Frequently asked questions
URSO & URCO Meliora Weekend Prism Concert, Friday, September 27, 2024 Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, Op. 102 with April Wang (Mvt. III)
Frank Joe Haydn: Symphony No. 60 in C (selections)
URSO December 6, 2024 Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture Christopher Theofanidis: Rainbow Body Franz Liszt: Les Preludes
[Hidden Encore - H. C. Lumbye: Champagne Galop]
URCO December 7, 2024
Charles Gounod: Petite Symphonie Anna Clyne: Within Her Arms
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 60
URSO February 28, 2025
Sibelius: Finlandia
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, Op. 102 April Wang, piano - UR Orchestras Concerto Winner
Maria Teresa Prieto: Sinfonia Breve
URCO
March 1, 2025 UR Choral Collaboration
Featured Concerto Winner from Fall, 2024
URSO Friday, April 11, 2025
Ottorino Respighi: The Pines of Rome
Charlie Parker: Bird with Strings
URCO
Saturday, April 5, 2025
W. A. Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet Josh Daniels, UR Orchestras Concerto Winner
Leanna Primiani: TBD URSO & URCO Combined Orchestras Friday, May 2, 2025 Tchaikovsky: Overture 1812
Eastman Quadrangle (weather permitting) Strong Auditorium (rain venue)
Post Concert Season Dinner
The concert attire for both orchestras is black pants or black floor-length skirt and any solid color shirt or blouse OTHER than black or white.
The object is to both flood the stage with colour and not look like a large group of head waiters.
First off, do your UTMOST NEVER to miss a rehearsal. That's where the bulk of our work is done and the community you build depends upon you. If you must be absent from a rehearsal, fill out this google form for any absence three weeks before the rehearsal takes place.
For students registered for the course, your grade is participation dependent. See the course syllabus for details.
Seating rotates every concert and sometimes within specific repertoire on the same concert. It is never a strict hierarchy. Members of different ensemble, repertoire, and previous experience are placed throughout the sections to strength both the section and the players within it.
You do not. UR students may register for the appropriate 1-credit course (MUSC153 for URSO, MUSC154 for URCO), but may perform with the groups via audition and invitation.
The course is effort and attendance-based.
Join the University of Rochester Orchestra Committee (UROC)! Join our library staff! Take a conducting class or reach out to our music director!