Our season kicks off with John Adams's Short Ride in a Fast Machine and takes us to Gustav Holst's thrilling large orchestral symphonic suite, The Planets. Delayed by two years due to the pandemic, we are particularly thrilled to be wrapping up our complete Beethoven Symphony Cycle with his Ninth Symphony ‘Chorale’ — complete with large orchestra, vocal soloists, and choir — which takes us on an epic journey from the trials of life to unbridled expressions of joy for humanity to the wonders that lie beyond the canopy of stars. 

Due to ever-increasing demand, I am thrilled that we have bought back our Portrait of a Composer performance in February. This year, we will shine the light on the ever popular romantic composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. This program will include his deeply felt Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture and his First Piano Concerto featuring star pianist Marika Bournaki. 

We anticipate quite a turnout in our reimagined museum series as we feature the music of Gustav Mahler in a two-part series called "Mahler at the Museum." This series will include intimate performances of Mahler's Fourth Symphony and Song of the Earth, as well as a new musical suite by composer Mark Crawford with video projections based on one of the most viewed Netflix documentaries of all time, The Social Dilemma. 

I look forward to exploring and sharing some of the greatest music ever written with you in the coming months. Join me! 

– Elliot Moore, Music Director