The West Shore Symphony Orchestra, a community orchestra serving communities west of Harrisburg, has announced its 2021-22 season. Following a series of summer concerts, the orchestra, directed by Jennifer Sacher Wiley, will return to its usual Masterworks season with the theme "Feel the Current."

The orchestra's first concert of the season, titled "Perspectives on North America," will take place at the Carlisle Theatre, 40 W. High St., Carlisle, on Sunday, Nov. 14. In an effort to represent Native American viewpoints on the concert stage, this concert will feature works by the Native composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate. In addition, the orchestra will play Antonin Dvorak's Ninth Symphony, the movements of which will be interspersed with the other selections on the program. The concert will also feature readings from the work of the Native writer, teacher, and activist Zitkála-≤á and a new work by Nancy Ives, a descendant of Charles Ives, depicting the 1957 Dalles Dam devastation of Native lands and livelihoods near the Columbia River in Oregon.

A concert titled "A 'Night' at the Opera" will occur on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Camp Hill. Featuring baritone Matthew Robinson, mezzo-soprano Amy Yovanovich, and soprano Yolonda Carey, as well as musicians from the Capital Area Music Association, directed by Christyn Seay, this program will contain both favorites and less well-known works from the operatic stage. The program will include works by Puccini, Mozart, and Wagner, as well as selections from the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra's edition of Scott Joplin's "rag opera," "Treemonisha."

The final Masterworks concert, "Conservation and Convention," will be played on Sunday, May 8, at a location to be announced. Following works by Hilary Tann and Witold Lutoslawski, two composers born in the 20th century, the orchestra will play Johannes Brahms' First Symphony, a cornerstone of the orchestral repertoire. The concert will also feature the winner of the 2022 Student Concerto Competition.

All three concerts will begin at 3 p.m., following a pre-concert lecture given by Wiley at 2:15 p.m.

The orchestra will also present its annual Family Concerts, which will take place the day before the Masterworks concerts - on Saturdays, Nov. 13 and Feb. 19 and May 7, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. The November concert time may change. The Family Concerts will feature all the music on the Masterworks programs, presented in a short, informal format suited to young children. Each Family Concert will be at the same location at the corresponding Masterworks program.