The student cast of the Music Department of the University of La Serena will offer a new concert on Saturday, October 06, at 20:00 p.m., in the facilities of said unit of the state campus.

This Saturday, October 06, at 20:00 p.m., in the MECESUP concert hall of the Department of Music of the University of La Serena, the University Orchestra, a student cast led by the academic and artistic director, Manuel Figueroa-Bolvarán, will present a new concert from their 2018 season, accompanied by the first flutist of the Universidad de La Serena Symphony Orchestra, Rodrigo López.  

The repertoire to be presented this coming Saturday will open with the well-known dramatic overture "Egmont" Op. 84, by the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven and based on the tragedy written by Goethe. Next, the student group will present the flute concerto in G minor BWV 1056R, by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Rodrigo López.  

To close this concert, the orchestra will present the ninth symphony by the Czech composer, Antonín Dvořák, the crowning work of his symphonic catalog and an important challenge for young musicians.

The concert will be led by its artistic and academic director of the ULS Music Department, Manuel Figueroa-Bolvarán, who will guide the public through the details of the works to be presented.  

It should be noted that the La Serena University Orchestra is a cast open to young musicians from the Coquimbo Region, with a strong focus on the professional development of students, providing tools to strengthen and direct their advancement in the different training orchestras of the region. It is currently made up of students from the Bachelor's Degree in Music and Pedagogy in Musical Education, as well as advanced musicians from the Jorge Peña Hen Experimental School of Music and different youth orchestras in the area.