Calendar
Upcoming Concerts
Lowell Chamber Orchestra
Richard and Nancy Donahue Academic Arts Center 240 Central Street, Lowell, MA, United StatesOrlando Cela, conductor MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No. 3 in E minor BRUCH: Romanze, Op. 85 HAILSTORK: Two Romances featuring violist Jeremy Kienbaum ANDREWS: Till Voices Wake Us STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella Suite
North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra
Swampscott High School 200 Essex Street, Swampscott, MA, United StatesRobert Lehmann, conductor HANSON: Symphony No. 2 in D-flat major, Op. 30, "Romantic" SAINT-GEORGES: Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 8 featuring violinist Robert Lehmann BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West…
Plymouth Philharmonic
Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street, Plymouth, MA, United StatesSteven Karidoyanes, conductor Celtic Spirit: Eileen Ivers & Orchestra
Plymouth Philharmonic
Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street, Plymouth, MA, United StatesSteven Karidoyanes, conductor Celtic Spirit: Eileen Ivers & Orchestra
Portsmouth Symphony
The Music Hall 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, NH, United StatesJohn Page, conductor Explore & Learn
Portsmouth Symphony
The Music Hall 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, NH, United StatesJohn Page, conductor RESPIGHI: The Birds MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Titan"
Wagner in Vermont
Latchis Theatre 50 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesHugh Keelan, conductor WAGNER: Das Rheingold
Wagner in Vermont
Latchis Theatre 50 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesHugh Keelan, conductor WAGNER: Die Walküre
Wagner in Vermont
Latchis Theatre 50 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesHugh Keelan, conductor WAGNER: Siegfried
Wagner in Vermont
Latchis Theatre 50 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesHugh Keelan, conductor WAGNER: Götterdämmerung
Past Performances
Mark Miller, conductor
April 9, 2025
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
Link Up
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
March 29, 2025
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide
TOWER: Made in America
COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
Kenneth Griffith, conductor
March 27, 2025
First Church Cambridge
Cambridge, MA
Stand the Storm
John Page, conductor
March 23, 2025
The Music Hall
Portsmouth, NH
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
featuring cellist Roric Cunningham
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
March 15, 2025
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
STILL: In Memoriam
MARTINŮ: Memorial to Lidice
WILLIAMS: Liberty Fanfare
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
March 9, 2025
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Cartoon Classics
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
March 7, 2025
Pickman Hall
Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA
La Voce Totale
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
February 15, 2025
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
HINDEMITH: Mathis der Maler
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A Sea Symphony
featuring baritone Aaron Engebreth, soprano Michelle Trainor, and New World Chorale
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
February 1 & 2, 2025
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
You've Got a Friend:
Music of the Brill Building
Darko Butorac, conductor
January 25 & 26, 2025
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
ROSSINI: La Gazza Ladra Overture
RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome
RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
January 18, 2025
Lexington High School
Lexington, MA
CHEN: Duo Ye
January 17, 2025
Groupmuse
Boston, MA
TELEMANN: Concerto for 4 Violas in C major
DE FALLA: Nocturno
WALKER: Paganini Fireworks
FAURÉ: Pavane
BACH: Chaconne
Mārtiņš Aldiņš, director
January 5, 2025
Hancock Church
Lexington, MA
CHARPENTIER: Messe de minuit pour Noël
John Page, conductor
December 17, 2024
York Community Auditorium
York, ME
December 18, 2024
Portsmouth High School
Portsmouth, NH
Family Holiday Pops!
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
December 14 & 15, 2024
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Hometown Holiday
with the Plymouth Community Intermediate School 6th Grade Chorus directed by Jessica Fuller
featuring mezzo-soprano Roselin Osser
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
December 8, 2024
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
Holiday POPS!
with the New World Chorale and Lexington Children's Chorus
featuring WCRB's Laura Carlo
Chris Shepard, conductor
December 7, 2024
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
HANDEL: Messiah
featuring soprano Jennifer Sgroe, mezzo-soprano Kim Leeds, tenor Kirk Bobkowski, and bass-baritone Jason Zacher
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
December 6, 2024
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
Holiday POPS! & Kids POPS!
