Symphoria Loves Country brings to life the classic hits of Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and Johnny Cash, as well as songs by the biggest artists of today, like Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, The Chicks, and Kacey Musgraves.
PROGRAM
WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN, written by Charles H. Gabriel and Ada R. Habershon
As performed by the Carter Family
CALLIN’ BATON ROUGE, written by Dennis Linde
As performed by The Oak Ridge Boys
KEROSENE, written by Stephen Earl and Miranda Lambert
As performed by Miranda Lambert
CRAZY, written by Willie Nelson
As performed by Patsy Cline
ALL MY EX’S LIVE IN TEXAS, written by Lyndia Shafer and Sanger D. Shafer
As performed by George Strait
GOOD HEARTED WOMAN, by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
As performed by Waylon & Willie
FANCY, written by Bobbie Gentry
As performed by Reba McEntire
INDEPENDENCE DAY, written by Gretchen Peters
As performed by Martina McBride
RAINBOW, written by Natalie Nicole Hemby, Shane McAnally, and Kacey Lee Musgraves
As performed by Kacey Musgraves
DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA, written by Charlie Daniels, Tom Crain, “Taz” Digregorio, Fred Edwards, Charles Hayward, and James W. Marshall
As performed by The Charlie Daniels Band
INTERMISSION
ALWAYS ON MY MIND, written by Johnny Christopher, Wayne Carson Thompson, and Mark James
As performed by Willie Nelson
WIDE OPEN SPACES, written by Susan Lauralee Gibson
As performed by The Chicks
BRAND NEW MAN, written by Leon Brooks, Don Kirby Cook, and Ronnie Dunn
As performed by Brooks & Dunn
WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL, written by Paul Overstreet and Donald Alan Schiltz
As performed by Alison Krauss & Union Station
CHATTAHOOCHEE, written by Alan Eugene Jackson and Jimmy Ray McBride
As performed by Alan Jackson
WICHITA LINEMAN, written by Jimmy Webb
As performed by Glen Campbell
JOLENE, by Dolly Parton
As performed by Dolly Parton
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, by Dolly Parton
As performed by Dolly Parton
9 TO 5, by Dolly Parton
As performed by Dolly Parton
I HOPE YOU DANCE, written by Mark Daniel Saunders and Tia Sillers
As performed by Lee Ann Womack
JACKSON, written by Jerry Lieber and Billy Edd Wheeler
As performed by Johnny Cash and June Carter
Thanks to our sponsors for this performance!
FEATURED ARTISTS
Sean O’Loughlin (b.1972) is the Principal Pops Conductor of Symphoria, the exciting new symphony in Syracuse, NY and the newly appointed Principal Pops Conductor of the Victoria Symphony in Victoria, B.C. Canada. He is a fresh voice and a rising name in the music world. His music ...
Sean O’Loughlin (b.1972) is the Principal Pops Conductor of Symphoria, the exciting new symphony in Syracuse, NY and the newly appointed Principal Pops Conductor of the Victoria Symphony in Victoria, B.C. Canada. He is a fresh voice and a rising name in the music world. His music is characterized by vibrant rhythms, passionate melodies, and colorful scoring. Commissions from the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra highlight and showcase his diverse musical abilities. As a conductor, he has led performances with the Boston Pops Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Victoria Symphony and the Seattle Symphony amongst others. He was the assistant conductor and arranger for a production of Sgt. Pepper Live in Las Vegas featuring the band Cheap Trick. He has served as conductor for national and world-wide tours with Josh Groban, Sarah McLachlan and the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration. He has also appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America with Josh Groban and NBC’s “A Very Pentatonix Christmas.”
Recent collaborations include such artists as Sarah McLachlan, Adele, Josh Groban, Pentatonix, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Diana Ross, Journey, Melissa Etheridge, Weird Al Yankovic, Blue Man Group, Janelle Monáe, Audra McDonald, Hall and Oates, Gloria Estefan, the Indigo Girls, Diana Krall, Itzhak Perlman, Natalie Merchant, Chris Isaak, Pink Martini, Brandi Carlile, The Decemberists, Martina McBride, Josh Ritter, Gloria Gaynor and others. The Los Angeles Times calls his orchestrations “…magnificent and colorful” while adding “…even more dimension…” to the compositions. Daily Variety heralds Sean’s writing as “most impressive …” with a “wide range of coloring in the orchestra…” that “…adds heft and rolling energy.
Through his growing number of commissioned and published works, Sean is excited to continue contributing to the rich history of orchestral and wind band literature. His music is published by Excelcia Music, Hal Leonard and Carl Fischer. He is a frequent guest conductor with professional orchestras around the country and abroad. An annual ASCAP Special Awards winner, Sean was a composition fellow at the Henry Mancini Institute in Los Angeles, and holds composition degrees from New England Conservatory and Syracuse University.
