Calendar

Upcoming Concerts

Plymouth Philharmonic

Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street, Plymouth, MA, United States

Steven Karidoyanes, conductor Hometown Holiday

Plymouth Philharmonic

Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street, Plymouth, MA, United States

Steven Karidoyanes, conductor Hometown Holiday

Plymouth Philharmonic

Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street, Plymouth, MA, United States

Steven Karidoyanes, conductor Hometown Holiday

Portsmouth Symphony

York Community Auditorium 1 Robert Stevens Drive, York, ME, United States

John Page, conductor Family Holiday Pops!

Portsmouth Symphony

Portsmouth High School 50 Andrew Jarvis Drive, Portsmouth, NH, United States

John Page, conductor Family Holiday Pops!

A Joyful Noyse

Hancock Church 1912 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA, United States

Martins Aldins, director CHARPENTIER: Messe de Minuit

Cambridge Viola Quartet

Groupmuse Boston, MA

TELEMANN: Concerto for 4 Violas in C major DE FALLA: Nocturno WALKER: Paganini Fireworks FAURÉ: Pavane BACH: Chaconne

Plymouth Philharmonic

Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street, Plymouth, MA, United States

Steven Karidoyanes, conductor You've Got a Friend: Music of the Brill Building

Plymouth Philharmonic

Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street, Plymouth, MA, United States

Steven Karidoyanes, conductor You've Got a Friend: Music of the Brill Building

Lexington Symphony

Cary Hall 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA, United States

Jonathan McPhee, conductor HINDEMITH: Mathis der Maler VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A Sea Symphony featuring baritone Aaron Engebreth, soprano Michelle Trainor, and New World Chorale

Plymouth Philharmonic

Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street, Plymouth, MA, United States

Steven Karidoyanes, conductor Cartoon Classics

Lexington Symphony

Cary Hall 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA, United States

Jonathan McPhee, conductor STILL: In Memoriam LIDSTRÖM: World Premiere featuring cellist Mats Lidström BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"

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Past Performances

Jonathan McPhee, conductor
December 8, 2024
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA

Holiday POPS!
featuring New World Chorale, Lexington Children's Chorus, and 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

Martins Aldins, 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

Tazewell Thompson, stage director
Lidiya Yankovskaya, conductor
November 3, 2019
The Strand Theater
Dorchester, MA

SHORE: Freedom Ride