featuring New World Chorale, Lexington Children's Chorus, and WCRB's Laura Carlo
Darry Dolezal, conductor
December 1, 2024
Wickenden Chapel
Marion, MA
Songs of Peace and Hope
Orlando Cela, conductor
November 23, 2024
Richard and Nancy Donahue Academic Arts Center
Lowell, MA
SAINT-GEORGES: Symphony No. 1 in G major, Op. 11
HAIGH: Grin
MOZART: Symphony No. 36 in C major, "Linz"
Joe Marchio, conductor
November 19, 2024
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf
Alyssa Wang, conductor
November 16 & 17, 2024
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
MEYER: Turbulent Flames
GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
featuring pianist Martina Filjak
BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
November 2, 2024
Plymouth North High School
Performing Arts Center
Plymouth, MA
MOZART: Overture to Don Giovanni
FARRENC: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 35
RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre
featuring guitarist Eliot Fisk
John Page, conductor
October 27, 2024
The Music Hall
Portsmouth, NH
COPLAND: A Lincoln Portrait
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
September 28, 2024
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
ANTHEIL: McKonkey's Ferry Overture
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major
featuring pianist Clayton Stephenson
BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique
Jean-Claude Picard, conductor
September 21 & 22, 2024
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
FRANK: Elegía Andina
STRAUSS: Four Last Songs
featuring soprano Hyunah Yu Brody
MUSSORGSKY/arr. RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
Orlando Cela, conductor
September 6, 2024
Robbins Memorial Town Hall
Arlington, MA
September 8, 2024
Richard and Nancy Donahue Academic Arts Center
Lowell, MA
SCHRAMM: La Balena (World Premiere)
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
featuring violinist Katharina Radlberger
BRODACK: Chandelier Reflections
KORNGOLD: Suite from Viel Lärmen um Nichts
August 31, 2024
Strong House
Amherst, MA
SCARLATTI: Sonata à Quattro No. 3 in G minor
HAYDN: String Quartet in F major, Op. 50, No. 5 ("Dream")
SLAPIN: Nocturne
SCHULHOFF: Five Pieces for String Quartet
Hugh Keelan, conductor
August 16-24, 2024
Latchis Theatre
Brattleboro, VT
WAGNER: Das Rheingold & Götterdämmerung
Thiago Tiberio, conductor
July 27 & 28, 2024
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
Star Wars:
The Empire Strikes Back in Concert
Nick Palmer, conductor
Elijah Langille, conductor
July 6, 2024
Carr Amphitheater
South Shore Conservatory
Hingham, MA
Evenings Under the Stars:
Transatlantic Rhapsody
Joe Marchio, conductor
July 4, 2024
Aselton Park
Hyannis, MA
Joy4July
Carolyn Watson, conductor
June 15 & 16, 2024
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
MENDELSSOHN: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), Op. 26
HOVHANESS: And God Created Great Whales
BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
SMYTH: Overture to The Wreckers
DEBUSSY: La Mer
Avlana Eisenberg, conductor
June 9, 2024
Temple Ohabei Shalom
Brookline, MA
BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances
MOZART: Symphony No. 40 in G minor
STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella Suite
Neal Hampton, conductor
June 4, 2024
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Link Up:
The Orchestra Sings
Marshunda Smith, conductor
June 1, 2024
Second Congregational Church
Beverly, MA
June 2, 2024
Christ Church United
Lowell, MA
An English Spring Idyll:
Romancing the Naughty
Mārtiņš Aldiņš, director
May 19, 2024
Hancock Church
Lexington, MA
Forgotten Treasures
Marshunda Smith, conductor
May 18, 2024
Fusion Church
Lowell, MA
BYNES: Spring, Sprang, Sprung
McCOLLIN: Adagio for Strings
PRICE: Ethiopia's Shadow in America
BEACH: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, "Gaelic"
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
Dr. Kevin Leong, conductor
May 11 & 12, 2024
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
BRAHMS: Schicksalslied, Op. 54
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9
with the Concord Chorus & Masterworks Chorale
featuring soprano Carley DeFranco, mezzo-soprano Emily Marvosh, tenor Jonas Budris, and bass Craig Juricka
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
May 5, 2024
Redfern Performing Arts Center
Keene State College
Keene, NH
MENDELSSOHN: Lobgesang, Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52
with the Keene Chorale
featuring soprano Emily Baker, contralto Ema Mitrović, and tenor Christopher Plaas
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
April 29, 2024
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
POULENC: Gloria
FAURÉ: Requiem
with the Clark University Choir & Clark University Symphony Orchestra
featuring sopranos Teresa Winner Blume & Zoe Marinakos, and baritone Nicholas Tocci
Ryan Shirar, conductor
April 27 & 28, 2024
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
The Queens of Rock & Soul:
Tina Turner & Aretha Franklin
featuring vocalists Tamika Lawrence & Shaleah Adkisson, and pianist John Boswell
