Posted June 24, 2025
Get ready for a season that celebrates musical diversity, deep storytelling, and bold emotion…
As we enter our 78th season and the first full year with Scott O’Neil as Music Director, we’re unveiling a repertoire that reflects the vibrancy of our community and the ever-evolving landscape of classical music.
You’ll hear everything from Higdon’s Low Brass Concerto to Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances, the colorful storytelling of Scheherazade, and a genre-crossing work by Pat Metheny reimagined by Maestro O’Neil himself. Plus, we’re honored to spotlight works by Mary D. Watkins, Jennifer Higdon, and other living composers who are shaping the future of our art form.
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🧵 Patchwork Nation (Oct 17 & 18, 2025)
- Gershwin: Cuban Overture
- Jennifer Higdon: Low Brass Concerto
- Pat Metheny, arr. Scott O’Neil: Minuano
- John Williams: Suite from Far and Away
- Mary D. Watkins: Five Movements in Color
🎄 Holiday Cheer! (Dec 12 & 13, 2025)
- Coleridge-Taylor: Christmas Overture
- Respighi: Adoration of the Magi (from Trittico Botticelliano)
- Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves (aka “What Child Is This?”)
- Prokofiev: Troika (from Lt. Kije Suite)
- arr. Scott O’Neil: Live Narrated “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”
- …and MORE of your holiday favorites!
❤️🔥 Hearts Aflame (Feb 14 & 15, 2026)
- Golan: Giovanna d’Arco (Joan of Arc)
- Glazunov: Violin Concerto (ft. Igor Pikayzen, violin)
- Bizet: Carmen Suites Nos. 1 & 2
Plus: arrive early for a FREE string ensemble concert before the symphonic concert (February 14 only)
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D Minor (ft. Katherine Thayer, violin)
- Dvořák: Serenade for Strings
📚 Once Upon a Tune (Apr 11 & 12, 2026)
- Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Mahler, arr. Scott O’Neil: Andante Moderato from Symphony No. 6
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
🌌 Do Not Go Gentle (May 16 & 17, 2026)
- Bach/Elgar: Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
- Navarro: “Legacy” Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra
- Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances