Music Among the
Maples
Volume 3 Issue 4
The Newsletter of the Williams Symphony Orchestra
Fall Concert Series Announced
T
his year’s Fall
Concert Series
promises to be the
best yet. The Performing Arts
Center has brought in some of
the more gifted and talented
conductors from across the
United States. Whether you
want to hear the latest
Broadway medley, a classical
violinist, or an jazz tribute to
the movies, the 2017 Fall
Concert Series will entertain
and delight you.
The Classical Series:
Performed by the Dayton
Symphonic Orchestra, the
Classical Series has been the
mainstay of the summer
repertoire since the series’
inception in 1987. This 80-
McMillan Named New Conductor
T
he Williams
Symphony
Orchestra has a
new artistic director-
conductor just in time for
the Fall 2017 season.
After a yearlong screening
process, symphony
August 3, 2017
piece orchestra, made up of
professional and semi-
professional musicians, has
performed all over the
Northeast. This year’s theme
is music of the late nineteenth
and twentieth century.
The Broadway Series: The
Ohio Pops Orchestra is back
by popular demand, playing
show tunes by famous duos.
Performances of music by Outdoor concerts,
Rogers & Hammerstein and weather permitting
Lerner & Lowe highlight this
family-oriented series.
The Jazz Series: The group, Concert Series. Don’t miss
Our Own Jazz, brings its this newest addition.
unique interpretation of jazz
Friday and Saturday evening
greats Duke Ellington and
concerts begin at 8:00 p.m.,
Count Basie to the Fall
Sunday Matinees at 2:00 p.m.
musicians selected Anita McMillan will lead the
McMillan, 42, a former Williams Symphony
lecturer with the beginning in October when it
Conservatory of Music. Her kicks off its 2017 Music
work as a conductor ranges among the Maples series.
from opera and symphonic
McMillan was chosen from
repertoire to contemporary
among four other finalists to
music.
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(Continued from page 1) Symphony's artistic director and conductor of the Beaverton
conductor for 30 years. McMillan Ensemble at the community college.
replace Joyce Hamilton, who retired becomes the sixth conductor of the
In 2015, McMillan formed the
last year after serving as the Williams Symphony since its
Sienna Ensemble, a renowned
Williams founding in 1962.
chamber music group. She is the
A native of Forsa, New York, conductor and artistic director.
McMillan studied at Halverson
She is married to Fred Louis, an
University and Lismore School of
internationally recognized composer
Music.
and conductor.
In addition to symphony orchestras,
McMillan has conducted operas
Anita McMillan, throughout Europe, and was
artistic director- assistant conductor at the Personae
conductor Opera. She is a regular guest