April 26, 2024
Scollay Square Gallery
Boston, MA
NABORS: Effervescent Light
MOZART: Flute Quartet No. 1 in D major, K. 285
featuring flutist Orlando Cela
April 21, 2024
Margaret Jewett Hall
First Church in Cambridge
Cambridge, MA
BOISMORTIER: Sonata in G minor, Op. 34, No. 1
BOISMORTIER: Sonata in D major, Op. 34, No. 4
TELEMANN: Concerto for Four Violins, TWV 40:204 (arranged for four violas)
BOWEN: Fantasie for Four Violas
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
April 13, 2024
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
CHEN: Sunshine on Tashkurgan
featuring violinist Sirena Huang
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
Francisco Noya, conductor
April 6 & 7, 2024
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
POULENC: Concerto for Two Pianos
featuring pianists Christina Naughton & Michelle Naughton
BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
March 24, 2024
North Quincy High School
Quincy, MA
Family Concert
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
March 23, 2024
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Rhapsodic Dance: The Bamboula
WIND SINGER: Wampanoag: Stories for All Time
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus”
MUSSORGSKY/arr. RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
March 16, 2024
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
DEBUSSY: Nocturnes
with the New World Chorale
ELGAR: Falstaff, Op. 68
MASON: A Joyous Trilogy
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
March 10, 2024
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
WILLIAMS: Music from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
HOLST: "Uranus, the Magician" from The Planets
DE FALLA: "Ritual Fire Dance" from Love, the Magician
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19
I. Allegro (abridged)
featuring pianist Jacob Lewack
Amelia LeClair, conductor
David Flowers, conductor
March 3, 2024
Emmanuel Church
Boston, MA
SMYTH: Mass in D
with SHIFT Orchestra Project
Gerald Steichen, conductor
February 24 & 25, 2024
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
The James Bond Experience
featuring vocalists Hugh Panaro & Morgan James
Orlando Cela, conductor
February 18, 2024
Richard and Nancy Donahue Academic Arts Center
Lowell, MA
SCHREINER: Autumn Vistas (World Premiere)
SÉJOURNÉ: Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra
featuring marimbist Nikki Huang
PERRY: Symphony in One Movement for Violas and String Basses (Massachusetts Premiere)
BARTÓK: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Kevin Fitzgerald, conductor
January 27 & 28, 2024
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
Passport to Hungary
featuring violinist Roby Lakatos and The Roby Lakatos Ensemble
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
January 24 & 25, 2024
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
Orchestrating Kids Through Classics
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
January 20 & 21, 2024
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
What the World Needs Now:
Burt Bacharach & Friends
featuring Broadway vocalists Kelli Rabke, Farah Alvin, Carole J. Bufford, Tyler Huckstep, and pianist John Fischer
Jack Anthony Pott, conductor
December 20, 2023
Cathedral of Saint Joseph
Hartford, CT
BACH: Magnificat
HANDEL: Messiah
featuring soprano Meredith Hansen, mezzo-soprano Rebecca de Almeida, tenor Albert Lee, and baritone Kenneth Overton
Orlando Cela, conductor
December 15, 2023
Richard and Nancy Donahue Academic Arts Center
Lowell, MA
NDODANA-BREEN: Mayibuye!
IVES: Symphony No. 3, "The Camp Meeting"
RODRIGO: Aria Antigua
featuring flutist Wei Zhao
SCHÖNBERG: Verklärte Nacht
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
December 9 & 10, 2023
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Hometown Holiday
with the Plymouth Community Intermediate School 6th Grade Chorus directed by Jessica Fuller
featuring tenor Fausto Miro & actor Neil McGarry
Chris Shepard, conductor
December 2, 2023
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
HANDEL: Messiah
featuring soprano Carley DeFranco, mezzo-soprano Allison Messier, tenor Travis Benoit, and baritone John Salvi
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
November 25, 2023
Ipswich High School
Ipswich, MA
November 25 & 26, 2023
Manchester Essex Regional High School
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
Holiday Pops
featuring gospel singer Renese King
Neal Hampton, conductor
November 20, 2023
Spingold Theatre
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
HAILSTORK: Fanfare on Amazing Grace
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
with the combined choruses of Brandeis University, Wellesley College, and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute
featuring soprano Deborah Selig, alto Stephanie Kacoyanis, tenor Matthew Anderson, and bass Daniel Brevik
Robert Lehmann, conductor
November 19, 2023
Swampscott High School
Swampscott, MA
FAURÉ: Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112
CHAMINADE: Concertino for Flute in D major, Op. 107
