Tickets (available from the PSU Music Department, or at the door) are $6 for adults and $4 for students & senior citizens. Children under 12 are admitted free when accompanied by an adult. For more information contact the PSU Music Department at 620-235-4466.

All concerts are in the Memorial Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. Programs and venues are subject to change, please feel free to contact the PSU Music department at 620-235-4466 or Stella Hastings at 620-235-4469 for further information.

~ Fall 2002 ~

• Sunday, September 29 (3:00 p.m.)
  "Keyboard Extravaganza!"
  "SEK Symphony opens season with concert"
  (Morning Sun article, Saturday, September 28th, 2002)
  • Concerto for organ & strings in E-flat major, Wq35, H446 - C.P.E. Bach
    Susan Marchant, Organ
  • Piano concerto in a minor, Op. 54 - Schumann
    Reena Berger, Piano
  • Piano Concerto in D Flat major, Op. 38 - Khachaturian
    Steven Edmund, Piano

• Friday, November 15th (9:45 a.m.)
  "Young People's Fall Concert"
  • The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a - Tchaikovsky
    Narrated by Gene Bicknell

• Sunday, November 17th (3:00 p.m.)
  "Russian Classics with a 'Twist'"
  "SEK Symphony offers concert"
  (Morning Sun article, Sunday, Nov. 17th, 2002)
  • Festive Overture in A major, Op. 96 - Shostakovich
  • Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Classical"), Opus 25 - Prokofiev
  • The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a - Tchaikovsky
    (This concert also features the PSU Jazz Ensemble performing the Duke Ellington "Jazz Nutcracker" arrangements!)

~ Spring 2003 ~

• Sunday, February 23rd (3:00 p.m.)
  "Festival of New Music" with guest conductors Julie James, Persis Vehar, & Phillip Schroeder
  "Symphony Concert Scheduled"
  (The Morning Sun, Pittsburg, KS, Sunday, February 23, 2003)
  "PSU's first New Music Festival set for Feb. 20-23"
  (InsightPSU Article, Jan. 30, 2003, p.3)
  • Fanfare (2002) for Six Trumpets - John C. Ross
    PSU Trumpet Ensemble
  • The Inevitable Dawn - Persis Parshall Vehar
    Persis Parshall Vehar - Piano
  • La Tristesse de Cérès - (Ceres' Sorrow), 2002 for Piano & Orchestra - John C. Ross (World Premiere!)
    Reena Berger - Piano
  • Surrender to Another, for string orchestra, 1999 - Phillip Schroeder
  • In Celebration - Persis Parshall Vehar
    Persis Parshall Vehar - Piano
  • Centennial (2003) - John C. Ross
    SEK Symphony Brass

• Sunday, April 6th (3:00 p.m.)
  Concerto/Aria Competition Winners Concert
  "Symphony spotlights soloists"
  (The Morning Sun, Pittsburg, KS, Sunday, April 6th, 2003)
  • Overture to Cosi fan Tutte, K. 588 - Mozart
    Julie James, Conducting
  • "Csàrdas" (from Die Fledermaus) - Strauss
    Aline Carnes, Soprano
  • Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 (Mvt. II & III) - Tchaikovsky
    XiaoGuo Zhu, violin
  • Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 ("Unfinished") - Schubert
  • Capriccio Espagnol Op. 34 - Rimsky-Korsakov

• Friday, April 11th (9:45 a.m.)
  "Young People's Spring Concert"
  • Green Eggs & Ham - Robert Kapilow

• Sunday, May 4th (3:00 p.m.) - First United Methodist Church.
  "Oratorio Concert" with the PSU Choral Department, directed by Dr. Susan Marchant
  • Zadock the Priest, HWV 258 (Coronation anthem) - Handel
  • The King Shall Rejoice, HWV 260 (Coronation anthem) - Handel
  • Mass in B-flat major, Hob. XXII:14 "Harmoniemasse" - Haydn