Repertoire for Past Concerts

Season 2025-2026

CLASSICAL CARTOONS- October 2025

Saturday, October 18, 2025 - 7:00 p.m. Davidson United Methodist Church

Overture to The Barber of Seville = Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868)

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D Minor, G.359/2 - Franz Liszt (1811–86)

Garland Waltz (Sleeping Beauty) - Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–93)

Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda) - Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–86)

The Torreadors from (Carmen Suite No. 1) - Georges Bizet (1838–75)

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Scherzo after a Goethe ballad - Paul Dukas (1865–1935)

Infernal Galop (Orpheus in the Underworld) - Jacques Offenbach (1819–80)

SPIRIT OF THE SEASON - December 2025

Saturday, December 13, 2025 - 7:00 p.m. Davidson United Methodist Church 

The Bells of Christmas - arr. Bob Krogstad (b. 1950)

Walking in the Air (The Snowman) - Howard Blake (b. 1938) arr. John Leavitt (b. 1956)

There’s Christmas in the Air - arr. Carl Strommen (b. 1939)

Christmas Canon - Paul O’Neill (1956–2017) arr. Bob Phillips (b. 1953) & Andy Beck (b. 1986)

The Musical Sleigh Ride - Leopold Mozart (1719–87)

Canadian Brass Christmas - arr. Luther Henderson (1919–2003) orch. Calvin Custer (1939–98)

African Noel - trad. Liberian Folk Song

Three Holiday Songs from Home Alone - John Williams (b. 1932) Leslie Bricusse (1931–2021)

Somewhere in My Memory

Star of Bethlehem

Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

SIDE-BY-SIDE with the NORTH CAROLINA YOUTH ORCHESTRA - March 2026

Thursday, March 5, 2026 - 7:30 p.m. Mooresville Performing Arts Center

Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 46 - Antonín Dvořák 

Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” - Antonín Dvořák 

GRAND SEASON FINALE - Guest Artist- Carmen Bradford, jazz vocalist - May 2026

Saturday, May 30, 2026 - 7:00 p.m.

Davidson Town Hall & Community Center Auditorium (251 South Street, Davidson, NC) 

A Salute to the Big Bands - arr. Calvin Custer (1939–98)

Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller (1904–43) & Andy Razaf (1895–1973) orch. Jeff Tyzik (b. 1951)

Love Is Here To Stay - George Gershwin (1898–1937) & Ira Gershwin (1896–1983) arr. Nelson Riddle (1921–85)

I’ve Got A Crush On You -  G. Gershwin & I. Gershwin arr. Riddle

St. Louis Blues March - W. C. Handy (1873–1958) arr. Tyzik

Fascinating Rhythm - G. Gershwin & I. Gershwin arr. Riddle

(If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)  - Sam Coslow (1902–82)

I Won’t Dance - Jerome Kern (1885–1945) & Dorothy Fields (1905–74) arr. Riddle

I’ve Got A Right To Sing The Blues - Harold Arlen (1905–86) & Ted Koehler (1894–1973) arr. Sammy Nestico (1924–2021) orch. Larry Cook & Tyzik

But Not For Me - G. Gershwin & I. Gershwin arr. Riddle

An American in Paris - G. Gershwin arr. John Whitney (1942–2014)

Someone To Watch Over Me - G. Gershwin & I. Gershwin arr. Riddle

A Tisket, A Tasket - Traditional Ella Fitzgerald (1917–96) & Van Alexander Feldman (1915–2015) orch. Chick Webb (1905–39)  arr. Cook