Luther College to host the 37th Annual Dorian Orchestra Festival

Luther College will host two concerts Feb. 3 and 4 in conjunction with the 37th annual Dorian Orchestra Festival.

Luther Symphony Orchestra will perform their tour homecoming concert Sunday, Feb. 3 at 4 p.m. in the Center for Faith and Life on the campus of Luther College.

The Dorian Orchestra Festival Grand Concert will be Monday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Center for Faith and Life.

Both concerts are free and open to the public.

Under the direction of Daniel Baldwin, Luther professor of music, the Symphony Orchestra performance will include “España Rhapsody” by Emmanuel Chabrier, “Nocturnes” by Claude Debussy and Symphony No. 5 in E minor by Peter I. Tchaikovsky.

Dorian Festival Grand Concert performing ensembles include the Dorian select Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Baldwin, the Dorian Festival Strings Orchestra under the direction of Spencer Martin, Luther associate professor of music, and the Dorian Festival Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of Alec Mariani, renowned conductor at University of Wisconsin -Whitewater and Luther adjunct faculty in music.

The ensembles are composed of the 190 high school students enrolled in the Dorian Orchestra Festival. Students also have the opportunity to be selected as soloists if they prove themselves to be concert ready.

The Dorian Orchestra Festival is being conducted on the campus of Luther College Feb. 3-4. String musicians from across the upper Midwest attend the festival to study and perform under college level instruction.

Dorian students have opportunities to both play and hear music at a high quality of performance. Festival sessions include group instruction, rehearsals, individual lessons with music faculty members, auditions for solo performances and master classes, auditions for music scholarships, and social and recreational activities.