Side by Side with/ North Country Music Students

Brass /Woodwinds /Percussion

The Glens Falls Symphony

Led by Music Director Charles Peltz

Sunday, March 15, 2026, 4 pm

Free pre-concert talk at 3 pm

Arthur Zankel Music Center, Skidmore College

Join us for this unique musical event as the Glens Falls Symphony presents its Side-by-Side concert with High School Music Students in honor of Music in Our Schools Month 2026.

This one-of-a-kind concert features skilled woodwind and brass student musicians from across the region performing alongside our professional Symphony musicians.

Under the guidance of Music Director Charles Peltz and our skilled orchestra musicians, students will rehearse and perfect their craft, culminating in an unforgettable performance at the Arthur Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY.

This performance will feature a performance from the Glens Falls Symphony featuring works from Strauss and Gabrieli. The Side by Side performance will feature works from Holst, Hanson, J.S. Bach, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and John Philip Sousa.

This concert is general admission within your tier level of choice. Doors open at 2:30 PM. All seats are first-come, first-served.

Program:

Canzona Septimi Toni No. 2

Giovanni Gabrieli (1554-1612)

Suite in Bb major, Op.4

Richard Strauss

(1864-1949)

I.Praeludium- Allegro

II. Romanze-Andante

III. Gavotee-Allegro

IV. Introduction und Fuge - Andante Cantabile; Allegro con brio (members of the Glens Falls Symphony).

Intermission

Suite in F for Military Band, Op. 28, No. 2

Gustav Hoist (1874-1934)

I. March

II. Song Without Words, 'I'll Love my Love'

III. Song of the Blacksmith

IV. Fantasia on the Dargason

Chorale and Alleluia

Howard Hanson (1896-1981)

Komm, Suber Tod, komm seige Ruh" (arr. A. Reed)

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

(Come, sweet death, come, blessed rest)

Selected Movements from Folk Song Suite

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Washington Post March

John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)

Members of the Glens Falls Symphony Side by Side with Student Performers

This concert is sponsored by: Morgan Stanley - Table Rock Group, the Glens Falls Chronicle, The Queensbury Hotel, Finch Paper, JUST Water, and The New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.