OU Civic Orchestra - a new begining 2018

03/15/2022

Hi everyone, here are the two posters for our March 23 concert. Photos and Posters by Binglin Wang. One is in Death Valley, and the other is in Norman.

Even though the concert starts at 7:30pm, you can come around 7pm, we have Civic String Quartet performance outside of the Sharp Concert Hall.

If you are not able to make it for the symphony concert in person, you can watch live stream at https://www.ou.edu/finearts/music/live

We will see you there!!

02/05/2022

Well, this is also surprising to me: I am back for one more semester, and yes, I should have posted here three weeks ago :D

Our performance is on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 7:30pm in Sharp Concert Hall. There will be Civic String Quartet performance in the Gothic Hall (it is outside of the Sharp Concert Hall) before the orchestra performance, so come 20-30 mins earlier if you want to listen to some great string quartet music!

This concert will be conducted by me and my colleague Chelsea Qiuxian Lu. Here is the Civic Orchestra repertoire this semester:
Sibelius-Finlandia
Copland-An Outdoor Overture
(Maybe add an experimental piece)
Break (yes, break is important, and it is a music played by the performers and the audience)
Schumann Symphony No. 4

We will see you then :D

07/20/2021

Hi everyone, this is the last update of this page, since I have finished my three-year music director duty in OU Civic Orchestra. Thank you all very much for all of your support!! and please keep an eye on the website https://pacs.ou.edu/civic-orchestra/

They will update the information of the new music director, rehearsal and performance time, and the music they are going to play on the website. Again, thank you very much for watching our performances and playing in the orchestra with us!!

The OU Civic Orchestra provides advanced musicians the opportunity to perform high-quality orchestral literature and is open to music and non-music majors.

04/26/2021

Civic String Orchestra 2021 Spring Live Stream Performance:

Hi everyone, we would like to invite all of you to join our twelve-player string orchestra live stream performance on Tuesday, April 27th at 7:30pm.
I will be using my phone to start live stream on my personal page right at 7:30pm.

We are going to play:
Vivaldi Winter Mvt 1&2, Spring Mvt 1
Janáček Idyla Suite Mvt 5,6&7
Mozart Divertimento in D major, K.136

We are going to play in the Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union, OU. Hope you enjoy the music!😊

(Photo and poster by Binglin Wang. This photo was taken in Oklahoma Memorial Union in 2018 my first year at OU, and interestingly, this is my last concert with Civic Orchestra)

08/22/2020

Now we have two plans for Civic Orchestra:

Online Civic Orchestra. This is an experiment. We will blend our recordings together and form several orchestra pieces at the end of the fall!

Civic String Orchestra. We will look for a space to have regular rehearsals and live stream concert with 10-12 string players. We will follow the social distance rule strictly when we have rehearsals and performance.

Stay safe and healthy!!

07/07/2020

OKC Phil was playing music this way on July 4th. That is sooo cool!!

Though we can’t be together physically for our annual “Red, White and Boom” celebratIon, our Musicians, Ma...

03/31/2020

Stay home, wash hands, stay safe.

03/22/2020

I am sorry to say that our performance is cancelled this semester because all of the classes go online throughout this semester in OU. I will post here if there is any change. At the same time, listen to some music in Berlin Philharmonic website at https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/interviews :D :D

02/20/2020

Hi everyone, next Tuesday 2/25 will be the string sectionals.

01/11/2020

This is a reminder that our first rehearsal is this coming Tuesday Jan. 14th, 7pm in Catlett Music Center orchestra room 124. If you want to know more information, please visit the website: https://pacs.ou.edu/civic-orchestra/

Boomer, Sooner!

The OU Civic Orchestra provides advanced musicians the opportunity to perform high-quality orchestral literature and is open to music and non-music majors.