The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra has announced “Holiday Celebration,” its annual holiday concert, to be hosted on December 14 at 3:00 pm.
The concert takes place at Ford Hall at Ithaca College under the baton of Guest Conductor, Grant Cooper. Cayuga Orchestra’s “Holiday Celebration” is the perfect performance to get settled into the festive spirit ahead of Christmas. The program will feature a side-by-side with the CCO Youth Orchestra. The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1976 and is officially designated “Ithaca’s Orchestra.”
Each season includes an Orchestral Series, Chamber Music Series, a Holiday concert, free Family Concerts, and the long-standing Willard Daetsch Youth Outreach Program, which earned the 2015 Yale Distinguished Music Educator award.
Grant Cooper served as Interim Music Director for two seasons, 2022-23 and 2023-24. Cooper had collaborated with the CCO a number of times previously, both as guest conductor and commissioned composer. He remains especially passionate about creating works designed to introduce young audiences to the orchestra and has created a substantial body of works for this purpose, including Rumpelstiltzkin, a Cayuga Chamber Orchestra commission. His wry sense of humor and meticulous dedication to detail, together with his considerable experience as music director and conductor, and thoughtful approach to music making, drew in audience members and musicians alike.
For more information on Cayuga Orchestra’s “Holiday Celebration,” and to purchase tickets online, click here.
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