featuring flutist Lisa Hennessy
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Neal Hampton, conductor
November 18, 2023
Houghton Chapel
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
HAILSTORK: Fanfare on Amazing Grace
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
with the combined choruses of Brandeis University, Wellesley College, and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute
featuring soprano Deborah Selig, alto Stephanie Kacoyanis, tenor Matthew Anderson, and bass Daniel Brevik
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
November 17, 2023
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
HANDEL: Water Music, Suite No. 2
PACHELBEL: Canon & Gigue
BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
featuring violinist Ana-Maria LaPointe, trumpeter Robinson Pyle, oboist Laura Pardee-Schaefer, and flutist Matt Cross
HARBACH: American Solstice
STILL: Mother and Child
HOVHANESS: Prayer of St. Gregory
Jae Cosmos Lee, concertmaster
November 14, 2023
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
Young People's Concert
Jae Cosmos Lee, concertmaster
November 11 & 12, 2023
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
MOZART: Overture to The Magic Flute
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major
featuring fortepianist Sylvia Berry
MOZART: Symphony No. 38 in D major, "Prague"
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
November 4, 2023
Plymouth North High School
Performing Arts Center
Plymouth, MA
ASSAD: Três Pequenas Variações (Three Little Variations)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto
featuring violinist Julianne Lee
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
October 22, 2023
Lloyd Hill Center for the Performing Arts
Quincy High School
Quincy, MA
ROSSINI: Overture to L'italiana in Algeri
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
STRAUSS: Burleske
featuring pianist Jonathan Bass
Marshunda Smith, conductor
October 15, 2023
Second Congregational Church
Beverly, MA
Art Nouveau:
Whispers of an Ephemeral Age
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
October 14, 2023
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
STRAVINSKY: Scherzo à la Russe
BERKELEY: Divertimento
BRUBECK: Bass Trombone Concerto
featuring bass trombonist Chris Beaudry
COPLAND: Billy the Kid, Suite
BERNSTEIN: Fancy Free
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
October 6, 2023
Shea Theater Arts Center
Turners Falls, MA
MENDELSSOHN: Die schöne Melusine, Op. 32
SAINT-GEORGES: Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 5, No. 2
featuring violinist Thomas Cooper
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
September 30, 2023
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
GALBRAITH: A Festive Violet Pulse
PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2
BOYER: Ellis Island: The Dream of America
featuring narrators Marianne Leone & Ed Hoopman
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
September 23, 2023
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
WAGNER: Tannhäuser Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
featuring pianist Clayton Stephenson
NABORS: Pulse
BARTÓK: Dance Suite
August 26, 2023
Strong House
Amherst, MA
GIDDENS/arr. GARCHIK: At the Purchaser's Option with variations
STILL: "The Sentimental One" & "The Quiet One" from Lyric String Quartette
MONTGOMERY: Strum
WALKER: Lyric for Strings
HINDEMITH: Minimax
Hugh Keelan, conductor
August 18-24, 2023
Latchis Theatre
Brattleboro, VT
WAGNER: Die Walküre & Siegfried
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
July 28, 2023
Stage Fort Park
Gloucester, MA
Pops in the Park
Channing Yu, conductor
July 15, 2023
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge, MA
MAHLER: Symphony No. 9
Nick Palmer, conductor
Elijah Langille, conductor
July 8, 2023
South Shore Conservatory
Carr Amphitheater
Hingham, MA
An Evening on the Red Carpet
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
July 5, 2023
Pilgrim Memorial State Park
Plymouth, MA
Independence Day Celebration
July 1, 2023
Spinner Park
Turners Falls, MA
WALKER: Lyric for Strings
MONTGOMERY: Strum
STILL: "The Quiet One" from Lyric String Quartette
HINDEMITH: Minimax
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
June 10, 2023
Zorn Commons at Keene State College
Keene, NH
June 11, 2023
Bow High Auditorium
Bow, NH
DVOŘÁK: Stabat Mater
with the Concord Chorale & the Keene Chorale
featuring soprano Lisa Cooper, mezzo-soprano Jenny Cooper, tenor Joshua Collier, and baritone Nicholas Tocci
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
May 20 & 21, 2023
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Come Together:
Music of the Beatles
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
May 13, 2023
Shea Theater Arts Center
Turners Falls, MA
JARRAR: Symphony No. 1, "Banishing Grief" (World Premiere)
featuring soprano Maria Brea & tenor Gabriel Enrique Hernandez
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Tianhui Ng, conductor
May 7, 2023
Tsai Performance Center
Boston University
Boston, MA
FAIZULLINA: Bolghar (New England Premiere)
