Sponsored by the Wright State University School of Fine and Performing Arts
With additional funding from the Ohio Arts Council
Every weekend, Discover Classical presents recorded concerts by many of the region's finest performing arts ensembles, like the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Bach Society of Dayton, Chamber Music Yellow Springs and others.
Springboro Wind Symphony
Josh Baker, Daniel Farr and Frank Ticheli, conductors
"Frank Ticheli Concert"
Recorded October 28, 2025, at Hall Auditorium at Miami University
Frank Ticheli: Bash
Frank Ticheli: Lux Perpetua
Frank Ticheli: Earth Song
Traditional (arranged by Frank Ticheli): Amazing Grace
Frank Ticheli: Fantastic Dreams
1. Dancing with the Muses
2. Elysian Fields
3. Magic Carpet
4. L.A. Noir
Frank Ticheli: Blue Shades
Musica Dayton
Ginger Minneman, artistic director
Amanda Roberts, hammered dulcimer and piano
Tom Sobieski, violin
"American Tapestry: Fall Concert"
Recorded October 19, 2025, at First Baptist Church of Dayton
Arranged by Moses Hogan: Music Down in My Soul
Arranged by Robert Shaw and Alice Parker: Wondrous Love
William Billings: Creation
Jake Runestad: The Peace of Wild Things
Morten Lauridsen: Dirait-On
Samuel Barber: Let Down the Bars, O Death
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II: If I Loved You from Carousel
Elaine Hagenberg: The Music of Stillness
Randy Newman: Dayton, Ohio 1903
Whittney Perez: A Starry Night
Merle Travis (arranged by Kirby Shaw): Sixteen Tons
Malcolm Dalglish: Sail Away Ladies
Arranged by Philip Silvey: Nine Hundred Miles
Johnny Mercer and Barry Manilow (arranged by Paul Langford): When October Goes (with Autumn Leaves)
Arranged Mack Wilberg: Cindy
Musica Dayton
Ginger Minneman, artistic director
Amanda Roberts, hammered dulcimer and piano
Tom Sobieski, violin
"American Tapestry: Fall Concert"
Recorded October 19, 2025, at First Baptist Church of Dayton
Arranged by Moses Hogan: Music Down in My Soul
Arranged by Robert Shaw and Alice Parker: Wondrous Love
William Billings: Creation
Jake Runestad: The Peace of Wild Things
Morten Lauridsen: Dirait-On
Samuel Barber: Let Down the Bars, O Death
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II: If I Loved You from Carousel
Elaine Hagenberg: The Music of Stillness
Randy Newman: Dayton, Ohio 1903
Whittney Perez: A Starry Night
Merle Travis (arranged by Kirby Shaw): Sixteen Tons
Malcolm Dalglish: Sail Away Ladies
Arranged by Philip Silvey: Nine Hundred Miles
Johnny Mercer and Barry Manilow (arranged by Paul Langford): When October Goes (with Autumn Leaves)
Arranged Mack Wilberg: Cindy
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
Neal Gittleman, conductor
"With Friends, For Friends"
Recorded in October, 2025, at the Schuster Center
A. K. Jaquith: Containing the World: Dreams of Mahler
Steven Winteregg: Dante's Journey: A Concerto for Orchestra
Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations
Michael Schelle: Exist
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
Neal Gittleman, conductor
"With Friends, For Friends"
Recorded in October, 2025, at the Schuster Center
A. K. Jaquith: Containing the World: Dreams of Mahler
Steven Winteregg: Dante's Journey: A Concerto for Orchestra
Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations
Michael Schelle: Exist
Bach Society of Dayton
David Crean, director
Kettering Advent Ringers
Joan Ulloth Dorgan, director
Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Bruce Swank, director
"Sweet Sounds of the Holidays"
Recorded December 8, 2024, at Kettering Adventist Church
Kettering Advent Ringers
Arranged by Cathy Moklebust: Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
Adolphe Adam (arranged by Bill Ingram): O Holy Night
Arranged by Fred Gramann: Prelude & Fugue on Noel Nouvelet
Audience and Choruses
