6pm | Royce Hall

Alexander Treger, conductor
Rod Gilfry, baritone

Bernstein: Candide Overture
Bernstein: There is a Law from Trouble in Tahiti
Loesser: My Heart is So Full of You from The Most Happy Fella
Mozart: Deh Vieni alla Finestra from Don Giovanni
Jones: A Child is Born
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Soliloquy from Carousel
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

Two-time Grammy nominee Rod Gilfry joins AYS for a lively opening night featuring some of America’s best loved songs. Framed by Bernstein’s Candide Overture and Tchaikovsky’s festive and famous Fifth Symphony, this program opens a season designed to expose AYS musicians to a variety of styles they will be expected to know as professionals.

Gala Committee:

Irma and Benjamin Breslauer
                                    Soshana Claman and Bill Sheinberg Mary and Gilbert Cutler 
                                            DhunMai and Phiroze Dalal               Silvia and Kevin Dretzka                                            Beverly and Herb Gelfand                 Tina and Rod Gilfry                                                    Carol Goldsmith
Dr. Richard Handwerger
                                           John Liebes
Steve Linder and Michael Hanel                               Krystyna and David Newman
Elizabeth Pitcairn                                                       Doreen Ringer-Ross and Marty Ross 
Linda and Tony Rubin                                               Geri Rotella and Peter Rotter
Elise Sinay Spilker                                                     Billy Sullivan
Milla and Alexander Treger

The Opening Night Concert is supported by a grant from the
Flora L. Thornton Foundation

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