DE HARTMANN: Violin Concerto, Op. 66 (New England Premiere)
featuring violinist Danielle Maddon
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7 in C major, “Leningrad”
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
May 6, 2023
Memorial Hall
Melrose, MA
May Pops Finale:
Spring Pops Rhapsody
Emily Isaacson, conductor
April 29, 2023
Williston-Immanuel United Church
Portland, ME
April 30, 2023
Studzinski Recital Hall
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
SNIDER: Mass for the Endangered
with the Bowdoin College Chorus
April 18, 2023
King's Chapel
Boston, MA
MARTINŮ: Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
MOZART: Duo for Violin and Viola No. 2 in B-flat major
with violinist Lily Tsai
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
April 15, 2023
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 in D minor
with the New World Chorale
featuring contralto Emily Marvosh
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
April 2, 2023
Memorial Hall
Melrose, MA
Family Concert
Katie Gardiner, conductor
April 1, 2023
St. Joseph Memorial Chapel
Worcester, MA
FAURÉ: Requiem in D minor, Op. 48
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
March 26, 2023
North Quincy High School
Quincy, MA
Family Concert
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
March 25, 2023
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
HIGDON: Suite from Cold Mountain (Massachusetts Premiere)
HAILSTORK: Fanfare on Amazing Grace
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
Roderick MacDonald, conductor
March 11, 2023
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
PÄRT: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
BACH: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
featuring pianist Father Seán Brett Duggan, OSB
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1, Op. 68
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
March 5, 2023
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
WILLIAMS: Olympic Fanfare and Theme
ANDERSON: Home Stretch
WALKER: Match Point
SOUSA: The National Game March
PROTO: Casey at the Bat
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
March 4, 2023
Memorial Hall
Melrose, MA
A Night at the Opera
featuring soprano Mara Bonde, mezzo-soprano Krista River, tenor Ethan Bremner, and baritone Philip Lima
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
February 26, 2023
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
An Afternoon at the Opera
with the Worcester Chorus directed by Chris Shepard, the Master Singers of Worcester directed by Ed Tyler, and the Worcester Children's Chorus directed by Pamela Mindell
featuring soprano Janinah Burnett & tenor Albert Lee
Dominique Hoskin, conductor
February 25, 2023
First Church
Cambridge, MA
SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor
featuring pianist Clayton Stephenson
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 in C major, "The Great"
Jack Anthony Pott, conductor
February 24, 2023
Belding Theater
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
Hartford, CT
The Music of David Hurd & Margaret Bonds
with members of the Hartford Symphony & the Harlem Chamber Players
featuring soloists Jolie Rocke & Marques Jerrell Ruff
Tianhui Ng, conductor
February 18, 2023
Jordan Hall
New England Conservatory
Boston, MA
ZWILICH: Thank You Notes for Richard Pittman (World Premiere)
ROUSTOM: Ramal (Boston Premiere)
SMITH: Wraith Weight (New England Premiere)
AUCOIN: Two Dances (World Premiere of orchestral arrangement)
featuring violinists Danielle Maddon & Keir GoGwilt
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances
John Koza, conductor
February 5, 2023
Salem High School
Salem, MA
A Celebration of the Popular Trumpet
featuring trumpeter Jay Daly
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
February 4, 2023
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
TARRH: Diptych Fantasy (World Premiere)
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
featuring pianist Randall Hodgkinson
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
January 28 & 29, 2023
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Shaken, Not Stirred:
Music of James Bond
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
January 27, 2023
Manchester Essex Regional High School
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
Youth Outreach Concert
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
January 25 & 26, 2023
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
Orchestrating Kids Through Classics
Elias Miller, conductor
January 21, 2023
St. John's Episcopal Church
Jamaica Plain, MA
BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor
featuring violinist Liyuan Xie
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
December 10 & 11, 2022
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Holiday POPS!
Chris Shepard, conductor
December 3, 2022
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
HANDEL: Messiah
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
December 2 & 4, 2022
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
Holiday & Kids POPS!
