Orchestra Sets Concert for Nov. 4

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.