Music Director Bruce Briney opens the QSO season with Natural Wonders. Acclaimed violinist Alex Malaimare is featured in The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan-Williams. Consistently ranked by music lovers as one of their favorite pieces, The Lark Ascending is a flight of fancy that stirs the hearts of all who listen, painting a lyrical portrait of freedom and transcendence against the backdrop of the orchestra's embrace.

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Natural Wonders

Quincy Junior High School

University Of Illinois Wind Orchestra And Hindsley Band

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Pianist Joyce Yang, a favorite of Sarasota audiences, returns to our stage as soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24. One of Mozart’s most striking concertos, the work rolls with a stormy turbulence. Yang is joined by Austrian conductor Katharina Wincor, who makes her Sarasota Orchestra debut. The program also features Dvořák’s popular Symphony No. 8, a tribute to the composer’s beloved Bohemia translated into sonic terrain filled with birdsong, rustling leaves, and folk dances. Sarasota native Roger Zare named his ten-minute NEOWISE after the comet that flared across our skies in 2020.

Yang Plays Mozart

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra

Green Music Center

The concert features guest composer Gabriela Ortiz and MSU cellist Suren Bagratuni. The MSU Wind Symphony will perform Kauyumari by Gabriela Ortiz, Tramonto by Luis Serrano Alarcón, Sinfonietta for Concert Band by Ingolf Dahl, and Danza Final (arr. David John) by Alberto Ginastera. The MSU Symphony Band will perform Pacific Celebration Suite: I. Parade by Roger Nixon, Mare Tranquillitatis by Roger Zare, and Variants on a Medieval Tune by Norman Dello Joio. Kevin L. Sedatole and David Thornton, conductors.

Wind Symphony And Symphony Band

Wharton Center for Performing Arts

Caroline Campbell, “violinist to the stars,” regular musical partner with Andrea Boccelli, Chris Botti and Sting brings her artistry and charisma to a glittering program of popular favorites, led by the brilliant guest conductor Lara Webber.

Caroline Campbell

Heritage Theatre

Lift off with the symphony as we explore the universe in all its celestial wonder. You’ll hear music inspired by planets, comets, moons, and stars accompanied by images from our galaxy and beyond. “Claire de Lune,” selections from Gustav Holst’s Planets and John Williams’s Star Wars Suite, and so much more will bring our season to a spectacular conclusion.

Roger Zare

Events

Upcoming events

May 31, 2025

Celestial Sounds · Livermore-Amador Symphony

Past events

Sep 29, 2024

Natural Wonders · Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association

Apr 19, 2024

University Of Illinois Wind Orchestra And Hindsley Band · Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

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