Josephine Mascarenhas, saxophone

Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Bohemian Rhapsody:” 2026 Arts for a Better Tomorrow

Gateway High School

A powerful program that bridges sound, imagery, and urgent storytelling. Mussorgsky’s iconic Pictures at an Exhibition is brought to life with film, transforming this classic suite into a multi-sensory journey through music and art.

Paired with it is The Bird-While by Gala Flagello, a 2024 Sousa-ABA Ostwald Composition Contest finalist. This striking concerto for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and winds—based on Keith Taylor’s poem “Acolytes in the Bird-While”—explores the beauty of Michigan’s ecosystems and the human struggle to persist in the face of climate change. Featuring guest soloists from "The President's Own" United States Marine Band, this performance brings extraordinary artistry to a message of environmental urgency.

EPSG:4326

Pictures at an Exhibition

Wake Forest University

The Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestras are committed to supporting the lives of young musicians and their families through professional and enriching rehearsals and performances. We are here to serve and inspire the passionate music-makers of central Ohio and elevate our community through musical excellence and innovation.

Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert

Riffe Center Studio Theatres

Join us for the spring performance of the Michigan Youth Symphonic Band, the Michigan Youth Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Michigan Youth Symphony Orchestra. These ensembles are part of the Michigan Youth Ensembles (MYE) program, which brings together exceptional high school students for weekly rehearsals at SMTD. MYE Students, who are selected by audition, have the opportunity to engage in a stimulating environment, while learning from U-M conductors, applied faculty, and graduate students.

Michigan Youth Symphonic Band / Philharmonia Orchestra / Symphony Orchestra Spring Performance

University of Michigan

Experience a powerful blend of tradition and innovation in this soul-stirring concert set in the breathtaking acoustics of a historic church. Featuring Viet Cuong’s dazzling oboe concerto, a World Premiere by Gala Flagello, Mark Buller’s John the Revelator, and Saint-Saëns’ majestic Organ Symphony with guest organist Bradley Welch. This unforgettable evening celebrates the awe-inspiring fusion of sacred sound and symphonic power.

Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony

First United Methodist Church of Wichita Falls

Visions & Vitality - Symphony Orchestra

ISU Center for the Performing Arts

First United Methodist Church, Springfield

A celebration of American stories and voices, ROCO In Concert: Do You Hear What I Hear? welcomes conductor Anthony Parnther in his ROCO debut, with guest concertmaster Tereza Stanislav, leading the 40-piece chamber orchestra on Saturday, February 7, 5:00 p.m. at The Church of St. John the Divine. Featured are Duke Ellington’s New World A-Comin’, spotlighting ROCO pianist Audrey Andrist, and the premiere of Patricia Leonard‘s Persistence of the Dream, a ROCO commission commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence, along with the ROCO commissioned premieres of Gala Flagello’s Droughts & Downpours for string orchestra, and Jason Stephens’ rescore of Antonin Dvořák’s New World Symphony.

ROCO In Concert: Do You Hear What I Hear?

The Church of St. John the Divine

UC Berkeley Wind Ensemble II

UC Berkeley Department of Music

Gala Flagello will return to Delaware to introduce her composition Bravado, which was written for the Tanglewood Orchestra last year. Dylana Jenson, a renowned violinist who received the Silver Medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition and has performed at Carnegie Hall, will play Brahms's only violin concerto. The Symphony will close the concert by performing Carl Nielsen's second symphony, The Four Temparaments.

Brahms & Nielsen

Ohio Wesleyan University

The UMD Wind Ensemble is joined by faculty soloists Teri Bickham, soprano, and Jonathan Bisesi, xylophone, for “And the Whole Earth Dreams”.

And the Whole Earth Dreams: UMD Wind Ensemble

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Beethoven's third symphony marked a turning point in the history of western music. Not only did it change the course of his own career, but it also had a profound impact on all composers who came after him. This program features two other "Breakthrough" pieces that helped their composers gain wider recognition, fame, and a greater interest in the very note they composed. Listen to the early works of three trailblazing composers and witness the beginnings of their illustrious career. 