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
November 18, 2022
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
COPLAND: Hoe Down
PRICE: Adoration
BARBER: Adagio for Strings
GALBRAITH: Midnight Stirring
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, "Turkish"
MONTI: Czardas
featuring violinist Grant Houston
Jung-Ho Pak, conductor
November 15, 2022
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
Young People's Concert
Phoebe Carrai, director
Sarah Darling, assistant director
November 12, 2022
Memorial Church
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
HANDEL: Water Music
VIVALDI: "Summer" and "Winter" from The Four Seasons
GEMINIANI: The Enchanted Forest
TELEMANN: Water Music
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
Sherill Blodget, conductor
November 12, 2022
Tilton Hall
Clark University
Worcester, MA
BRAHMS: Tragic Overture
BRAHMS: Ein Deutsches Requiem
with Clark University Chamber Chorus & Grace Church Choir
featuring soprano Evangelia Leontis & baritone Cailin Marcel Manson
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
November 10, 2022
Shea Theater Arts Center
Turners Falls, MA
BEACH: Symphony in E minor, "Gaelic"
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
Sherill Blodget, conductor
November 6, 2022
Grace Congregational Church
Rutland, VT
BRAHMS: Tragic Overture
BRAHMS: Ein Deutsches Requiem
with Clark University Chamber Chorus & Grace Church Choir
featuring soprano Evangelia Leontis & baritone Cailin Marcel Manson
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
November 5, 2022
Plymouth North High School Performing Arts Center
Plymouth, MA
HENSEL: Overture in C
GARCÍA: Concerto for Amplified Bass
featuring bassist Susan Hagen
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, "Scottish"
Tianhui Ng, conductor
October 30, 2022
Jordan Hall
New England Conservatory
Boston, MA
CORIGLIANO: Symphony No. 1
WATKINS: Soul of Remembrance, from Five Movements in Color (Boston Premiere)
RODRIGUEZ: A Metaphor for Power
(New England Premiere)
NATHAN: Opening (New England Premiere)
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
October 15, 2022
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
BRITTEN: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
featuring narrator Emily Marvosh
PRICE: Symphony No. 3
STRAUSS: Don Juan
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
October 1, 2022
Zeiterion Performing Arts Center
New Bedford, MA
MARSALIS: Violin Concerto
featuring violinist Bella Hristova
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World"
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
September 24, 2022
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
PRICE: Colonial Dance
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
featuring pianist David Freeman Coleman
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
Jung-Ho Pak, conductor
September 17 & 18, 2022
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
TCHAIKOVSKY: Mozartiana
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5
featuring violinist Clarissa Bevilacqua
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
September 3, 2022
Hancock Adams Common
Quincy, MA
Outdoor Pops Concert
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
August 28, 2022
Plymouth Public Library
Plymouth, MA
DAVIDS: Prayer and Celebration
WIND SINGER: Creation
BERKO: Mayflower
BEETHOVEN: excerpts from Symphony No. 6
Hugh Keelan, conductor
August 23 & 27, 2022
Latchis Theatre
Brattleboro, VT
WAGNER: Die Walküre
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
August 21, 2022
Gloucester, MA
FLOYD: Hymn for the Fallen
MOZART: Flute Concerto in G major
featuring flutist Stephanie Stathos
SAINT-GEORGES: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Israel Gursky, conductor
Dona D. Vaughn, director
July 27 & 29, 2022
Merrill Auditorium
Portland, ME
WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman
Nick Palmer, conductor
July 9, 2022
South Shore Conservatory
Hingham, MA
Portrait of a New World
with a tribute to Dorothy Palmer
Kenneth Slowik, artistic director
June 19-July 3, 2022
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Oberlin, OH
Glories of the German Baroque
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
June 18, 2022
Jordan Hall
New England Conservatory
Boston, MA
SALFELDER: Fanfare for Richard Pittman (World Premiere)
SANTOS: ploy, pivot (Boston Premiere)
COLE: Nightscape (Boston Premiere)
NATHAN: Double Concerto for Solo Violin, Solo Clarinet, and Strings (Boston Premiere)
featuring violinist Stefan Jackiw & clarinetist Yoonah Kim
LUTOSŁAWSKI: Concerto for Orchestra
Roderick MacDonald, conductor
June 16, 2022
Brooks Pond
Leominster, MA
GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 & No. 2, Op. 55
HANDEL: excerpts from Water Music
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS: English Folk Song Suite
ANDERSON: China Doll
ANDERSON: Fiddle-Faddle
DVOŘÁK: Slavonic Dances No. 1
SOUSA: "The Liberty Bell" March
Emily Isaacson, artistic director
June 7-12, 2022
Portland, ME
BACH: Oboe Concerto in F major
featuring oboist David Dickey
BACH: Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen, BWV 51
featuring soprano Nacole Palmer & trumpeter Perry Sutton
VIVALDI: Stabat Mater, RV 621
featuring mezzo-soprano Carrie Cheron
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
June 7, 2022
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Link Up:
The Orchestra Sings
Walter Chapin, conductor
June 5, 2022
First Lutheran Church of Boston
Boston, MA
BACH: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
June 4, 2022
Shea Theater Arts Center
Turners Falls, MA
GINASTERA: Harp Concerto
featuring harpist Jordan Thomas
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Jung-Ho Pak, conductor
May 28 & 29, 2022
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
Passport to Ireland
featuring Irish fiddler Eileen Ivers & Celtic harpist Maeve Gilchrist
Walter Chapin, conductor
May 15, 2022
University Lutheran Church
Cambridge, MA
BACH: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
May 15, 2022
Manchester Essex RHS
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto
featuring violinist Adrian Anantawan
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
May 7, 2022
Memorial Hall
Melrose, MA
May Pops Finale:
Let's Celebrate!
