Gala 2026

Saturday, February 14, 2026

Performance–  7:00pm,   The Abbey Resort, 269 Fontana Blvd., Fontana-On-Geneva Lake
Call time 4:15pm

Rehearsals are at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 700 N. Bloomfield Rd., Lake Geneva on Thursdays from 7:00–9:30pm.
**Please bring a music stand.  The church does not provide them.**

January 22, 7:00 – 8:10pm
January 29, 7:00 – 8:10pm
February 5, 7:00 – 8:10pm
February 12 (dress rehearsal), 8:20 – 9:30

Program
(click on each title for a recording)

Rachmaninoff, Symphony No, 2: excerpt from movement 3 (m1-40)
(Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic)
Ravel Piano Concerto: excerpt from movement 2 (beginning to rehearsal 4)
Theme from Love Story (Where Do I Begin), arr. Gold (exact arrangement), original version here
Theme from Ice Castles (Through the Eyes of Love), arr. Fink, (not quite our arrangement), original version here
“Shallow” from A Star is Born, arr. Lopez (exact arrangement), original version here
Somewhere in Time, arr. Custer, original version here
Mascagni, Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana

Roster

1 Brianne Steif
2/picc Sue Childress

Oboe
1 Lisa Bradley
2 Jenny Rickman

Clarinet
1 Diana Reents
2 Susan Tumminello

Bass Clarinet
John Hilgers

Bassoon
1 Derek Kane
2 Rob Keefe

Horn
(exact parts TBA)
Delaney Hajek
Bruce Martin
Jennifer Souder
Leah Young

Trumpet
1 Glenn Wilfong
2 Ron Weaver
3 Jay Loose

Trombone
1 Dave Dvorak
2 David Aguilar
3/bass Bob Trapp

Tuba
Eireann Murphy

Harp
Clarissa Marquez

Timpani/Percussion
Stacey Zwirlein
Chris McCafferty

Piano
Dave Childress

1. Michael Riggs
2. Deanna Deal
3. Rick Nolting

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