Heroic Eroica

Visalia Fox Theatre

Join the Piedmont Wind Symphony as we kick off our 35th Anniversary Season! We will premiere PWS musician Michael Robinson’s Fanfare 1989, celebrating our lasting impact on the Winston-Salem community. Enjoy the consortium premiere of James Syler’s provocative Birds of Paradise, featuring saxophonist and UNCSA Faculty Bobby Young, highlighting our long-standing partnership with the university.

Premieres!

Centenary United Methodist Church

The BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Matthew Lynch, making his BBC SO debut, presents a free concert of exciting contemporary and classic works.

Hear world premieres of brand new works by composer and jazz pianist Pete Letanka, and composer and jazz saxophonist Jason Yarde. Béla Bartók’s Hungarian Sketches brings a touch of folk-inspired brilliance, while Gala Flagello’s Vitality pulses with energy. The programme also includes a selection of Eleanor Alberga’s Dances from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, each movement capturing a unique moment from the beloved tale.

Contemporary and classic works with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Maida Vale Studios

Closing Concert

Warren Woods Community Auditorium

Recipient of a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award and an Avery Fisher Career Grant, violinist Alexi Kenney was named “a talent to watch” by The New York Times. He has earned widespread acclaim across the globe and returns to Santa Fe in February 2024 performing Barber’s Violin Concerto for “American Classics.” Also on the program are works by Bernstein, Copland, and Gala Flagello. Presented as part of the Art + Sol Santa Fe Winter Arts Festival.

American Classics

Lensic Performing Arts Center

Vitality, a new work by Michigan composer Gala Flagello, will open the concert to share music, and meet you.

You have been asking for the Gray Chapel organ,  and we have it for you a second time! The Poulenc, one of the most performed organ concertos, will be performed by concert organist Amanda Mole from Columbus as the soloist.

November Concert 

Dig a little deeper into Stravinsky at this concert with his Carnival piece, "Petrushka," the story of puppets brought to life. We also welcome pianist Henry Kramer for his first appearance with the ASO, where he will bound his way through Beethoven's 4th piano concerto.

Petrushka

Adrian College

Longtime A2SO concertmaster Aaron Berofsky takes the stage to perform Mendelssohn’s sparkling and virtuosic Violin Concerto, a work that established a central place in the repertoire from its very first performance and a definitive musical statement of the early Romantics.

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto

Under the masterful baton of Arian Khaefi, Mandeville Auditorium will resonate with the vibrant compositions of Kristen Kuster, Samuel Barber, and Gabriela Lena Frank. Immerse yourself in the timeless elegance of Florence Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement, followed by the electrifying rhythms of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Also, don’t miss the second-ever performance of Gala Flagello’s Bravado.

This Soil

University of California San Diego

The Long Arc follows powerful orchestral string music through four centuries, from baroque masterpieces to contemporary reimaginings. Violinist Isabela Diaz takes center stage in Philip Glass’s lyrical Violin Concerto No. 2 “The American Four Seasons,” where minimalist patterns evoke the changing landscape of a continent. After intermission, the world premiere of Gala Flagello’s Zeitgeist, a new work commissioned by the Ocala Symphony  exploring music’s dual nature as both timely and timeless—how artists inevitably reflect the spirit of their age while creating art that transcends it, reminding us that the concert hall itself is a collective experience spanning generations. Arvo Pärt’s haunting Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten and Britten’s own charming Simple Symphony—written when he was just a teenager revisiting childhood melodies—complete this meditation on how music connects past and present, individual voices and shared humanity, in an unbroken arc of artistic expression.

The Long Arc

Tuscawilla Park

Close the season with music that changed the world. Gala Flagello's fiery Bravado sets the stage, followed by Saint-Saens's brilliant Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor featuring SSO favorite Dominic Cheli. The finale: Igor Stravinsky's revolutionary The Rite of Spring - raw, primal, and utterly electrifying!

Gala Flagello

Events

Upcoming events

27 - 28 Feb, 2027

The Long Arc · Reilly Arts Center

Apr 17, 2027

The Rite of Spring · Sequoia Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Jun 9, 2026

Josephine Mascarenhas, saxophone · Northwestern Bienen School of Music

16 - 17 May, 2026

Bohemian Rhapsody:” 2026 Arts for a Better Tomorrow · Aurora Symphony Orchestra

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