2024-25 Season

"We are so fortunate to have the sublime experience of hearing live classical music performed by a professional orchestra in our backyard, and we should keep letting others know about it." -- Howard Hsu

Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin

Change

September 21, 2024

  • Rossini Barber of Seville Overture
  • Jeff Beal Body in Motion, for violin and orchestra (Georgia premiere)
         Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin
  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathétique”

Halloween

Casual Classics: Frightful Favorites

October 26, 2024 - 7:30pm

  • Music from Jaws, Psycho, Night on Bald Mountain, Sorcerer’s Apprentice and more

Jon Nakamatsu, piano

Blue Jeans and Beethoven

February 15, 2025 - 7:30pm

  • Beethoven Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43
  • Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 “Emperor”
            Jon Nakamatsu, piano

Awakening

March 29, 2025 - 7:30pm

  • L. Boulanger D’un matin de printemps
  • Coleman Seven O’Clock Shout
  • Wagner Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
  • Wagner Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Death and Funeral March
  • Stravinsky Rite of Spring

Byron Stripling and Carmen Bradford

Byron Stripling & Carmen Bradford

May 3, 2025 - 7:30pm

  • Byron Stripling, trumpet
  • Carmen Bradford, vocalist