Daniel Wiley

West Valley Symphony

Celebrate the joy of the season with a beloved concert conducted by Associate Conductor, Nicholas Ross, featuring a side-by-side with the West Valley Youth Symphony, Claire Gordon, Conductor. 

Enjoy cherished carols and orchestral showpieces including White Christmas, Tyzik’s Behold the Lights, Sleigh Ride and other favorite sing-alongs.
 
Bring your friends and family to experience the beauty of live music and the spirit of the season – a perfect way to welcome the holidays.

Home for the Holidays

The Vista Center for the Arts

Celebrate the New Year with Legacy of a Titan, a program tracing Beethoven’s enduring influence. Featuring Orpheus: Symphonic Variations, Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No. 1 with ASU Professor Emeritus Robert Spring, and Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 – each work shaped by Beethoven’s revolutionary legacy.

A tribute to the past, and a spark for what’s to come.

Legacy of A Titan

John Williams’ iconic themes for the first three Harry Potter films became the magical heart of the series, echoing through every chapter.

This concert features highlights from across the saga, plus selections from The Wizard of Oz and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – a spellbinding afternoon for kids of all ages.

Witches, Wizards and the Music of Harry Potter

This nautical program explores the deep connection between water and orchestral color, as composers evoke crashing waves, shifting tides, and misty shores through sound. Concertmaster Luke Hill takes center stage in Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy, a sweeping work of folk-inspired lyricism.

After intermission, the journey continues with Bloch’s Poems of the Sea and Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides, concluding with Frank Bridge’s The Sea – a lush, cinematic portrait of the ocean’s every-changing moods.

Seascapes

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 opens with one of the most famous musical statements of all time – a defiant gesture in the face of fate.

Paired with Bizet’s Carmen Symphony, this program explores resistance in many forms: Beethoven’s heroic struggle through adversity, and Bizet’s bold portrayal of passion, class and freedom in a world that expected convention.