About the program
There’s no place like home and NDSO for the holidays! Our annual Sounds of the Season holiday concert, lead by guest conductor William Stevens will have local choruses joining forces with us on I’ll Be Home for Christmas, songs from Home Alone, and Sleigh Ride. The program will also include music from The Polar Express and festive Christmas and Hanukkah medleys.
Local choruses include: Rhinebeck Choral Club, FDR High School Chorus and Rhinebeck High School Chorus.
Local choruses include: Rhinebeck Choral Club, FDR High School Chorus and Rhinebeck High School Chorus.
Program subject to change.
Christmas Overture
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Reindeer Variations |
It's Christmas Time
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Jingle Bells Forever Featuring our "kiddie conductors" |
Polar Express
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Intermission |
Christmas Fantasy
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Hanukah Fantasy
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I’ll Be Home for Christmas Featuring local choruses |
Home Alone: Three Holiday Songs
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Sleigh Ride |
Guest Conductor- William Stevens
William Stevens is an active performer and conductor throughout the Hudson Valley. He is one of the band and jazz band directors at Union Vale Middle School in the Arlington Central School District in LaGrangeville, NY. William’s professional conducting experience includes numerous musical productions with the Admiral Players; principal conductor of the Hudson Valley Saxophone Orchestra; and guest conductor for the Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra (NDSO) since 2014.
With NDSO he led the New York State premiere of the Scott Routenberg Concerto for Jazz Violin and Orchestra. He was also chosen as a conducting finalist for the Woodstock Symphony Orchestra (WSO) in 2017 and in 2022 and was reviewed by Leslie Gerber of Hudson Valley One: “I have never heard the WSO sound as good as it did during this concert…. Those of us who were in the audience were lucky to be there.” William has been sought after as an All-County conductor and has led groups in Broome, Dutchess, Montgomery, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, and Tioga counties.
He is currently the principal clarinetist for the Northern Dutchess Symphony and the Greater Newburgh Symphony orchestras, and has performed in Europe and at Carnegie Hall with the New York Wind Symphony. William received his Bachelor of Music Education and Performance degree from SUNY Fredonia, and his Master’s degree in Clarinet Performance from Ithaca college. He has studied conducting with Dr. Russel C. Mikkelson (former Director of Bands, SUNY Fredonia), Dr. Paula Holcomb (Director of Bands, SUNY Fredonia), Dr. David Rudge (former Director of Orchestras, SUNY Fredonia), Dr. Steve Petersen (former Director of Bands, Ithaca College); and has participated in conducting master classes with Craig Kirkoff (former Director of Bands, University of Minnesota), Dr. Soo Han (Director of Orchestral Studies, George Mason University), and Maestro Darren Lin (Associate Director, President’s Own Marine Band). William lives in Poughkeepsie, NY with his supportive husband Chris and their lovable pug Henry.
With NDSO he led the New York State premiere of the Scott Routenberg Concerto for Jazz Violin and Orchestra. He was also chosen as a conducting finalist for the Woodstock Symphony Orchestra (WSO) in 2017 and in 2022 and was reviewed by Leslie Gerber of Hudson Valley One: “I have never heard the WSO sound as good as it did during this concert…. Those of us who were in the audience were lucky to be there.” William has been sought after as an All-County conductor and has led groups in Broome, Dutchess, Montgomery, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, and Tioga counties.
He is currently the principal clarinetist for the Northern Dutchess Symphony and the Greater Newburgh Symphony orchestras, and has performed in Europe and at Carnegie Hall with the New York Wind Symphony. William received his Bachelor of Music Education and Performance degree from SUNY Fredonia, and his Master’s degree in Clarinet Performance from Ithaca college. He has studied conducting with Dr. Russel C. Mikkelson (former Director of Bands, SUNY Fredonia), Dr. Paula Holcomb (Director of Bands, SUNY Fredonia), Dr. David Rudge (former Director of Orchestras, SUNY Fredonia), Dr. Steve Petersen (former Director of Bands, Ithaca College); and has participated in conducting master classes with Craig Kirkoff (former Director of Bands, University of Minnesota), Dr. Soo Han (Director of Orchestral Studies, George Mason University), and Maestro Darren Lin (Associate Director, President’s Own Marine Band). William lives in Poughkeepsie, NY with his supportive husband Chris and their lovable pug Henry.
