Subscription Series

Opening Night: Grieg, Berwald and Sibelius
Sponsored by Wilmington Gastroenterology Associates

Saturday, September 19, 2009 - 8:00 PM

Elizabeth Loparits, piano
Wilmington Symphony Orchestra,
Steven Errante, conducting

Celebrate the Wilmington Symphony’s 38th season with a musical tour of Scandinavia as UNCW faculty member performs the beloved Piano Concerto in a minor of Norwegian Edvard Grieg, a cornerstone of piano repertoire and one of the most enduringly-popular of all concertos.
Your Nordic excursion sets off with Swedish composer Franz Berwald’s most often performed work - - the dramatically compelling Tragic Overture to Estrella de Soria - - before visiting the beautiful Finnish landscape in Jan Sibelius’ triumphal Symphony No. 3 in C.

Triumphant, Adventurous, Spellbinding

Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 8:00 PM

Haim Avitsur, trombone and shofar
Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
Steven Errante, conductor

Rimsky-Korsakov’s brilliantly colorful Russian Easter Overture sets the tone for this remarkable evening.

Prokofiev’s famous Lieutenant Kije - Symphonic Suite drawn from his sparkling film score has established its place as a classic musical fairy tale and satiric comedy set in the court of Czar Paul I.

The Wilmington Symphony is honored to co-commission and premiere Meira Warshauer’s dramatic new work for shofar, trombone, and orchestra featuring nationally acclaimed soloist Haim Avitsur.

Holiday Concert
Sponsored by Plantation Village

Saturday, December 5, 2009 - 8:00 PM

Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
Steven Errante, conductor

Ring in the holiday season with selections from Tchaikovsky’s ever-popular and perennial favorite Nutcracker along with Rimsky-Korsakov’s masterful Polonaise from Christmas Eve, and a joyous Christmas Carol sing-along.

Beethoven Cycle: Symphony #7

Saturday, February 6, 2010 - 8:00 PM

Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
Steven Errante, conductor
Winners of the 33rd annual Student Concerto Competition

The Wilmington Symphony’s five-year Beethoven cycle continues with one of the hallmarks of classical repertoire - - his incomparable Symphony #7 in A Major. At its premiere, the audience demanded an immediate encore of the second movement and Beethoven himself spoke of it fondly as

Season Finale: Bizet, Respighi, Strauss and Vaughn-Williams

Saturday, April 24, 2010 - 8:00 PM

Marina DeRatmiroff, soprano, and Christopher Johns, violoncello
Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
Steven Errante. conductor

A season of masterpieces draws to a memorable close as UNCW faculty members Marina DeRatmiroff and Christopher Johns lend their virtuoso talents to Richard Strauss’ breathtaking “Zerbinetta’s Aria” from Ariadne auf Naxos, and Ottorini Respighi’s passionate and soulful Adagio con variazioni for cello and orchestra.

Ralph Vaughn-Williams’ hugely popular Overture to The Wasps, and the wonderful incidental music to L’Arlesienne by Georges Bizet also radiate and resonate in one of the most expressive concerts of the season - - an evening not to be missed!

Non Subscription Series

Holiday Matinee

Sunday, December 6, 2009 - 4:00 PM

Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
Steven Errante, conductor

A Wilmington Symphony holiday tradition for the entire family with selections from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, Rimsky-Korsakov’s masterful Polonaise from Christmas Eve, and a joyous Christmas Carol sing-along performed at a family-friendly matinee hour.

Annual Benefit Concert
“A Tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein and Andrew Lloyd Webber”
Sponsored by Brightmore of Wilmington

Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 8:00 PM

Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
Steven Errante, conductor

This one-night extravaganza features music from Carousel, South Pacific, Cinderella, Evita, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and more! It promises to be a stunning feast for the eyes and ears with the Wilmington Symphony and a stellar line-up of soloists.

Extra Events

EDWIN McCAIN

Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 8:00 PM

Edwin McCain, the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor Rudi Schlegel

Join platinum-selling singer/songwriter Edwin McCain accompanied by the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, Rudi Schlegel guest conductor in a special concert benefitting the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of New Hanover Regional Medical Center’s Children’s Hospital. For tickets call 962-3500. Tickets are $40 and $20 for UNCW students.

Youth Concerts

Youth Orchestra Fall Matinee

Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 4:30 PM

Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra
Steven Errante, conductor
Wimington Symphony Junior Strings
Jane Tierney, director

Join the musicians of the Wilmngton Symphony Youth Orchestra for the first concert of their 8th season. Also featured is the Wilmington Symphony Junior Strings directed by Jane Tierney. General admission tickets are available at the Kenan Auditorium Ticket Office beginning at 3:30 p.m. on the concert afternoon. Tickets are $5 and free for youth 13 and under. The matinee performance begins at 4:30 p.m.

Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra Pender County Matinee

Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 4:00 PM

Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra
Steven Errante, conductor
Topsail Middle School 8th Grade Band
directed by Robert Norem

On Sunday afternoon, November 22, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. the Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra will perform a Matinee Concert at Topsail High School 245 N. St.. Johns Church Road in Hampstead. The free concert will be in the Kenneth Lanier Performing Arts Center and promises to be a wonderful hour of musical celebration for young people and their families. The Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra is conducted by Dr. Steven Errante. The Youth Orchestra will perform Rossini's Overture to The Thieving Magpie, “Morning Mood” and “In the Halls of the Mountain King” from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, the First Movement from Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 (“Pastorale”),and selections from Fiddler on the Roof. Sharing the stage will be the Topsail Middle School 8th Grade Band, directed by Robert Norem performing The Pit and the Pendulum, Celtic Air and Dance, The Forge of Vulcan and Moussorgsky’s famous Pictures at an Exhibition. The Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra is an educational and outreach program of the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra. Its musicians are ninth- through twelfth-grade string, wind, brass and percussion students who will perform several concerts during the course of the 2009-2010 concert season. The mission of the Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra is to enrich the lives of Cape Fear area youth by providing talented young musicians with unique orchestral training and performing opportunities. New-member auditions will be held on Thursday, January 14, 2010. Details, an application form, and the required audition music are available at www.wilmingtonsymphony.org. The Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra’s 2009-2010 season has received support from The Landfall Foundation , the Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation, and the Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency.

Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra Spring Matinee

Sunday, March 07, 2010 - 4:00 PM

Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra
Steven Errante, conducting

Join the Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra on Sunday afternoon March 7, 2010 at 4:00 PM in Kenan Auditorium for a Spring Matinee concert.

Free Family Concert
Sponsored by Southeastern Nephrology Associates

Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 4:00 PM

Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra Steven Errante, conductor

Bring the kids and introduce them to the joy and excitement of an orchestra concert featuring the Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra and Student Concerto Competition Junior Division winner.