Arranged by David Willcocks: Once in Royal David's City
Bach Society of Dayton, Kettering Advent Ringers, and Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Neil Harmon: On This Day Earth Shall Ring
Bach Society of Dayton
Bob Chilcott: Mid-Winter
Arranged by John A. Behnke: The Holly and the Ivy
Arranged by Mark Zuckerman: O, ir kleyne likhtelekh
Arranged by Joseph Flummerfelt: Mi Y'Maleil
Jessica French: Earth, Strike Up Your Music
Audience and Choruses
Felix Mendelssohn (arranged by David Willcocks): Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Arranged by Sally K. Albrecht: Celebrate the Feast of Lights
Andy Beck: Carry the Light
Arranged by Linda Steen Spevecek: Ríu Ríu Chíu
Arranged by Susan Brumfield: See Amid the Winter's Snow
Audience and Choruses
French Carol: Angels We Have Heard on High
Kettering Advent Ringers
Georges Bizet (arranged by William Griffin): Farandole
Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene (arranged by Anna Laura Page): Mary, Did You Know?
Bach Society of Dayton and Kettering Advent Ringers
Johnny Marks (arranged by John Leavitt): I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Bach Society of Dayton
John Rutter: Nativity Carol
Tomas Luis de Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium
Arranged by Katherine K. Davis: As it Fell Upon a Night
Audience and Choruses
Arranged by David Willcocks: O Come, All Ye Faithful
Bach Society of Dayton and Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Arranged by Douglas E. Wagner: The Wexford Carol
Bach Society of Dayton, Kettering Advent Ringers, and Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Arranged by Mark Hayes: I Saw Three Ships
Bach Society of Dayton
David Crean, director
Kettering Advent Ringers
Joan Ulloth Dorgan, director
Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Bruce Swank, director
"Sweet Sounds of the Holidays"
Recorded December 8, 2024, at Kettering Adventist Church
Kettering Advent Ringers
Arranged by Cathy Moklebust: Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
Adolphe Adam (arranged by Bill Ingram): O Holy Night
Arranged by Fred Gramann: Prelude & Fugue on Noel Nouvelet
Audience and Choruses
Arranged by David Willcocks: Once in Royal David's City
Bach Society of Dayton, Kettering Advent Ringers, and Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Neil Harmon: On This Day Earth Shall Ring
Bach Society of Dayton
Bob Chilcott: Mid-Winter
Arranged by John A. Behnke: The Holly and the Ivy
Arranged by Mark Zuckerman: O, ir kleyne likhtelekh
Arranged by Joseph Flummerfelt: Mi Y'Maleil
Jessica French: Earth, Strike Up Your Music
Audience and Choruses
Felix Mendelssohn (arranged by David Willcocks): Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Arranged by Sally K. Albrecht: Celebrate the Feast of Lights
Andy Beck: Carry the Light
Arranged by Linda Steen Spevecek: Ríu Ríu Chíu
Arranged by Susan Brumfield: See Amid the Winter's Snow
Audience and Choruses
French Carol: Angels We Have Heard on High
Kettering Advent Ringers
Georges Bizet (arranged by William Griffin): Farandole
Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene (arranged by Anna Laura Page): Mary, Did You Know?
Bach Society of Dayton and Kettering Advent Ringers
Johnny Marks (arranged by John Leavitt): I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Bach Society of Dayton
John Rutter: Nativity Carol
Tomas Luis de Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium
Arranged by Katherine K. Davis: As it Fell Upon a Night
Audience and Choruses
Arranged by David Willcocks: O Come, All Ye Faithful
Bach Society of Dayton and Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Arranged by Douglas E. Wagner: The Wexford Carol
Bach Society of Dayton, Kettering Advent Ringers, and Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Arranged by Mark Hayes: I Saw Three Ships