The Union College and Community Orchestra, Victor Klimash conducting, will
perform a concert to include works by Beethoven, Handel, Verdi and Schubert on
Saturday, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel.
The concert is free and open to the public.
The program features Beethoven's Overture to Egmont, Op. 84; Paul
Louis Abel's Elegy; Handel's Water Music Suite in D; Verdi's
Prelude: Act III La Traviata; and Schubert's Symphony No. 3 in D.
The orchestra is composed of Union College students, faculty and staff as
well as a number of distinguished area musicians. “It is a great experience
for our students to be able to play side-by-side with these accomplished
musicians,” said Klimash. “It raises the level of their
performance.”
Klimash, in his first year at the helm of the orchestra, is also artistic
director of Opera Excelsior, and director of music for First Presbyterian Church
of Albany. Among his many previous posts, he was artistic director, conductor
and CEO of the Midland (Mich.) Music Society. He also taught for a number of
years at Louisiana State University's School of Music. He holds bachelor's
and master's degrees from the Eastman School of Music, and a doctor of music
degree from Florida State University.