The University at Albany Department of Music is pleased to present this season’s first concert by the University Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 3pm in the Main Theatre of the Performing Arts Center on the uptown campus.

Entitled Comedy and Tragedy: Love, Death and Fantasy in the Orchestra, the program will feature Faure’s “Pelleas et Melisande,” Offenbach’s “Orpheus in the Underworld,” Bach’s “Komm Susser Tod” (“Come Sweet Death”), Mozart’s “Der Schauspieldirektor” (“The Impresario”) and Weinberger’s “Shvanda, der Dudelsackpfeifer” (“Schwanda, the Bagpiper”) and will be performed under the direction of conductor Christopher David Neubert.

Originally from Allentown, Pennsylvania, Neubert first studied violin with his father and began an early professional career playing viola and then double bass with the Allentown Symphony. He has also been a member of the double bass sections of the Long Island Symphony, the Northeast (PA) Philharmonic, the Utica Symphony and the Merrick Symphony. In 1982, he was named conductor of the Allentown Symphony Pops Orchestra and later founded the Port Jefferson Pops Orchestra on Long Island.

In addition to his work at UAlbany, Neubert is Director of Music and Orchestral Studies for the Niskayuna Schools. He also serves on the adjunct faculty at The College of Saint Rose where he is a member of the String Education faculty, conductor of the College Chamber Orchestra and Professor of Double Bass. Neubert is an active New York School Music (NYSSMA) All-State and Major Organization Adjudicator and guest conducts a variety of bands and orchestra festivals throughout the Northeast. He also maintains The Neubert Studio in Saratoga Springs where students study violin, viola, cello, and double bass in preparation for careers in both education and performance music.

Tickets are $6 for the general public and $3 for students, seniors & UAlbany faculty/staff and may be purchased through the Performing Arts Center Box Office. For further information, contact the Box Office at (518) 442-3997 or visit the Performing Arts Center website at www.albany.edu/pac.

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