Rhodes Orchestra

Photo: Rhodes Orchestra (detail)

Joe Montelione, Director

Rhodes Orchestra is the symphonic concert orchestra for the Department of Music. Rhodes Orchestra is open to any Rhodes College student with previous experience in band or orchestra.

The Rhodes Orchestra exists to rehearse, perfect, and perform the best symphonic orchestral literature in the classical tradition, both for the enhancement of the student and the enjoyment of the audience. Participants work diligently to achieve excellence in personal and group performance. One hour college credit is available each semester for participating in the Rhodes Orchestra.

Membership is based upon an audition heard by the conductor. Rhodes Orchestra performs two concerts each semester, including the winner of the annual Dladys Cauthen Orchestra Soloist Competition. Recent literature performed by Rhodes Orchestra includes "Academic Festival Overture", Brahms; "Pavane", Faure; "Fantasia on Greensleeves", Vaughan Williams; "Impresario Overture", Mozart; "Espana", Chabrier; "Carmen Suite", Bizet; "Symphony No. 5", Mendelssohn; "Brandenburg Concert #4", Bach; and the "Promethius Overture", Beethoven.