Sheridan Solisti Chamber Orchestra is a new ensemble founded and directed by Steinway Artist, Susan Merdinger. Featuring some of Chicago's finest musicians, the ensemble plans to promote new music by contemporary composers, as well as distinguished professional soloists. Currently in fundraising stages, patrons and supporters, volunteers and member musicians are being actively sought. Please contact Susan Merdinger for more information.
Steinway Artist, Susan Merdinger, studied conducting under distinguished conductors Robert Kapilow and Otto Werner Mueller, while an undergrad and grad student at Yale University and the Yale School of Music. While in high school, she also studied under Michael Pollon, who was himself a protege of George Szell.
Ms. Merdinger arrives at the podium as a conductor with a wealth of experience as a piano soloist, duo pianist and chamber musician, and already has a substantial orchestral repertoire available for guest conducting appearances.
Here is a partial list of the major works which may be featured in future concerts:
ORCHESTRA CONDUCTING REPERTOIRE:
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Beethoven: Leonore Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No.7
Beethoven: Symphony No.3
Beethoven: Symphony No.5
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from Westside Story
Bizet: Symphony in C
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a
Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise
Coleridge-Taylor: Petit Suite de Concert
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Dukas: Fanfare from La Peri
Ewazen: A Western Fanfare
Grieg: Peter Gynt Suite
Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Huprikar: Olympus for Piano and Orchestra
Janacek: Sinfonietta
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Prokofieff: Classical Symphony
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals
Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra
Stravinsky: Three Movements of Petrouchka
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6
Verdi: La Forza del Destino
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
PIANO CONCERTOS:
Albeniz: Rapsodia Espanola, Op. 70 (Two Pianos) **
Anderson: Piano Concerto in C major
Bach-Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Pianos and String Orchestra (Piano 1)**
Bach: Concerto for Three Pianos ( Harpsichord)
Beethoven: All Five Concerti- Op. 15, Op.19, Op.37, Op. 73 (The “Emperor”)
Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello **
Bloch: Concerto Grosso for Piano and Strings **
Brahms: No.1 in d minor, Op. 15
No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83**
Franck: Symphonic Variations**
Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Mozart: K.365 (Two Pianos)**, A major K. 414, G major K. 453, D minor K. 466, C major K.467**, A major K.488, C major K.503**
Mendelssohn: Concerto No. 1 in g minor
Concerto No. 2 in d minor
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue **
Gottschalk: L’Union**, Grande Tarantella **
Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2 in c minor
Rhapsody on Theme of Paganini
Schumann: Concerto in a, Op.54 **
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals (Two Pianos) **
Saint-Saëns: Concerto No. 2 in g minor
Tchaikovsky: No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23 **
Liszt: No. 1 in E-flat **
Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos **
INSTRUMENTAL CONCERTOS and SHORT WORKS with SOLOISTS:
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Bloch: Suite Hebraique
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Debussy: Premiere Rhapsody for Clarinet
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A
Mozart: Flute Concerto No.1 in G major
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major
Mozart: Violin Concerto No.3 in G
Ravel: Tzigane for Violin and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Walton: Viola Concerto
Weber: Concerto No. 2 for Clarinet