Elgin Symphony Orchestra presents Music for Strings Nov. 19

First United Methodist Church of Elgin will host the Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s Music for Strings concert on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. Matthew Sheppard will conduct this program, which includes Mendelssohn’s String Symphony No. 10 in B minor, Elgar’s Serenade for Strings, Efraín Amaya’s Angelica, and Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings. The First United Methodist Church of Elgin is located at 216 East Highland Avenue in Elgin, Ill.

Awarded Conductor of the Year in 2022 by the Illinois Council of Orchestras, Sheppard is the artistic director of the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Hyde Park Youth Symphony, and the music director for the University of Chicago Chamber Orchestra and the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company of Chicago. He has guest-conducted orchestras in North and South America. For the 2022-23 season, Sheppard is the guest resident conductor at the Bienen School of Music, where he conducts the Northwestern Symphony Orchestra.

Tickets are $20 for adults. Students are $5. Youth age 17 and younger are free with a paying adult. Tickets can be purchased at www.elginsymphony.org, or are available Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the ESO Box Office, 20 DuPage Ct., Elgin, or by phone at 847-888-4000. Free parking is available.