidd
Tuba
- A. J. Beu

~ Percussion ~

Timpani & General Percussion
- Zach Trosper
- Andy Slater
- Kaitlin Crull
- Kenny McDougle
- Lauren Arthur

~ Strings ~

Violin I
- Ramiro Miranda, Concertmaster
- Ayscgul Giray
- Miranda Grimmer
- Linda Vollen
- Marilyn Layden
- Alexandria Wilbert
Violin II
- Stephen Gedert
- Erika Zelada
- Kayla Bush
- Hannah Heims
- Adam Bentley
- Kayla Paxson
Viola
- Luiz Reyes
- Gregory Campbell
- Gloria Britez Scolari
- Sydney Hague
- Gene Vollen
- Phil Easley
Cello
- Irene Diaz Gill
- Carson Felt
- Jessica Bjorgaard
- Jeremy Smith
- Megan Dean
- William Mitchell
- Paul Smith
Double Bass
- Richard Samford
- Cameron Schmitz

~ Guests ~

Soloists
- Clayton Dunaway - Clarinet
- Dongyuan Chen - Piano
- Cagdas Soylar - Piano

Board of the Friends of the Symphony:

The members of the board of the Friends of the Southeast Kansas Symphony Orchestra for the 2010-2011 season are:

Terry Calloway - President
Monica Kellogg - Treasurer
Richard Samford - Secretary/Webmaster
Selim Giray - Music Director & Conductor
Russell Jones - Ex-Officio
John Ross - Contemporary Music Editor
Paul Carlson
Ellen Carter
Carol Cook
David Hurley

How do I obtain tickets?

Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for senior citizens. PSU students are admitted free with their student ID. Children under 12 are admitted free when accompanied by an adult.

Supporters of the Southeast Kansas Symphony are entitled to two free tickets for each of our regular season concerts. More information is available on our Support page.

Tickets are available at the door one hour in advance of each concert, or are available through the PSU Ticket Office. To order by phone, call (620) 235-4796. Telephone orders must be paid by using a Visa card, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express card. Please visit the Ticket Office web site for more information.

All concerts are in the Memorial Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. Programs and venues are subject to change, so please check our individual concert pages for information on each performance, or feel free to contact the PSU Music department at 620-235-4466. You may also contact or Selim Giray at 620-235-4472 for further information.

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