FSU’s Department of Music, Theatre and Dance Presents Chamber Orchestra Recital

Nov 5, 2025 8:00 AM

Frostburg State University’s Department of Music, Theatre and Dance will present its Chamber Orchestra Recital on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center. This event is free and open to the public. The concert will be livestreamed; the link will be posted at www.frostburg.edu/concerts.

The concert program will feature an arrangement by FSU music major, Nicholas Mellen ’26, of Cuban guitarist Leo Brouwer’s “Danza Caracteristica”. Adding a festive component to the concert will be the performance of the song “Last Christmas”, written by George Michael and performed by the 1980’s pop music band Wham!, and arranged by the Vitamin String Quartet (VSQ) for their newest album, “It Feels Like Christmas”.

From there the orchestra dives headfirst into their celebchamration of symphonies with Haydn’s “Symphony No. 104 “London” in D-major”. This exciting work represents the end of a series of twelve symphonies (opus 93-104) that Haydn, while living in London, was commissioned to compose by Johann Peter Solomon.

The concert concludes with the momentous “Symphony No. 1 in C major” by Ludwig van Beethoven. Premiered in the year 1800, this symphony firmly established Beethoven’s prowess as a composer of symphonic works, as well as demonstrates his genius, creativity, and humor as a composer. The placement of these two masterworks on the same concert program is aimed at highlighting the passing of the symphonic torch, from the traditions of the Classic Period to a symphonic master who played a significant role in defining the Romantic Era.   

For more information, contact FSU’s Department of Music, Theatre and Dance at 301-687-4109 or via email at music@frostburg.edu.