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The 90-member GSA Orchestra presents two major concerts each year, modeling its programming after the traditions of the world's finest orchestras. The orchestra was founded by Raymond Pancarowicz and has performed concerts internationally in Scotland, Germany, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, Canada and England and in some of the finest halls in the United States, including Boston Symphony Hall where they were awarded first place at the Heritage Festival of Gold. The orchestra currently performs in the historic Roper Performing Arts Center in downtown Norfolk, the recently opened Sandler Center for the Arts in Virginia Beach and other venues throughout the seven cities. The orchestra makes its debut in Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco in 2008. The new Music Director, Jeff Phelps, a 1995 Governor's School graduate, is honored to share the traditions that Raymond Pancarowicz set deeply into the soul and sound of the orchestra over his twenty years as director. The GSA Orchestra frequently features GSA student soloists and premiers works by GSA composition students.

Recent repertoire:

Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3, Symphony No. 5
Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Symphony No. 4
Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Enesco Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
Herrmann North by Northwest
Liszt Symphonic Poem No. 3: Les Preludes
Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
Ravel La Valse
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherezade
Rossini La Gazza Ladra
Strauss Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche
Stravinsky Petrushka
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, Symphony No. 5, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty
Williams StarWars: The Empire Strikes Back

	Patti Watters (BIO) Instrumental Music Department Chair pwatters@gsarts.net (757) 683-5277 Jeffrey Phelps (BIO) Orchestra Director jphelps@gsarts.net (757) 683-5276
	Sound Clips
	Visiting Artists Master Classes
	Performances
	Auditions
	Orchestra da Camera
	Symphony Orchestra
	Big Band
The 90-member GSA Orchestra presents two major concerts each year, modeling its programming after the traditions of the world's finest orchestras. The orchestra was founded by Raymond Pancarowicz and has performed concerts internationally in Scotland, Germany, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, Canada and England and in some of the finest halls in the United States, including Boston Symphony Hall where they were awarded first place at the Heritage Festival of Gold. The orchestra currently performs in the historic Roper Performing Arts Center in downtown Norfolk, the recently opened Sandler Center for the Arts in Virginia Beach and other venues throughout the seven cities. The orchestra makes its debut in Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco in 2008. The new Music Director, Jeff Phelps, a 1995 Governor's School graduate, is honored to share the traditions that Raymond Pancarowicz set deeply into the soul and sound of the orchestra over his twenty years as director. The GSA Orchestra frequently features GSA student soloists and premiers works by GSA composition students. Recent repertoire: Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3, Symphony No. 5 Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Symphony No. 4 Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice Enesco Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 Herrmann North by Northwest Liszt Symphonic Poem No. 3: Les Preludes Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Ravel La Valse Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherezade Rossini La Gazza Ladra Strauss Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche Stravinsky Petrushka Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, Symphony No. 5, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty Williams StarWars: The Empire Strikes Back