Tian Ng, conductor
May 1, 2022
Tsai Performance Center
Boston University
Boston, MA
WYNER: Richard Pittmann . . . Come Back! (World Premiere)
ROCHA: Replier (World Premiere)
CHEN: Spring in Dresden
featuring violinist Danielle Maddon
REVUELTAS: La noche de los Mayas
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
April 30, 2022
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
SIBELIUS: Finlandia
with members of the South Shore Conservatory Youth Orchestra
BEACH: Piano Concerto
featuring pianist Randall Hodgkinson
ELGAR: Enigma Variations
Katherine Chan, conductor
April 24 2022
Fenway Center
Boston, MA
HAGEN: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
with the New England Philharmonic Chamber Players
Roderick MacDonald, conductor and soloist
April 9, 2022
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
WAGNER: Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96
HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World"
Edward E. Jones, conductor
April 3, 2022
Memorial Church
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
BACH: Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV 182
BACH: Trauerode, BWV 198
featuring the Harvard University Choir
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
March 26 & 27, 2022
Plymouth North High School Performing Arts Center
Plymouth, MA
BEETHOVEN/KARIDOYANES: Prelude: Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto
featuring violinist Alexander Velinzon
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
March 19, 2022
Clark University
Worcester, MA
HENSEL: Overture in C major
PRICE: Piano Concerto in One Movement
featuring pianist Leonard Hayes
FARRENC: Symphony No. 3 in G minor
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
March 6, 2022
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
STRAUSS: Thunder & Lightning Polka
BEETHOVEN: Pastorale Symphony
ROSSINI: William Tell Overture
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
March 5, 2022
Memorial Hall
Melrose, MA
FARRENC: Overture No. 1 in E minor, Op. 23
DEBUSSY: Danses sacrée et profane
RAVEL: Introduction and Allegro
featuring harpist Ina Zdorovetchi
SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3 in E minor, "Organ"
Nicholas DeMaison, conductor
February 26, 2022
Tsai Performance Center
Boston University
Boston, MA
ZWILICH: Fanfare in Honor of Richard Pittman
HOLLAND: Stories from Home
TSONTAKIS: Violin Concerto No. 3 (Boston Premiere)
featuring violinist Danielle Maddon
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
December 11 & 12, 2021
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Holiday Pops!
Adam Kerry Boyles, conductor
December 5, 2021
Tsai Performance Center
Boston University
Boston, MA
GANDOLFI: Stepping Up (World Premiere)
RANDS: DREAM (Boston Premiere)
BEACH: Jephthah’s Daughter
featuring soprano Sarah Pelletier
SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor
featuring violinist Ella J. Kim
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Robert Lehmann, conductor
November 14, 2021
Swampscott High School
Swampscott, MA
LALO: Prelude to the ballet Namouna
STRAVINSKY: Firebird Suite (1919)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
November 12, 2021
Clark University
Worcester, MA
SAINT-GEORGES: Symphony No. 2
MENDELSSOHN: Psalm 42, Op. 42
featuring Clark University Chamber Chorus
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
November 6, 2021
Memorial Hall
Melrose, MA
Opening Night Pops:
The Golden Age of Hollywood
October 24, 2021
aVenue
Jamaica Plain, MA
A. ALBRECHTSBERGER: Divertimento in C major
TELEMANN: Trio Sonata in D major
REICHA: Trio Sonata in C major
J. G. ALBRECHTSBERGER: Divertimento in D major
TELEMANN: Trio Sonata in B minor
Marshunda Smith, conductor
October 23, 2021
Second Congregational Church
Beverly, MA
BACH: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
ARENSKY: In Memory of Tchaikovsky, Op, 35a
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Charterhouse Suite
TURNER: Danvers Harmonies
GRIEG: Holberg Suite, Op. 40
SAINT-SAËNS: Dance Macabre
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
October 22, 2021
All Saints' Episcopal Church
South Hadley, MA
BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Four Novelletten, Op. 52
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11
Eric Nathan, conductor
October 16, 2021
All Saints Parish
Brookline, MA
HOFFER: Fanfare for Dick (World Premiere)
NATHAN: the space of a door
KENDALL: The Spark Catchers
