We invite you to join us for a free concert featuring The Southern Adventist University Symphony Orchestra on November 14 at 4:00 p.m. at the Lutheran Church of St. Andrew (15300 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20905).
About the Artists
The Southern Adventist University Symphony Orchestra is one of several performance organizations sponsored by the School of Music at Southern Adventist University. The orchestra performs a series of six concerts annually on Southem’s campus, and travels to other schools, churches, and concert halls, both locally and throughout the United States. Additionally, the orchestra has enjoyed a reputation for quality performance on a worldwide scale, having toured Korea, the South Pacific, Greece, Russia, Romania, Spain, Canada, the British Isles, France, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Argentina, and Puerto Rico.
Laurie Redmer Cadwallader, a violinist, violist, and vocalist, holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from Atlantic Union College and Master of Music degrees in both Viola Performance and Conducting from New England Conservatory of Music. She has conducted the Young People’s Philharmonia, the Salisbury Singers, Symphony Pro Musica, and the Maryland Consort of Instruments. She has been on the faculties of Columbia Union College, Greater Boston Academy, New England Conservatory Extension Division, South Lancaster Academy, the Walnut Hill School for the Arts, and the Thayer Conservatory of Music.
Mrs. Cadwallader has performed with the Boston Philharmonic, Symphony Pro Musica, the Salisbury Lyric Opera, the Salisbury Chamber Orchestra, the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, and the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra. Her performance experience includes concert tours of Europe, Australia, Asia, Russia, and the United States as a violinist, violist, vocalist, and conductor. She is frequently a clinician at music festivals around the United States.
Prior to her current appointment, Mrs. Cadwallader was assistant professor of music at Columbia Union College, and the director of choirs at Takoma Academy from 1998 to 2000. She was head of the music education program, taught viola, violin, and conducting, and administered the Preparatory School of Music at Columbia Union College. She also conducted the Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church choir.
Mrs. Cadwallader joined the faculty of Southern Adventist University as associate professor of music in 2000. In addition to her responsibilities as conductor of the SAU Symphony Orchestra, she teaches viola, violin, string methods, elementary and secondary music methods, and conducting.
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