
Season Concerts
Longmont Symphony Orchestra is proud to present “Unity in Sound”, celebrating the moving works of Mozart, Brahms, Beach, Strauss, and more. Led by Music Director, Elliot Moore, this season aims to unite us all through the immense power of music.

Kodály & Brahms: Forging a Path
Featuring Anna Shelest, Piano | We kick off our 59th season with Kodály’s brilliant orchestral work, Dances of Galánta, a piece that links the musical cultures of Western and Eastern Europe. Influenced by Rachmaninoff, Liszt, and Tchaikovsky, the Ukrainian composer Sergei Bortkiewicz composed this lush and deeply emotional Piano Concerto No. 1 in 1912; Ukrainian Pianist Anna Shelest joins the Longmont Symphony to bring this rarely performed gem to the Front Range. And the LSO performs Brahms’s most popular symphony to round out this program of cultural connections.
Join us for the Pre-Concert talk at 6pm.

Prokofiev & Brahms: Triumph & Tragedy
Featuring Sharon Roffman, Violin | Sharon Roffman returns to Longmont to perform Brahms’ beloved Violin Concerto, and your Longmont Symphony performs one of Prokofiev’s most enduring works, Symphony No. 5. Composed in 1944 as Russian troops were advancing on Nazi forces, this symphony expresses heroism, tragedy, and the resilience of the human spirit.
Join us for the Pre-Concert talk at 6pm.

The “Gentle” Nutcracker
The Longmont Symphony Orchestra and the Boulder Ballet is proud to present a sensory-friendly abridged version of Tchaikovsky’s beloved Nutcracker Ballet for individuals with special needs and their families.

Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker
Evening Performance | This December, the curtain rises for America’s favorite ballet, brought to life by the Boulder Ballet and the Longmont Symphony Orchestra. Join us for this thrilling and heart-warming spectacle performed to Tchaikovsky’s masterful score. A holiday tradition with exciting choreography and a full, live orchestra!

Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker
Afternoon Performance | This December, the curtain rises for America’s favorite ballet, brought to life by the Boulder Ballet and the Longmont Symphony Orchestra. Join us for this thrilling and heart-warming spectacle performed to Tchaikovsky’s masterful score. A holiday tradition with exciting choreography and a full, live orchestra!

Candlelight: Handel’s Messiah
Celebrate the holidays with the Longmont Symphony’s ever-popular Candlelight Concert, an annual tradition. This year features the orchestra, Longmont Chorale, and vocal soloists in the moving and joyous Handel’s Messiah.

Family Concert: A Child’s Book of Animals
Join the Longmont Symphony for a whimsical and unforgettable journey through Michael Close’s A Child’s Book of Animals, where you’ll hop with frogs, soar with seagulls, dive with octopuses and meet a swan with big dreams of becoming a rapper. The program also features the exhilarating finale of Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2, performed side-by-side with the talented musicians from the Longmont Youth Symphony, and a showcase of the winner of our new Concerto Competition. It’s a concert full of imagination, inspiration and extraordinary music for all ages.

Cello Explorations: Strauss & Tchaikovsky
Featuring Clancy Newman, Cello | Clancy Newman is back with the Longmont Symphony to continue exploring the cello repertoire in all its glory. In Strauss’s 45-minute tone poem, the solo cello represents the Don — a self-proclaimed (and not so sound of mind!) knight errant who believes windmills are giants and sheep are an invading army. Also on the program is Tchaikovsky’s Variations for Cello and Orchestra “on a Rococo Theme,” paired with a symphony by Tchaikovsky’s favorite composer, Mozart.
Join us for the Pre-Concert Talk at 6pm.

Pines of Rome & a World Premiere
Featuring Abigail Nims, Mezzo-Soprano | This exciting program, inspired by vocal music, features a world premiere for large orchestra by the Italian composer Massimiliano Messieri. He will join Maestro Moore for a pre-concert talk at 6 PM. The concert also includes mezzo-soprano Abigail Nims performing Amy Beach’s Wand’ring Clouds, which was the first composition by a woman to be performed by the Symphony Society of New York in 1892. Additionally, Vaughan Williams' stunning and spiritual blend of ancient and modern elements is showcased in Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, which features two string orchestras. Finally, Respighi’s Pines of Rome promises to be a sonic spectacle not to be missed!
Join us for the Pre-Concert Talk at 6pm.

Pops Concert: Best of Broadway
Featuring Dawna Rae Warren, Soprano and Miguel Angelo Ortega Bañales, Tenor | Dawna Rae Warren and Miguel Angelo Ortega Bañales join the LSO for what promises to be a fun-filled evening of Broadway tunes including Rogers’ South Pacific Overture, music by Bernstein and more!