•February 24, 2016•

The Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra (MDSO) will continue its 2015-16 performance season on Saturday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Kirkland Fine Arts Center.

The performance on March 5 is the second of two guest-conducted concerts featuring one of the finalists for the position of Music Director and Conductor of the MDSO. The guest conductor on March 5 is Dr. Sergey Bogza.

The concert will also feature performances from Millikin student soloists Jared Rixstine (piano), a senior piano performance major from Washington, Ill., and Amy Mazzeo (soprano), a senior vocal performance major from Rolla, Mo. The students were named winners of Millikin’s annual Concerto/Aria Competition in Oct. 2015.

The concert will open with the Overture to Mozart’s “The Abduction from the Seraglio.” Jared Rixstine will be featured in the first movement of Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 1,” while Amy Mazzeo will be the soloist on Handel’s “Let the Bright Seraphim” and Rossini’s “Una voce poco fa.” Following an intermission, the MDSO will conclude the concert with a performance of Tchaikpsky’s “Symphony No. 4.”     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.