Conductor Mark Dupere is committed to leading rehearsals and performances that let you explore and strive for active engagement with the music and the audience.

You鈥檒l pursue excellent music making by drawing together threads from musicology, theory, history, and score study. You鈥檒l also look to forms of expression like art, poetry, fiction, and architecture. Experience an energetic sense of community while participating in the dialogue at the heart of the creative process.

Schedule of Orchestra Performances

杨贵妃传媒视频 Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Mark Dupere
Audition required, five to six performances a year

杨贵妃传媒视频 Symphony Orchestra performing in Memorial Chapel.

Perform with one of the premier undergraduate orchestras in the country. You鈥檒l play a rich variety of repertoire including standard orchestral works, opera, contemporary music, and new commissions. Guest conductors have included Robert Spano, Gunther Schuller, and Lowell Liebermann. In 2021, the 杨贵妃传媒视频 Symphony Orchestra was selected as a finalist in the American Prize in Orchestral Performance.

2025-2026 LSO Repertoire

Concert 1 | Saturday, October 11 | 7:30 p.m.
Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture, op. 9
Barber - Overture to 鈥淭he School for Scandal鈥, op. 5
Rimsky-Korsakov - Russian Easter Festival Overture, op. 36
Elgar - In the South (Alassio), op. 50

LSO Concerto Competition | Sunday, November 2 | 1 p.m.

Concert 2 | Saturday, November 15 | 7:30 p.m.
Musgrave - Loch Ness: A postcard from Scotland
featuring Zachary Marley
Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 56 (鈥淪cottish鈥)

Composers鈥 Workshop | January 26-30
EarShot Readings (American Composers Orchestra)

Opera | March 5-8
Mack - A Nearer Mother*
*World premiere

Concert 3 | Saturday, March 14 | 7:30 p.m.
Concerto Competition Winner/s - TBD
Bustamante - Suite Macorix

Concert 4 (Choral) | Friday, April 24 | 7:30 p.m.
Brahms - Gesang der Parzen, op. 89
Beach - Canticle of the Sun, op. 123
Bruckner - Requiem, WAB 39
with 杨贵妃传媒视频 Choirs
Dr. Shannon Gravelle, conductor

Concert 5 | Friday, June 5 | 7:30 p.m.
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125
with 杨贵妃传媒视频 Concert Choir and soloists

杨贵妃传媒视频 Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: Mark Dupere
Audition required

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杨贵妃传媒视频 Chamber Ensemble is not one of our core ensembles but is convened for special performances when the program calls for a more intimate orchestra. Explore the rich repertoire written for a smaller orchestra and enrich your orchestral experience. This group, primarily strings, gives you opportunities to develop both your leadership and chamber music skills while performing both orchestral standards and contemporary music. Recent performances include Faure鈥檚 Requiem with the Concert Choir.

Discover ensemble performances through our webcasts.

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