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.
August 31, 2008
Fall auditions have concluded, and the results have been posted on the members page. Congratulations to all those who will join this year's ensemble! More »
October 11, 2008
The symphony orchestra's first concert this year features the renowned work by Holst, as well as the world premiere of Roberto Sierra's Anillos. More »
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.
The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) has awarded third place to the Cornell Symphony Orchestra in a ranking of collegiate orchestras recognized for their programming of contemporary music. Awards were distributed to a selection of American orchestras grouped by annual operating expenses. Among the nation's leading orchestras were the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Full story...
The Cornell Symphony Orchestra will be touring Ireland next year, during the week of January 8, 2009. The tour page has been updated to reflect the governing board's current plans for the trip.
Be sure to attend this weekend's concert, a joint concert with the CU Wind Symphony, on Sunday (March 9) at 3 PM in Bailey Hall.
The orchestra will be performing Jacob's Ladder by Marc Mellits, the first movement of Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major (featuring Jimmy Liu), and the Porgy and Bess Symphonic Picture (Gershwin, arr. Russell Bennett). Free admission.
The rehearsal schedule has been updated with information regarding the week of February 4th. Orchestra members are encouraged to check the schedule page weekly for such updates.
The first rehearsal for the orchestra's spring semester will be on Wednesday, January 23rd, at 7:00 PM in Lincoln B20. There will be no Monday rehearsal this week.
Congratulations to Jian Liu (violin), the winner of the Fourth Annual Cornell Concerto Competition. Jian will perform Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major with the Cornell Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, March 9, 2007 at 3 PM in Bailey Hall.
The results of the first round of the Cornell Concerto Competition are in! A total of twelve musicians will be moving on to the second round:
Spring 2008 auditions for the Cornell Symphony Orchestra have concluded. The results are posted on the orchestra board in Lincoln Hall, and the orchestra roster has been updated to reflect these changes. Welcome all new members to the orchestra!
Further information regarding the participants in the competition and the order of events has been posted. The competition this year will feature 23 entrants, of which three to five will be chosen for the finals concert on Sunday, December 9.
Auditions for the next spring semester will be held in November. Visit the audition page for more information. A list of openings:
The Fourth Annual Cornell Concerto Competition is approaching quickly. Three to five finalists will play in the finals evening concert at 8:00 PM in Barnes Hall on Sunday, December 9. Further information regarding the competition, including the guidelines and application form, is available here.
2007 Fall auditions began on Monday August 20 and lasted for the entire week ending on Saturday, August 25. The following number of instrumentalists auditioned on each instrument:
The audition results are posted on the members page. Thank you all for auditioning for the orchestra.
The elections for the 2007-2008 Orchestra board were held during Finals Week, May, 2007. After tallying the votes, the results are in. Visit the board's webpage for the results and more information.