Sponsored by the Wright State University School of Fine and Performing Arts
With additional funding from the Ohio Arts Council
Every weekend, Discover Classical presents recorded concerts by many of the region's finest performing arts ensembles, like the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Bach Society of Dayton, Chamber Music Yellow Springs and others.
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
Neal Gittleman, conductor
"With Friends, For Friends"
Recorded in October, 2025, at the Schuster Center
A. K. Jaquith: Containing the World: Dreams of Mahler
Steven Winteregg: Dante's Journey: A Concerto for Orchestra
Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations
Michael Schelle: Exist
Bach Society of Dayton
David Crean, director
Kettering Advent Ringers
Joan Ulloth Dorgan, director
Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Bruce Swank, director
"Sweet Sounds of the Holidays"
Recorded December 8, 2024, at Kettering Adventist Church
Kettering Advent Ringers
Arranged by Cathy Moklebust: Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
Adolphe Adam (arranged by Bill Ingram): O Holy Night
Arranged by Fred Gramann: Prelude & Fugue on Noel Nouvelet
Audience and Choruses
Arranged by David Willcocks: Once in Royal David's City
Bach Society of Dayton, Kettering Advent Ringers, and Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Neil Harmon: On This Day Earth Shall Ring
Bach Society of Dayton
Bob Chilcott: Mid-Winter
Arranged by John A. Behnke: The Holly and the Ivy
Arranged by Mark Zuckerman: O, ir kleyne likhtelekh
Arranged by Joseph Flummerfelt: Mi Y'Maleil
Jessica French: Earth, Strike Up Your Music
Audience and Choruses
Felix Mendelssohn (arranged by David Willcocks): Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Arranged by Sally K. Albrecht: Celebrate the Feast of Lights
Andy Beck: Carry the Light
Arranged by Linda Steen Spevecek: Ríu Ríu Chíu
Arranged by Susan Brumfield: See Amid the Winter's Snow
Audience and Choruses
French Carol: Angels We Have Heard on High
Kettering Advent Ringers
Georges Bizet (arranged by William Griffin): Farandole
Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene (arranged by Anna Laura Page): Mary, Did You Know?
Bach Society of Dayton and Kettering Advent Ringers
Johnny Marks (arranged by John Leavitt): I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Bach Society of Dayton
John Rutter: Nativity Carol
Tomas Luis de Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium
Arranged by Katherine K. Davis: As it Fell Upon a Night
Audience and Choruses
Arranged by David Willcocks: O Come, All Ye Faithful
Bach Society of Dayton and Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Arranged by Douglas E. Wagner: The Wexford Carol
Bach Society of Dayton, Kettering Advent Ringers, and Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Arranged by Mark Hayes: I Saw Three Ships
Bach Society of Dayton
David Crean, director
Kettering Advent Ringers
Joan Ulloth Dorgan, director
Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Bruce Swank, director
"Sweet Sounds of the Holidays"
Recorded December 8, 2024, at Kettering Adventist Church
Kettering Advent Ringers
Arranged by Cathy Moklebust: Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
Adolphe Adam (arranged by Bill Ingram): O Holy Night
Arranged by Fred Gramann: Prelude & Fugue on Noel Nouvelet
Audience and Choruses
Arranged by David Willcocks: Once in Royal David's City
Bach Society of Dayton, Kettering Advent Ringers, and Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Neil Harmon: On This Day Earth Shall Ring
Bach Society of Dayton
Bob Chilcott: Mid-Winter
Arranged by John A. Behnke: The Holly and the Ivy
Arranged by Mark Zuckerman: O, ir kleyne likhtelekh
Arranged by Joseph Flummerfelt: Mi Y'Maleil
Jessica French: Earth, Strike Up Your Music
Audience and Choruses
Felix Mendelssohn (arranged by David Willcocks): Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Arranged by Sally K. Albrecht: Celebrate the Feast of Lights
Andy Beck: Carry the Light
Arranged by Linda Steen Spevecek: Ríu Ríu Chíu
Arranged by Susan Brumfield: See Amid the Winter's Snow
Audience and Choruses
French Carol: Angels We Have Heard on High
Kettering Advent Ringers
Georges Bizet (arranged by William Griffin): Farandole
Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene (arranged by Anna Laura Page): Mary, Did You Know?
Bach Society of Dayton and Kettering Advent Ringers
Johnny Marks (arranged by John Leavitt): I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Bach Society of Dayton
John Rutter: Nativity Carol
Tomas Luis de Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium
Arranged by Katherine K. Davis: As it Fell Upon a Night
Audience and Choruses
Arranged by David Willcocks: O Come, All Ye Faithful
Bach Society of Dayton and Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Arranged by Douglas E. Wagner: The Wexford Carol
Bach Society of Dayton, Kettering Advent Ringers, and Kettering Children's Choir Chorale
Arranged by Mark Hayes: I Saw Three Ships
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Peter Stafford Wilson, director
Mark O'Connor and Maggie O'Connor, violins
"Mark O'Connor Duo with Maggie O'Connor"
Recorded March 5, 2022, at the Clark State Performing Arts Center
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"
Mark O'Connor: Strings and Threads Suite
Mark O'Connor: The Improvised Violin Concerto - I, IV. and V.
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Peter Stafford Wilson, director
Mark O'Connor and Maggie O'Connor, violins
"Mark O'Connor Duo with Maggie O'Connor"
Recorded March 5, 2022, at the Clark State Performing Arts Center
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"
Mark O'Connor: Strings and Threads Suite
Mark O'Connor: The Improvised Violin Concerto - I, -IV. and -V.
Wright State University School of Fine and Performing Arts
"Fall Semester Highlights"
Wright State University School of Fine and Performing Arts
"Fall Semester Highlights"