Name: Heartbeat
Start: 2026-02-03T19:00:00
Location: Whitman College

Walla Walla Symphony

SymphoniCon will feature music from film, TV, and games, including heroic themes, villainous moments, and a tribute to Walla Walla’s own Adam West. Exact selections will be announced later.

SymphoniCon

Whitman College

Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte was inspired by a Haydn string quartet. Shaw uses that older musical form as a starting point, then lets the music move in colorful and unexpected directions.

New Worlds

Seraph Brass brings an afternoon of music across styles and centuries, from opera and classical favorites to jazz, musical theater, and works by living composers. The program offers familiar melodies alongside pieces that may be new to you.

Valentine's with Seraph Brass

Beethoven once planned to dedicate his Symphony No. 3 to Napoleon. After Napoleon declared himself Emperor, Beethoven scratched his name from the title page so fiercely that he reportedly left holes in the paper.

A Hero's Journey

Brahms’ A German Requiem is not a traditional funeral mass. Instead, Brahms shaped the work around words of comfort, creating music for those who are grieving and those who remember.

Brahms Requiem

A new commission brings a local connection to the program through the Symphony’s partnership with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.