Five U.S. Ensembles Plan Fall Concerts

Several music organizations are presenting fall concerts in October, spanning school ensembles, university groups and regional orchestras. Henry County High School’s Symphonic Band will perform Oct. 9, with works by Eric Whitacre, Frank Ticheli and John Philip Sousa among the program selections. The University of South Alabama’s Concert Choir and University Chorale are scheduled to perform Oct. 6, while Lee University’s Symphony Orchestra will present a free concert Oct. 15 featuring works by Wagner, Berlioz, Holmes, Coleridge-Taylor and Rimsky-Korsakov. Reno’s Sierra Nevada Baroque Ensemble will perform Oct. 10 and 11, with music by Handel, Bach, Vivaldi and Rameau. The Idaho Falls Symphony’s Oct. 17 concert launches its music-director search series and features pianist Kara Huber performing Amy Beach’s Piano Concerto in C-sharp Minor, alongside works by Yuzo Toyama and William Grant Still.