WSO REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

Notes/Recordings
Record an Absence

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

PERSONNEL

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    Full Orchestra
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    Full Orchestra
    UNCW CAB 1080

    • 4:00 PM Sound Check

    • 7:30 PM Concert

    Live Oak Bank Pavilion
    10 Cowan Street

Schedule

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.

PERSONNEL

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    Tech Rehearsal
    Wilson Center

    • 2:00 PM Call

    • 2:30 PM Concert 1

    • Dinner

    • 7:00 PM Call

    • 7:30 PM Concert 2

Schedule

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

Simon:  Festive Fanfare and Overture - 2+1-2-2-2/4-3-3-1/timp, perc/harp/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 

PERSONNEL

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    Full Orchestra
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
    Wilson Center

  • 7:00 PM - Call
    7:30 PM - Concert
    Wilson Center

Schedule

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  - 3d1-2+1-2+1-3/4-3-3-0/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

PERSONNEL

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
    Wilson Center

  • 7:00 PM - Call
    7:30 PM - Concert

Schedule

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

Instrumentation: TBA

PERSONNEL

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    Wilson Center

    • 2:00 PM Call

    • 2:30 PM Concert 1

    • 7:00 PM Call

    • 7:30 PM Concert 2

Schedule

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

Tate:   Chokfi'  - 0-0-0-0/0-0-0-0/2 perc/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"  - 3d1-3-4-2/4-3-3-1/timp, perc/harp/celeste/banjo/stgs

PERSONNEL

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
    Wilson Center

    • 7:00 PM - Call

    • 7:30 PM - Concert

Schedule

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

TBD

PERSONNEL

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 1:00 - 3:30 PM
    Wilson Center

    • 3:30 PM - Call

    • 4:00 PM - Concert

Schedule

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

PERSONNEL

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 1:00 - 3:30 PM
    Wilson Center

    *Time change is due to the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the morning.

    • 7:00 PM - Call

    • 7:30 PM - Concert

Schedule

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

Higdon: Blue Cathedral - 2d1-1+1-2-2/4-3-3-1/timp, perc/harp/pno-cel/stgs 
Ferreri: hymnus ad cosmos - TBD
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/celest/organ/stgs (depends on mvmts

PERSONNEL

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 7:00 - 9:30 PM
    UNCW CAB 1080

  • 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
    Wilson Center

    • 7:00 PM - Call

    • 7:30 PM - Concert

Schedule

PAST CONCERTS

Saturday, May 16, 2026 - Judy Collins

Mountain Girl - 2-2-2-2/3-2-2-0/Perc, Set/Hp/Stgs (E. Bass)
Michael From the Mountains - 1-1-1-1/1-0-1-0/Hp/Stgs
Since You’ve Asked - Strings
Both Sides Now - 2-2d1-2-2/4-0-2-0/Timp, Perc, Kit/Hp/Stgs (E. Bass)
Song for Sarajevo - 2-2-2-2/3-1-3-0/Timp, Perc/Hp/Stgs
Spellbound - 2-2-2-2/3-0-2-0/Perc, Kit/Hp/Stgs
Chanson des Vieux Amants - 2-2-2-2/2-2-2-0/Timp, Perc/Hp/Stgs
When I Was a Girl in Colorado - 2-2-2-2/2-1-2-0/Perc, Kit/Hp/Stgs
Albatross - Strings
John Denver Tribute - 2-2-2-2/4-3-3-0/Perc, Kit/Stgs (E. Bass)
New Moon - Orchestra Tacet
The Blizzard - Strings
Send In the Clowns - 0-0-1-0/0-0-0-0/Stgs
Beyond the Sky - 2d1-1+1-2-2/3-3-3-0/Timp, Perc, Kit/Hp/Stgs (E. Bass)

PERSONNEL

DateTimeLocation
Tues., May 127:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
Wed., May 137:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
Fri., May 157:00 - 9:30 PMWilson Center
Sat., May 16
  • Call Time 7:00 PM
  • 7:30 PM (Concert)
    		• Wilson Center

    Saturday, April 25, 2026 - Orff’s Carmina Burana

    Moore – Willow Song – 2d1-1-2-1/2-0-0-0/Timp, perc/harp, pno/strings
    Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto (Mvmt. 1 only) – 2-2-2-2/2-2-0-0/Timp/strings
    Carl Orff -Carmina Burana - 3d2-3d1-3d1+Eb-2+1/4-3-3-1/Timp, Perc/Cel, Pno/Strings

