Experience the Yale Symphony Orchestra in San Miguel de Allende!

By Oriol Bolaño

The Yale Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra at Yale University that performs in Yale’s Woolsey Hall and tours internationally and domestically. The present music director is William Boughton.

History

The Yale Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1965 by a small group of Yale students who sensed the need for an ensemble devoted to the performance of orchestral repertoire. It developed from Yale’s Calhoun College Chamber Music Orchestra when three of its members sought to expand the orchestra to provide an opportunity for larger-scale orchestral performances.

In its first campus-wide incarnation, the Yale Symphony Orchestra was known as the Yale Symphonic Society. It was originally composed of both undergraduates and graduate students from the Yale School of Music, in contrast to its primarily undergraduate population today. By 1967, the campus had begun to refer to the Yale Symphonic Society as the Yale Symphony Orchestra instead, and the orchestra had instated Richmond Browne as its first permanent conductor.

The following years saw growth for the orchestra as former undergraduate and then-graduate student John Mauceri (Yale class of 1967) replaced Browne as conductor in the fall of 1968. Mauceri’s adventurous programming helped the orchestra expand its membership and popularity on campus. In 1971, the orchestra traveled to France for its first international tour; domestic and international tours have continued to the present day.

Now, in San Miguel we can enjoy an enchanting concert with William Boughton as conductor and Nadira Novruzov as soloist presenting the wonderful works «Rainbow Body» by Christopher Theofandis; «Flute Concerto» by Carl Reinecke; «Symphony No. 7 in C major Op.105» by Jean Sibelius, and «Huapango» by José Pablo Moncayo. 

The date is this Thursday, March 16, at 7pm, at the San Francisco Church. Tickets cost: 700 pesos for Zone A, 600 pesos for Zone B, and 350 pesos for Zone C. Purchase your tickets at the San Francisco Church office or online at https://www.festivalsanmiguel.com/.