I have so enjoyed playing with The Willamette Valley Symphony and the Salem Philharmonia Orchestra over the last couple of years. I have grown so much in my playing and I feel so happy to have had these opportunities. I am so sorry I didn’t capture Jaclyn LaRue’s beautiful posters for you to see, but here is a listing of what I’ve played with these groups:
- “The Banks of the Green Willow,” George Butterworth
- “The Nocturnes,” Claude Debussy
- “Petite Suite,” Claude Debussy
- “Romeo & Juliet Overture-Fantasy,” Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- “Symphonie Espagnole in D Minor,” Edouard Lalo
- “The Swan of Tuonela,” Jean Sibelius
- “Symphony #2 in D Major,” Jean Sibelius”
- “The Planets,” Gustav Holst
- “Lt. Kijie Suite,” Sergei Prokofiev
- “La Forza del Destino,” Giuseppe Verdi
- “Star Wars Epic Suite,” John Williams
- “Star Trek” (2009) and “Star Trek Into Darkness” (2013), Michael Giacchino
- “Star Trek Through the Years,” Calvin Custer (no “official” harp part, but I threw harp glissandi in wherever I could!)
- “American Salute,” Morton Gould
- “Also Sprach Zarathustra,” Richard Strauss (“harped” the piano part…)
- “An Outdoor Overture,” Aaron Copland (“harped” the piano part…)
- “The Star-Spangled Banner,” John Smith (“harped” the piano part…)
- “Samson and Delilah – Bacchanale,” Camille Saint-Saens
- “Symphony in Bb Major,” Ernest Chausson
- “Showboat” Highlights, Jerome Kern
- “The Music Man” Symphonic Impressions, Meredith Wilson (arr. Richard Hayman)
- “Camelot” Selection for Orchestra, Lerner and Lowe (arr. by Robert Russell Bennett)
- “Oklahoma” For Orchestra, Rodgers and Hammerstein (arr. by Robert Russell Bennet)
- “West Side Story” Orchestral Selections, Leonard Bernstein (arr. by Robert Russell Bennett)
- “Selections from Phantom of the Opera,” Andrew Lloyd Weber (arr. by Calvin Custer) – I played Electronic organ for this one: “DAAAA! Da, da, da, da, DAAAAA!”
- “The Cowboys” Overture, John Williams (I played this with the Willamette Concert Band)
- Another one with Willamette Concert Band – I can’t remember what!
Cherie Gullerud 