The Millersville University (MU) orchestra will present "Orchestral Masterworks" on Saturday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Biemesderfer Hall at the Winter Visual and Performing Art Center, 60 W. Cottage Ave., Millersville.

Led by maestra Vera Volchansky, the student orchestra will be joined by guest artists Olga Orlovskaya, soprano, and Robert Horton, harpsicord, and will perform Gorecki's Harpsichord Concerto, Handel's "Music for the Royal Fireworks," and arias of Bach, Handel, and Gluck.

The MU orchestra is an auditioned large ensemble. Led by conductor and Millersville University Tell School of Music associate professor of strings Vera Volchansky, the orchestra performs standard symphonic repertoire and collaborates with MU faculty, as well as winners of local competitions. The orchestra often performs with major guest artists.

Russian-born Orlovskaya graduated from the Russian Academy of Music and earned a Master of Arts, specializing in voice. She also participated and was a finalist in a number of national and international festivals and competitions. She has performed numerous soprano roles in operas and, in 2010, became a soloist for Washington Balalaika Society.

Horton serves as organist and choirmaster at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Lancaster. Previously, he was interim chapel organist at Duke University and director of keyboard studies at Dordt College. As a Fulbright scholar, he studied at the Conservatoire National de Region in Toulouse, France.

In addition to directing the MU orchestra, Volchansky has worked with orchestras and various instrumental and choral ensembles in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Russia. A winner of the Fulbright Award, she traveled to St. Petersburg in 2008 to explore music of the lesser-known 20th-century Russian composers.

General-admission tickets are available for a fee. To purchase tickets, call the box office at 717-871-7600 or visit http://www.artsmu.com. They may be purchased in person at The Ware Center, 42 N. Prince St., Lancaster, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays and in Room 103 of the Student Memorial Center on the MU campus from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays.