Birch Creek Video Samples & Performances
Symphony - 2011
Nimrod Variation from Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, "Enigma"
Composer: Sir Edward Elgar
Conductor: Brian Groner
Media type: Video
Play length: 3:53
At Birch Creek, students combine with the faculty to form the 80-member Birch Creek Symphony Orchestra. They perform...read more
La Mer, I - From Dawn till Noon on the Sea (De l'aube á midi sur la mer)
Composer: Claude Debussy
Conductor: Brian Groner
Media type: Video
Play length: 9:40
At Birch Creek, students combine with the faculty to form the 80-member Birch Creek Symphony Orchestra. They perform...read more
La Mer, II - Play of the Waves (Jeux de vagues)
Composer: Claude Debussy
Conductor: Brian Groner
Media type: Video
Play length: 7:02
At Birch Creek, students combine with the faculty to form the 80-member Birch Creek Symphony Orchestra. They perform...read more
La Mer, III - Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea (Dialogue du vent et de la mer)
Composer: Claude Debussy
Conductor: Brian Groner
Media type: Video
Play length: 8:31
The Birch Creek Symphony Orchestra performs 6 concerts (4 entirely different programs) during their 2-week residency. In addition to concerts, students have...read more
Allegro con fuoco from Quintet in G, Op. 77
Composer: Antonin Dvorak
Performers: Birch Creek Student String Quintet
Media type: Video
Play length: 9:18
All Symphony session students at Birch Creek are assigned to a chamber ensemble which rehearses daily and is...read more
Percussion - 2010
Rewind
Composer: Ken "Professor" Philmore
Director: G. Alan O'Connor
Media type: Video
Play length: 3:41
Performers: Birch Creek Steel Band with Liam Teague
All students in the Percussion & Steel Band session learn to play the steelpan and are placed in a Birch Creek steel band. Steel bands rehearse daily and...read more
