Luther Symphony Orchestra to present fall concert Nov. 11

The Luther College Symphony Orchestra will present a fall concert Sunday, Nov. 11 at 4 p.m. in the Main Hall of the Luther College Center for Faith and Life.

Under the direction of Daniel Baldwin, Luther professor of music, the orchestra will perform “Nocturnes” by Claude Debussy, “Concerto for Trombone” first movement by Nino Rota and “Symphony No. 5 in E minor” by Peter I. Tchaikovsky.

Luther senior Luke Sodergren is the featured trombone soloist for “Concerto for Trombone.” Sodergren is a senior music major, and one of three winners of the 2006 Luther Department of Music Concerto Competition.

The Luther Symphony Orchestra includes more than 80 student musicians representing a variety of academic majors. In addition to presenting regular concerts featuring the masterworks of orchestral literature, the Symphony Orchestra hosts more than 200 high school students at the annual Dorian Orchestra Festival.

The Symphony Orchestra tours yearly throughout the United States.

Baldwin *conducts both the Chamber and Symphony orchestras at Luther. Before joining the Luther faculty, he held conducting positions at Central Washington University, the Brevard (N.C.) Music Center and with the Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras.*

*He *received his formal training in string pedagogy as a teacher in the nationally acclaimed University of Texas String Project.

A 1991 conducting fellow of the Conductor’s Institute of the University of South Carolina and former cellist with the Brevard Music Center Orchestra, Baldwin is a recipient of the Central Washington University Parents Association Excellence in Teaching Award.