Notes from the President

The GSO Board of Directors would like to invite you to join us for our Dec. 6th Concert, Holiday Feast. Yunn-Shan Ma, our second Music Director candidate, will present a program blending classically based orchestral pieces with music of a holiday flare. Her Holiday Feast invites us to order up our appetites in a very musical way.  A pre-concert talk with Ms. Ma will be featured at 3:15 P.M. at our concert site, St. Mary's Church on Ellicott St., in Batavia.Guests for the event will include Lars Kirvan, cellist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and the 5^th & 6^th Grade Chorus from Oakfield-Alabama Central School District under the direction of Mrs. Danielle Mileham.  Mr. Kirvan will be featured in two orchestral pieces for solo cello.  The chorus will be singing 4 selections, in addition to performing in our concert finale - chorus and orchestra selections from The Polar Express Suite.Save the Date - Sunday, Dec. 6^th at 4:00 P.M., and join us for a Holiday Feast!The GSO would like to thank the St. Mary's congregation and clergy for opening their beautiful sanctuary for our community to enjoy beautiful orchestral music.Musically yours,Roxie Choate and Paul Saskowski                                                                     Co-Presidents - GSO Board of Directors