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The Tar River Philharmonic Orchestra is a professional orchestra that hires from 30-60 musicians per concert.  The size of the orchestra is contingent upon the instrumentation requirements of the compositions programmed.  The musicians typically come from Rocky Mount, Greenville, Washington, Winterville, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Goldsboro, New Bern, Reidsville, Butner, and Fayetteville. Some musicians have come from as far as Virginia and Greensboro to play with the orchestra. 

Dr. Alfred E. Sturgis

The conductor of the orchestra is Dr. Alfred E. Sturgis, who also conducts the North Carolina Master Chorale, Longleaf Opera, and the Carolina Ballet

• Saturday, Nov. 13, 7:30 PM at the Dunn Center for the Performing Arts, NC Wesleyan College Campus, Rocky Mount, NC -
  • “Tonight’s a Really Big Show!” - Ed Sullivan theme
  • Young Artist winner Rebecca Telford-Marx  plays the 1st movement of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto 
  • Tchaikovsky Act IV Finale to "Swan Lake",
  • Schubert Symphony No 8 "Unfinished"
  • Selections from ballet "Gayane" by Khachaturian
  • Selections from the musical South Pacific
  • Plus...a Beatles medley
• Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 10:00 am & 12:00 noon at the Dunn Center for the Performing Arts, NC Wesleyan College Campus, Rocky Mount, NC -
  • Concerts for School Children
• Saturday, April 30, 2011, 7:30 PM at First Baptist Church in Rocky Mount and Sunday, May 1, 3:00 - Meymandi Hall in Raleigh
  • Mendelssohn's "Elijah"
  • Tar River Philharmonic Orchestra joined by the Tar River Chorus and the Raleigh Master Chorale

Highlights of concerts in 2010-2011

2010-2011 season