    PERSONNEL

    DateTimeLocation
    Tues., Apr. 147:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Wed., Apr. 227:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ Wilson Center
    *date and location change
    Sat,. Apr. 2511:00 AMWilson Center
    Sat. Apr. 25
  • Call Time 7:00 PM
  • 7:30 PM (Concert)
    		• Wilson Center

    Saturday, March 14, 2026 - Classical Connections: Featuring Tift Merritt

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43 - 2-2-2-2/2-2-0-0/Timp/Strings
    Michael R. Dudley, Jr.: …there is yet beauty - Strings
    Salina Fisher: Kintsugi - 3-2-2-2/4-3-3-1/Perc/Hp/Strings
    Tift Merritt: Broken and other selections (Everyday Singing)
    Tift Merritt: The Other Side of Hungry River - 3d1-3d1-3-2/4-3-3-1/Perc/Hp/Pno/Strings

    I. Hungry River Theme (MIDI)
    II. Mother Nature Loves Her Wildest Children Best (MIDI)
    III. On My Way
    IV.  Ground is the Memory

    PERSONNEL

    DateTimeLocation
    Tues., Mar. 37:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Fri,. Mar. 67:00 - 9:30 PMString Sectional @ WSO Office
    Tues,. Mar. 107:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Sat,. Mar. 141:00 PMWilson Center
    Sat. Mar. 14
  • Call Time 7:00 PM
  • 7:30 PM (Concert)
    		• Wilson Center

    Saturday, February 7, 2026 - Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons

    Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - Strings
    Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major - 0-2-0-1/0-0-0-0/Harpsichord/Strings

    PERSONNEL

    DateTimeLocation
    Tues., Jan. 277:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Tues,. Feb. 3*6:00 - 8:30 PM
    *updated time
    		Full Orchestra @ WSO Office
    *updated location
    Thurs,. Feb. 57:00-9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ WSO Office
    *updated location
    Sat. Feb. 711:00 AMWilson Center
    Sat. Feb. 7
  • Call Time 7:00 PM
  • 7:30 PM (Concert)
    		• Wilson Center

    Sunday, January 18, 2026 - Young People’s Concert

    Michael Thomas Foumai: Rat Race -2d2-2-2-2/4-3-3-1/perc/strings
    Stephanie Ann Boyd: Red Wolves - 2-2-2-2/2-2-2-1/perc./hp/str.
    Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf - 1-1-1-1/3-1-1-0/timp, perc/strings/narr
    Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture (selections) - 1+1-2d1-2-2/4-2-3-0/timp, perc/strings
    Paul Murtha: Golden - 2-2-2-2/4-2-3-1/timp, perc/strings

    PERSONNEL

    DateTimeLocation
    Tues., Jan. 67:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Tues,. Jan. 137:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Sun.. Jan. 181:00 PMWIlson Center
    Sun., Jan. 18
  • Call Time 3:30 PM
  • 4:00 PM (Concert)
    		• Wilson Center

    Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025 - The Muppet Christmas Carol

    2d1-1-1d1-1/ 3-1-2-1/Timp, Perc/Harp, Keyboard, Synth/Guitar/Strings

    PERSONNEL

    DateTimeLocation
    Thurs Dec. 187:00-9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Fri. Dec. 197:00-9:30 PMWilson Center
    Sat. Dec. 20
  • Call Time 1:30 PM
  • 2:00 PM (Concert)
  • Call Time 6:00 PM
  • 6:30 PM (Concert)
    		• WIlson Center

    Saturday, November 1, 2025 - Colberg’s Viola Concerto

    Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Ouverture in C Major, Op. 24 - 2-2-2-2/4-2-0-0/Timp/Strings
    Christian Colberg: Viola Concerto | Paul Aguilar, viola - 2d1-2-2-2d1/2-1-0-0/Timp, perc/Strings (3rd Mvmt recording)
    Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 - 1d1-1d1-2-2/4-2-3-1/Timp/Strings

    PERSONNEL

    DateTimeLocation
    Tues., Oct. 217:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Fri., Oct. 247:00-9:30 PMString Sectional @ UNCW CAB 1080
    Tues,. Oct. 287:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Sat,. Nov. 111:00 AMWIlson Center
    Sat. Nov. 1
  • Call Time 7:00 PM
  • 7:30 PM (Concert)
    		• Wilson Center

    Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025 - The Voice of Whitney

    1. Overture

    2. I’m Your Baby Tonight

    3. You Give Good Love

    4. The Greatest Love of All

    5. Tomorrow

    6. I Know Him So Well

    7. Higher Love

    8. Count On Me

    9. Step by Step/I Love the Lord

    10. So Emotional

    11. Where Do Broken Hearts Go

    12. How Will I Know

    13. Star Spangled Banner

    14. All the Man That I Need

    15. I’m Every Woman

    16. I Loves You, Porgy/And I am Telling You I’m Not Going/I Have Nothing

    17. It’s Not Right but It’s Okay

    18. Saving All My Love For You

    19. I Will Always Love You

    20. I Wanna Dance with Somebody

    2d1-2d1-2d1-1/ 3-2-2-0/Timp, Perc/Harp, Keyboard, Acoustic Guitar/Strings

    PERSONNEL

    DateTimeLocation
    Tues., Oct. 77:00-9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Sat. Oct. 1111:00 AM - 2:00 PMWilson Center
    Sat., Oct 11
  • Call Time 7:00 PM
  • 7:30 PM (Concert)
    		• WIlson Center

    Friday, July 4 - Fourth of July Symphony Pops Concert

    Smith/Damrosch: The Star Spangled Banner - 2+1-2-2+1-2+1/4-2-3-1/Perc, Timp, Stgs
    Williams: Suite from JAWS - 1d1-2+1-2+1-2+1/4-3-4-1/Perc, Timp, Harp/Piano/Stgs
    Sousa: Stars & Stripes Forever - 2+1-2-2+1-2/4-2-3-1/Perc, Stgs
    Gould: American Salute - 3d1-1d1-3d1-2/4-3-3-1/Perc, Timp, Harp, Piano, Stgs
    Murtha: Armed Forces Salute - 2+1,-2-2-2/4-3-3-1/Perc, Timp, Harp, Stgs
    Harold/Sayre: The Wizard of Oz Selections - 2+1-2-2-1/4-3-3-1/Perc, Timp, Stgs
    Arturo Márquez: La Conga del Fuego Nuevo - 2+1-2-2+Eb-2/4-3-3-1/Perc, Timp, Stgs
    Molinelli: Four Pictures from New York, IV. Broadway Night - 2-2-2-2-/4-2-3-1/Perc, Drum Set, Timp, Harp, Stgs
    Powell: How to Train Your Dragon Suite - 2+1-3-2+1-2+1/4-3-3-1/Perc, Timp, Drum Set, E. Guitar, E. Bass, Harp, Piano, Keyboard, Stgs
    Silvestri: Back to the Future Main Theme - 1+1-2-2+1-2+1/4-3-3-1/Perc, Timp, Harp, Synth, Stgs
    Schwartz/Bair: For Good from the Broadway Musical “Wicked” - 2-1-2-1/2-2-3-0/Drum Set,, Glockenspiel, Harp/Strings/Voices
    Schwartz/Langenberg: Defying Gravity from WICKED - the Broadway Musical - 1+1-1+1-2-2/3-2-2-0/Perc, Timp, Drum Set, Guitar 1, 2, Piano 1, 2, Voices (2)/Strings
    Pasek and Paul/Lorenz: This Is Me (from The Greatest Showman) - 1-1-1-1-T.Sax/1-1-1-0/Timp, Drum Set/SATB/Piano/Strings
    Morgan: Pine Suite - 2-1+1-2-2/4-3-3-1/Timp, Glock, Vibes, Harp, Piano/Strings

    PERSONNEL

    DateTimeLocation
    Tues., June 247:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Tues., July 17:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Weds., July 27:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Fri., July 4• Call time 3:30 PM
    • Soundcheck 4:00 PM
    • Concert Time 7:30 PM    		Live Oak Bank Pavilion

    Saturday, July 12 - CFCC’S Wilson Center presents JAWS in Concert

    Full accompaniment provided by the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dominic Talanca

    Reference Recordings

    PERSONNEL

    DateTimeLocation
    Tues., July 87:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Thurs., July 107:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ Wilson Center with TECH
    Fri., July 11 7:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ Wilson Center with TECH
    Sat., July 12• Call time 2:00 PM
    • Concert #1 @ 2:30 PM
    • Concert #2 @ 7:30 PM    		Wilson Center at CFCC

    Saturday, September 20, 2025 - A New Era: Opening Night with Peter Askim

    Gabriela Ortiz: Kauyumari - 2+1-2+1-2+1-2+1/4-4-3-1/Timp, Perc/Harp/Strings
    Algernon Robinson: New Work (World Premiere) - 2+1-2-2+1-2 A.Sax-2+1/2-4-3-1/Timp, Perc/Harp/Piano/Strings
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 - 3d1-2-2-2/4-2-3-1/Timp/Strings

    PERSONNEL

    DateTimeLocation
    Tues., Sept. 97:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Tues,. Sept. 167:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Sat,. Sept. 2011:00 AMWilson Center
    Sat. Sept. 20
  • Call Time 7:00 PM
  • 7:30 PM (Concert)
    		• Wilson Center