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.
Chamber Music Yellow Springs
Seraph Brass
Recorded September 14, 2025, at First Presbyterian Church of Yellow Springs
Edvard Grieg (arranged by Jeff Luke): Holberg Suite, Op. 40 - I. Prelude
Giuseppe Verdi (arranged by Jeff Luke): "Sempre libera" from La traviata
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arranged by Jeff Luke): Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 - III. Alla turca
Jeff Scott: Showcase
Alexander Borodin (arranged by Rolf Smedvig): Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Franz Liszt (arranged by Jeff Luke): Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Reena Esmail: Khirkiyaan
Giacomo Puccini (arranged by Ivaylo Hritsov): "Nessun dorma" from Turandot
George Gershwin (arranged by Jack Gale): Selections from Porgy and Bess
Hoagy Carmichael (arranged by Lennie Niehaus): Stardust
Georges Bizet: Selections from Carmen
Catherine McMichael: Asteria - II. Virgo
Leonard Bernstein (arranged by Jack Gale): Selections from West Side Story
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
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