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Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026 - Barber Violin Concerto + Dvořák Symphony No. 9

Simon:  Motherboxx Connection - 1+1-2-2-2/4-2-3-1/timp, perc/stgs
Barber:  Violin Concerto Op. 14 - 2d1-2-2-2/2-2-0-0/timp/pno/strgs
Dvořák:  Symphony No. 9 in E minor - 2d1-2d1-2-2/4-2-3-1/Timp, perc/strings

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Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026 - Journeys: Beethoven’s Fifth

Mozart:  Overture to the Magic Flute  - 2-2-2-2/2-2-3-0/timp/stgs 
Frank:   Escaramuza  - 0-0-0-0/0-0-0-0/timp, perc/pno/harp/stgs 
Scott:  The Journey  - 2+1-2-2+1-2+1/4-2-3-1/timp, perc, set/stgs 
Beethoven:  Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67  - 2+1-2-2-2+1/2-2-3-0/timp/strings

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Saturday, Dec. 19, 2026 - Home Alone in Concert

3d3-3d1-3d3-3d1/4-3-3-1/timp, perc/harp/piano, synth/strings

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Saturday, Jan. 16, 2027 - Bernstein Chichester Psalms +Still Symphony No. 1

Tate:   Chokfi'  - 0-0-0-0/0-0-0-0/2 perc/stgs
Higdon: Blue Cathedral - 2d1-1+1-2-2/4-3-3-1/timp, perc/harp/pno-cel/stgs 
Barber:  Adagio for Strings  - Strings
Bernstein:  Chichester Psalms   - 0-0-0-0/0-3-3-0/timp, perc/2 harp/stgs 
Still:  Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American"  - 3d1-3-3d1-2/4-3-3-1/timp, perc/harp/celeste/banjo/stgs

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Sunday, Feb. 21, 2027 - Young People’s Concert

Simon: Motherboxx Connection - 1+1-2-2-2/4-2-3-1/timp, perc/stgs
Coleman: Umoja (excerpt) - 2+1-2+1-2+1-2 / 2-2-2-1 / timp, 3perc/hp/pno/stgs
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Selections) - 2-2-2-2/2-2-0-1/timp/stgs
Purcell: The Fairy Queen - 2-2-0-1/0-2-0-0/timp, 1 perc/harpsichord/stgs
Assad: Nhanderú (excerpt) - 2+1-3d1-2+1-2+1 /4-2-3-1/Timp, perc)/Harp/Piano/Stgs
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (Selections) - 2+1-2-2-2/4-2-3-1/timp, perc/stgs
Tate: Chokfi’ (Excerpt) = Strings/2 Perc
Williams: Star Wars Selections - TBD

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Saturday, Mar. 13, 2027 - Brahms Symphony No. 2

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 - 2-2-2-2/4-2-3-1/timp/strings
Gallagher: Suite from The Flowers - TBD
Lindveit: Desire Lines - 2+1-2-2-2/4-3-3-1/timp, perc/stgs/birdcalls
Richard R. Deas Young Artist Competition HS 
Richard R. Deas Young Artist Competition College

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Saturday, May 1, 2027 - Schumann Cello Concerto + Selections from The Planets

Ferreri: hymnus ad cosmos - Stgs
Schumann: Cello Concerto - 2-2-2-2/2-2-0-0/timp, stgs
Holst: Selections from The Planets - 4d1-4d2-3+1-3+1/6-4-3-0/timp, perc/2 harp/celeste/organ/stgs (depends on mvmts

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Saturday, July 18, 2026 - Jurassic Park in Concert

3d3-3d1-3d2-3d1/5-3-4-1/Timp, perc/Harp/Piano, Synth/Strings

Click the “Notes/Recordings” button at the top of the page for a YouTube Playlist with practice tracks.

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Saturday, July 4, 2026 - Fourth of July Symphony Pops Concert

Key, Smith/Damrosch - Star Spangled Banner - 2+1-2-2+1-2/4-2-3-1/Timp, perc/Strings
Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man - 0-0-0-0/4-3-3-1/Timp, perc
Bernstein - Overture to Candide - 2+1-2-4-2/4-3-3-1/Timp, perc/Strings
Gershwin - Summertime - 2-2-3-1/3-0-0-0/Perc/Pno/Stgs
Hoiby - Lady of the Harbor - 1-1-1-1/1-0-0-0/Timp, perc/harp/str
Errante - Battleship North Carolina March - 2+1-2-2-2/4-3-3-1/Timp, perc/Strings
Loew - Chismosita - 2d1-2-2d1-2/4-2-3-1/Timp, perc/harp/stgs
Tyzik - Amazing Grace - 2d1-2-2-2/4-3-3-1/Timp, perc/harp/pno/stgs
Morgan - It Was Always You - 2-1+1-2-2-/4-3-3-1/Timp, perc, kit/Guitar/Pno/Upright Bass/Harp/Stgs
Murtha - Armed Forces Salute - 2d1-2-2-2/4-2-3-0/Timp, perc/harp/strings
Bernstein - Somewhere - 2-0-21/2-0-0-0/Timp, perc/El. Guitar/Pno/Stgs
Monk/Riddle - Round Midnight -2-2-2/0-0-1-0/Vibes, D. Set/harp/piano/guitar/stgs
Simone/Neuffer - Feeling Good - 2d1-1-3d3-0/2-4-4-0/Timp, perc/Rthm Sec/Harp/Stgs
arr. Askim - Golden - 2+1-2+1-2-2-/4-3-3-1/Timp, perc, set/harp/voice/stgs
Sousa - Stars and Stripes Forever - 2+1-2-2+1-2/4-4-3-1/Perc/harp/pno/strings
Taylor/Zimmerman - Carolina In My Mind - 2-2-2-2/2-2-1-0/Timp, perc/Pno/Ac. Guitar/Stgs
Daniels/Schumann -Devil Went Down to Georgia - 1-1-2-2/4-2-2-1/Dr. Set/E.Bass/Guitar/pno/strings
Copland - Hoe-Down from Rodeo - 2+1-2+1-2+1-2/4-3-3-1/Timp, perc/Piano/Stgs

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