Did you ever wonder where conductors come from?  Although I've heard of
some maestros being described as "born conductors", I've actually never
seen a baby leading a symphony orchestra!

Here's a chance to find out... this Thursday, at 8 pm, graduate orchestral
conducting student David Creel will lead the UTC Symphony Orchestra in
Ludwig van Beethoven's "Symphony no. 2 in D major".  Mr. Creel has been
studying conducting with Dr. Steven Bird, Music Director of the UTC
Symphony Orchestra for the past two years, and now he'll have a chance to
shine!

The Second Symphony (first performed 199 years ago, in 1802) is a wonderful
work that was a sort of "graduation" piece for Beethoven, also.  In this
exciting and dramatic 35 minute symphony, Beethoven displayed his first
fully mature work for symphony orchestra.  The third movement also features
the world's first "Scherzo" (Italian for "joke" -- the joke is that it's a
minuet that FAR too fast to dance to).  The Scherzo went on to become a
standard form in many symphonies of the 19th century.

Also on the program will be Albert Ketelby's quaint, and only slightly
exotic, tone poem called "In a Persian Market".  The musical program will
be rounded off by a presentation of Paul Hindemith's "Trauermusik",
presented in memory of the victims of September 11, 2001.

Dr. Jonathan McNair's music to "Millenium Nutcracker", originally announced
for this program, will be rescheduled to the April 14, 2002 program by the
UTC Symphony.

We hope that you can join us this Thursday at 8 pm in the Roland Hayes
Concert Hall on the UTC campus.  Free arking is available (after 5 pm) at
the Lupton Library garage.



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Dr. Steven Bird
Director of Orchestras
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga