Name: SBSO: An Ode to Joy!
Start: 2026-05-09T19:30:00
Location: Temple Theatre

Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra

Our annual Holiday Pops concert returns with Saginaw’s ‘3 Tenors’; Todd Michael Hall, Billy Petty, and Charles Allen, along with some of your favorite holiday selections including Josh Groban’s You Raise Me Up, Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride, and the Christmas singalong, featuring side-by-side performances with Saginaw Bay Youth Orchestra.

SBSO: Holiday's with Saginaw's Stars

Temple Theatre

A celebration of one of the most beloved piano pieces in history, along with a beloved masterpiece. Natasha Paremski performs Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, also featuring Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9. ‘From The New World’ and Barber’s Adagio for Strings.

SBSO: Rachmanninov & Dvorak

Two timeless classics, two modern original compositions performed by their composers. Special guest Kebra-Seyoun Charles, rising star of the orchestra landscape, performs their composition Nightlife: Concerto for Bass following the concerto’s recent premiere at Carnegie Hall, followed with the Michigan premiere of Trance, an original composition by our own composer and Music Director, Fouad Fakhouri. Also featured in the program is Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

SBSO: Pictures at an Exhibition

A massive joint celebration of SBSO and The Saginaw Choral Society’s 90th seasons as the full choral society joins our symphony orchestra for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, one of the most famous compositions of all time.