This website aims to keep the Cornell and Ithaca communities up-to-date with all symphony-related information. Additionally, this website serves as the course website for MUSIC 343/344, the academic courses for Cornell students participating in the orchestra.
November 2009
Auditions for the Spring 2010 semester will be held in late November 2009. Guidelines and information can be found on the Auditions page.
January 2010
The orchestra is in the process of planning a tour to New Orleans, LA, to perform with area orchestras and contribute to a Habitat for Humanity project. More.
Auditions for Spring 2010 will be held November 30th through December 2nd, 2009. Click here for information.
Congratulations to the newly-elected Board Members of the Orchestras!
Co-Presidents: Mallory Matsumoto and Joanne Chua (Fall semester)/Minerva Ho (Spring semester)
Secretary: Sumona Bhattacharya
Treasurer: Carol Tsang
Newsletter Editor: Lora Ulmer
Alumni Liaison: Mikhail Grinwald
Fundraising Committee: Arthur Zhou and Mahina Wang
Historian: Ryder Stroud
Community Outreach Chair: Sarah Smith
Webmaster: Adrienne Rosenblatt
Publicity Chair: Vance Gao
Poster Designer: Elaine Higahshi and Sandra Hwang
The auditions for Fall 2009 have concluded, and the new roster is now posted. Go here to see the roster.
Be sure to register for the course, either 1 credit (letter grade), or 0 credit (S/U). The course number is MUSIC 3621.
Cornell's Sixth Annual Concerto Competition will be held on Sunday, December 13, 2009. For more information, please visit the Concerto Competition page and/or download the application form.
New York, NY, June 11, 2009: The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) will join the League of American Orchestras in presenting 26 awards to orchestras who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to contemporary composers at a special Awards Presentation being held today (June 11) during the League's 64th Annual Conference in Chicago. The annual ASCAP Adventurous Programming Awards recognize American orchestras whose past season prominently featured music written within the last twenty-five years.
The Cornell Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, with Chris Younghoon Kim as director, won first place in the Collegiate Orchestras category. Go here for the full article.
Posters from old concerts now have their own page on the website! Be sure to check it out here.
Graduating senior Yoon Kim '09 was featured in the Cornell Chronicle recently. Click here for the featured senior profile.
Don't miss the last concert of the 2008-2009 season! This year's final concert features works by Steven Stucky, Francesco Antonioni, and Igor Stravinsky.
Facebook event: click here!
Concert poster: click here!
This year's edition of the orchestra newsletter, The Whole Note, is now in print. Go here to read up on the activities of the orchestra.
Information regarding auditions for the 2009-2010 year is now posted. It can be found on the auditions page.
Please contact Chris Kim (cyk8@cornell.edu) if you have any questions.
The Cornell Daily Sun interviewed Adranne Ngam, this year's Concerto Competition winner, in the March 4 edition of the Sun.
The interview can be found here, on the Cornell Daily Sun website. Be sure to check it out!
The iO String Quartet will be on Cornell campus for a 6-day residency, March 3-8, 2009.
Tuesday, March 3:
4:45-6:15pm: iO Quartet coaching with Cornell Chamber Orchestra in Barnes Hall.
Thursday, March 5:
12:30pm: Midday concert in Lincoln B20
feat. New String Quartets by Cornell DMA composers Peter Fahey, Amit Guilutz, Takumah Itoh and Jesse Jones.
4:45-6:15pm: iO Quartet coaching with Cornell Chamber Orchestra in Barnes Hall
7:30pm: Fireside chat at Hans Bethe House
Christopher Gross (cellist) and Stephen Miahky (violinist)
7:30pm: Fireside chat at Carl Becker House
Christina McGann (violinist) and Elizabeth Weisser (violist)
Sunday, March 8:
3:00pm: iO String Quartet in Concert, Barnes Hall
Program:
L.V. Beethoven String Quartet Op. 95
Maurice Ravel String Quartet
Johannes Brahms Piano Quintet with Miri Yampolsky
Don't miss the upcoming joint concert of the Cornell Symphony and Chamber Orchestras! The concert is on Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 3:00 PM in Bailey Hall. Program is as follows:
Chamber Orchestra:
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791): Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", led by Joseph Lin
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998): Piano Concerto, feat. Xak Bjerken, piano
Intermission
Symphony Orchestra:
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983): Pampeana No. 2 for cello and orchestra op. 21, feat. Adrianne Ngam, cello (Winner of the 5th annual Cornell Concerto Competition)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949): Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 (Death and Transfiguration)
Concert is free and open to the public. To RSVP on Facebook, go here.
There is a new page on the CSO website: the Orchestra History Page. It contains programs from and information about CSO concerts as far back as the 1930s.
The page is a work in progress, and input is always appreciated. Please check it out, and send any comments or suggestions to webmaster Kim at kmm223@cornell.edu or historian Vance at vdg2@cornell.edu.
The Cornell Chronicle recently featured an article about this year's concerto competition. Check it out at the link below:
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec08/Concerto08.da.html.
Congratulations to Adrianne Ngam, this year's concerto competition winner! She played Ginastera's Pampeana No. 2 on cello.
Adrianne will play with the Symphony Orchestra in the March 1st concert.
The other three finalists were:
Congratulations to all participants in this year's successful competition!
Don't miss Cornell's 5th Annual Concerto Competition this coming Sunday, December 14th!
Preliminary Round: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Final Round: 8:00 PM
All rounds are in Barnes Hall and are free and open to the public.
For a list of participants and a detailed schedule, go here.
Vacancies:
Auditions will be held on Monday, December 8th from 1-5 PM.
Please email Chris Kim at cyk8@cornell.edu to schedule an audition time.
Sunday November 23rd: CCO and Chorale in Concert, 3pm, Sage Chapel, performing Mozart's Requiem. Free and open to the public.
Friday December 5th: CSO in Concert, 8pm, Bailey Hall. Free and open to the public.
Monday December 8th: Spring Semester auditions (only for new members). Contact Chris Kim for details.
Sunday December 14th: Fifth Annual Concerto Competition. Preliminary round: 10:00am-4:00pm. Final round: 8:00 pm. Barnes Hall. Free and open to the public.
The Orchestra Media Page is up and running! Check it out for pictures and video clips of concerts and orchestra activities. If you have images or video you want posted on the site, email webmaster Kim Mezger at cornellorchestras@gmail.com.
On Friday November 7th from 10:30-11:30 pm, come out to Lynah Rink to ice skate with the orchestra! All CSO and CCO members and friends are welcome to attend. Admission is free, but bring $2 for skate rental.
The Fifth Annual Cornell Concerto Competition will be held on Sunday, December 14th, 2008. Guidelines and application instructions can be found on the Concerto Competition page.
Cornell Symphony Orchestra and Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, October 11th, 8:00pm, Bailey Hall.
Chris Younghoon Kim and Jeffery Meyer, conductors. As part of the annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, the orchestras present The Planets by Gustav Holst and the premiere of Roberto Sierra's new work featuring percussionist Tim Feeney.
The orchestra board will be having weekly dinner meetings at 5:30 pm on Mondays (before rehearsal) at Okenshields Dining Hall. All CSO and CCO members are welcome to attend.
Orchestra auditions for the fall semester have concluded and the results have been posted on the members page. Any questions should be directed to Chris Kim (cyk8@cornell.edu). A list of CCO audition results is also available on the CCO homepage.