STRAVINSKY: Firebird Suite (1919)
October 5, 2021
King's Chapel
Boston, MA
BAX: Elegiac Trio
TAKEMITSU: And Then I Knew 'Twas Wind
RAVEL: Sonatine en Trio
September 25, 2021
Turtle Swamp Brewery Beer Garden
Roslindale, MA
FASCH: Sinfonia for Strings in G major, FMW M:G5
VIVALDI: Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8, RV 522
featuring violinists Albano Berberi & Nelli Jabotinsky
GRAUPNER: Overture in B-flat major for Chalumeau, GWV 484
featuring chalumeau soloist Thomas Carroll
PURCELL: "Curtain Tune" from Timon of Athens
Elias Miller, conductor
September 18, 2021
Great Brook Farm State Park
Carlisle, MA
BEETHOVEN: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major ("Eroica"), Op. 55
Roderick MacDonald, conductor
September 11, 2021
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
MOZART: Marriage of Figaro Overture
VIVALDI: Concerto for Two Trumpets in C major
BACH: Air from Orchestra Suite No. 3
BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture
MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture, "Fingal's Cave"
SHOSTAKOVICH: Waltz No. 2
BEETHOVEN: excerpt from Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
STRAUSS: Feuerfest Polka
STRAUSS II: Thunder and Lightning Polka
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 1
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
September 4, 2021
Pilgrim Memorial State Park
Plymouth Waterfront, MA
Maritime Salute to the 400th Anniversary
Channing Yu, conductor
August 18, 2021
Hatch Memorial Shell
Boston, MA
COPLAND: El Salón México
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, Op. 35
Elias Miller, conductor
July 24, 2021
Great Brook Farm State Park
Carlisle, MA
SCHUMANN: Die Braut von Messina Overture, Op. 100
SCHUBERT: selections from Rosamunde
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Julian Gau, conductor
June 27, 2021
Church of the Covenant
Boston, MA
FRIEDMAN: Horizons (World Premiere)
FLYNN: Cloud Seven (World Premiere)
JOHNSTON: Misty Steps (World Premiere)
POE: Dance of the Crocus Chrysanthus (Boston Premiere)
Elias Miller, conductor
September 19, 2020
First Baptist Church of Medford
Medford, MA
BARBER: Adagio for Strings
WILLIAMS: Dream Deferred
BENN: Where Springs Not Fail
SCHOENBERG: Verklärte Nacht
Robert Lehman, conductor
March 1, 2020
Swampscott High School
Swampscott, MA
BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances
CROZIER: Concerto for Two Clarinets (New England Premiere)
featuring clarinetists William Hudgins & Catherine Hudgins
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
February 23, 2020
Memorial Church
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
JANITSCH: selections From Sonata da Camera Op. 1 No. 1 in C Minor
Eric Culver, conductor
February 23, 2020
Jordan Hall
New England Conservatory
Boston, MA
ADAMS: The Chairman Dances
HOFFER: Violin Concerto No. 2 ("Decapod") (World Premiere)
featuring violinist Danielle Maddon
WEIR: Moon and Star
with the Metropolitan Chorale conducted by Lisa Graham
BARTÓK: Kossuth (Boston Premiere)
Elias Miller, conductor
January 10, 2020
St. John's Church
Jamaica Plain, MA
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
David Hodgkins, conductor
December 15, 2019
Christ Church
Andover, MA
HANDEL: Dettingen Te Deum
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
December 13 and 14, 2019
Memorial Hall
Melrose, MA
Holiday Pops!
with the New World Chorale
Darry Dolezal, conductor
December 8, 2019
Wickenden Chapel, Tabor Academy
Marion, MA
Christmas Past and Christmas Present
Richard Pittman, conductor
December 7, 2019
Tsai Performance Center
Boston University
Boston, MA
ROUSE: The Infernal Machine
BRITTEN: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
featuring narrator Joyce Kulhawik
ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E Minor
featuring cellist Fionn O'Connor
HOFFER: Little Red Riding Hood
with the Westborough High School Women's Chorale
featuring narrator Joyce Kulhawik
Neal Hampton, conductor
November 23, 2019
Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
November 24, 2019
Slosberg Hall, Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
STRAUSS I: Radetzky March
STRAUSS II: Emperor Waltzes
MAHLER: Symphony No. 4
featuring soprano Kristen Watson
Jung-Ho Pak, conductor
November 6, 2019
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf
BEETHOVEN: selections from Symphony No. 6
Lidiya Yankovskaya, conductor
November 3, 2019
The Strand Theater
Dorchester, MA
SHORE: Freedom Ride