{"id":25776,"date":"2025-04-30T19:21:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T19:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/?p=25776&post_type=story"},"modified":"2025-04-30T19:21:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T19:21:59","slug":"starlit-serenade","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/starlit-serenade\/","title":{"rendered":"Starlit Serenade"},"content":{"rendered":"

On an April evening under a clear sky, more than 1,000 Knights gathered at the Reflecting Pond for the annual Symphony Under the Stars. The night unfolded with musical enchantment as UCF\u2019s Symphony Orchestra performed pieces inspired by our planet and its celestial surroundings, including Jean Sibelius\u2019 Symphony No. 2<\/cite>.<\/p>\n

Conducted by Director of Orchestral Activities Robert Hasty and graduate student Lina Jeong, Knight musicians also performed John Williams\u2019 main title from Star Wars <\/cite>and Roger Zare\u2019s NEOWISE<\/cite>, a piece inspired by a comet that became visible to the naked eye in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis event shows how orchestral music can inspire community and bring beautiful music to all audiences in a natural environment.\u201d \u2014\u00a0 Robert Hasty, director of orchestral activities<\/p>\n

\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n
70<\/dt>\n
Hours of practice went into preparation for the event<\/dd>\n
66<\/dt>\n
Knights performed, including musicians on brass, percussion, string and woodwind instruments<\/dd>\n
34<\/dt>\n
Years UCF has held Symphony Under the Stars, making it one of the university’s most time-honored traditions<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
\n
\"\"

Robert Hasty, director of orchestral activities, conducts UCF\u2019s Symphony Orchestra.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n
\"\"

A flute player performs during the event.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n
\"\"

Graduate student Lina Jeong conducts UCF\u2019s Symphony Orchestra.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n
\"\"

A student smiles between performances.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25912,"template":"","categories":[979],"tags":[341],"class_list":["post-25776","story","type-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-focus","tag-college-of-arts-and-humanities","issues-spring-2025"],"yoast_head":"\nA Starlit Serenade: UCF Symphony Under the Stars 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UCF's Symphony Orchestra performed pieces inspired by our planet and its celestial surroundings for this year's Symphony Under the Stars.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/starlit-serenade\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Starlit Serenade: UCF Symphony Under the Stars 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UCF's Symphony Orchestra performed pieces inspired by our planet and its celestial surroundings for this year's Symphony Under the Stars.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/starlit-serenade\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pegasus Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2025\/04\/Symphony-Pegasus-Spr25-FB-1200x630-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"A Starlit Serenade: UCF Symphony Under the Stars 2025\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"UCF's Symphony Orchestra performed pieces inspired by our planet and its celestial surroundings for this year's Symphony Under the Stars.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2025\/04\/Symphony-Pegasus-Spr25-TW-1600x900-1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/pegasus\\\/starlit-serenade\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/pegasus\\\/starlit-serenade\\\/\",\"name\":\"A Starlit Serenade: UCF Symphony Under the Stars 2025\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/pegasus\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/pegasus\\\/starlit-serenade\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/pegasus\\\/starlit-serenade\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/4\\\/files\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Symphony-Pegasus-Spr25-1200x800-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-30T19:21:59+00:00\",\"description\":\"UCF's Symphony Orchestra performed pieces inspired by our planet and its celestial surroundings for this year's Symphony Under the Stars.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/pegasus\\\/starlit-serenade\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/pegasus\\\/starlit-serenade\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/pegasus\\\/starlit-serenade\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/4\\\/files\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Symphony-Pegasus-Spr25-1200x800-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/4\\\/files\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Symphony-Pegasus-Spr25-1200x800-1.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Red lights shine on Millican Hall as a symphony plays\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/pegasus\\\/starlit-serenade\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/pegasus\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Starlit Serenade\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/pegasus\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/pegasus\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pegasus Magazine\",\"description\":\"The Magazine of University of Central Florida\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/pegasus\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/pegasus\\\/starlit-serenade\\\/#local-main-organization-logo\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"University of Central Florida\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Starlit Serenade: UCF Symphony Under the Stars 2025","description":"UCF's Symphony Orchestra performed pieces inspired by our planet and its celestial surroundings for this year's Symphony Under the Stars.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/starlit-serenade\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Starlit Serenade: UCF Symphony Under the Stars 2025","og_description":"UCF's Symphony Orchestra performed pieces inspired by our planet and its celestial surroundings for this year's Symphony Under the Stars.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/starlit-serenade\/","og_site_name":"Pegasus Magazine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2025\/04\/Symphony-Pegasus-Spr25-FB-1200x630-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"A Starlit Serenade: UCF Symphony Under the Stars 2025","twitter_description":"UCF's Symphony Orchestra performed pieces inspired by our planet and its celestial surroundings for this year's Symphony Under the Stars.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2025\/04\/Symphony-Pegasus-Spr25-TW-1600x900-1.jpg","twitter_site":"@UCF","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/starlit-serenade\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/starlit-serenade\/","name":"A Starlit Serenade: UCF Symphony Under the Stars 2025","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/starlit-serenade\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/starlit-serenade\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2025\/04\/Symphony-Pegasus-Spr25-1200x800-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-30T19:21:59+00:00","description":"UCF's Symphony Orchestra performed pieces inspired by our planet and its celestial surroundings for this year's Symphony Under the Stars.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/starlit-serenade\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/starlit-serenade\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/starlit-serenade\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2025\/04\/Symphony-Pegasus-Spr25-1200x800-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2025\/04\/Symphony-Pegasus-Spr25-1200x800-1.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"Red lights shine on Millican Hall as a symphony plays"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/starlit-serenade\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Starlit Serenade"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/","name":"Pegasus Magazine","description":"The Magazine of University of Central Florida","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/starlit-serenade\/#local-main-organization-logo","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"University of Central Florida"}]}},"acf":[],"story_subtitle":"UCF's Symphony Orchestra performed pieces inspired by our planet and its celestial surroundings for this year's Symphony Under the Stars.","story_description":"UCF's Symphony Orchestra performed pieces inspired by our planet and its celestial surroundings for this year's Symphony Under the Stars.","story_thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2025\/04\/Symphony-Pegasus-Spr25-1200x800-1-263x175.jpg","width":263,"height":175},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/25776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/story"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/25776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26033,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/25776\/revisions\/26033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}