The orchestra is conducted by Dr. Neale Bartee, professor of music. This concert also serves as a scholarship benefit for the Aileen Matthews String Scholarship at ASU.

Musical selections included in this performance are Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 4 by Edward Elgar, Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1 movement I. Overture, movement II. Minuetto, movement III. Adegietto, and movement IV. Carillon by Georges Bizet, Symphony No. 5 in C minor movement I. Allegro con brio by Ludwig van Beethoven, Variations of a Shaker Melody from Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland, and Russian Sailor’s Dance from The Red Poppy by Reinhold Giliere.

Members of the orchestra include Rebecca Markowski of Jonesboro, First Violin and Concertmaster, Marcia Burns of Jonesboro, Bill Keisker of Jonesboro, Roby Johnson of East Prairie, Mo., Judy Pyle of Cherokee Village, Audra Edgin of Leachville, and Garrett Overcash of Wynne, First Violin, Ann Swaty of Jonesboro, Ellen Burns of Jonesboro, Samantha Meeker of Jonesboro, Patrick Schultz of Paragould, Linda Jorgensen of Jonesboro, Stephanie Duckworth of Jonesboro, Friedric Tarkington of Jonesboro, Sebastian Tarkington of Jonesboro, and Jennifer Hutchinson of Jonesboro, Second Violin, Paul Markowski of Jonesboro, Murray Therrell of Paragould, and Chris Overcash of Wynne, Viola,

Megan Friant of Conway, Elaine Bartee of Jonesboro, Sarah Wu of Korea, and Richard Burns of Jonesboro, Cello, John Hays of Jonesboro and Chantal McPherson of Albuquerque, N.M., Bass, Michael Schneider of Puyallup, Wash., Keyboard, Allene Kirk of Ravenden, Saxophone, Tina Glover of Piggott, Melinda Watts of Nixa, Mo., and Alicia Deckard of Cherokee Village, Flute/Piccolo, Caroline Sampson of Huntsville, Ala. and Damien Sanchez of Miami, Fla., Oboe/English Horn, Kofi Martin of Nettleton and Jennifer Specking of Wynne, Clarinet, Justin McKissick of Forrest City, Bass Clarinet,

Carissa Porter of Jonesboro, Bassoon, Jason Grisham of Atlanta, Ga., Greg Osborne of Newport, Alice Hart of Bryant, Lauren Gray of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and Adelle Weiss of Batesville, Horn, Grant Harbison of Jonesboro, Jonathan Monroe of Jonesboro, Tom Akin of Jonesboro, and Kate Puckett of Wilson, Trumpet, Daniel Harrelson of Warren, Seth Weston of Jonesboro, and Corey Spencer of Wynne, Trombone, Jason Tacker of Wynne, Tuba, and Jessica Vick of Nettleton, Alex Anderson of Marion, and Perry Harper of Paragould, Timpani/Percussion.

The ASU Orchestra wishes to thank the Omicron Omega Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia for their assistance in stage management of this concert. 

Donations may be made to the Aileen Matthews String Scholarship fund by sending a check to the ASU Foundation, P.O. Box 1990, State University, AR 72467. Information on other forms of giving may be obtained by contacting the Office of Development at 972-3940 or 1-888-225-8343. All contributions are tax deductible and would greatly assist in the future development of the ASU Concert Orchestra.

The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the Arkansas State University Department of Music at (870) 972-2094.

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