Calendar
September 6th, 2026
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Symphony Hall, Birmingham (map)
The 6th edition of the Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; 18 finalists through three rounds.
NYC Orchestra Project
Church of the Holy Apostles (map)
Exploring the complexity and challenges of the American Dream, past and present. Florence Price’s Symphony No. 3 and Amy Beach’s Gaelic Symphony, featuring Call for Scores winner Sepehr Pirasteh’s will the mountains sing for me.
The Raven
Renegade Opera
Hallowed Halls, Portland (map)
Jesse Preis debuts The Raven, a chamber opera composed for three voices and chamber ensemble from Edgar Allan Poe’s poem of the same name. This work is composed with no specific voice types tied to the characters—a groundbreaking composing technique that seeks to expand our understanding of vocal writing by unting the binds of gendered characters and allowing vocalists to portray a character of any gender authentic to them.
Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn (map)
Alison Norris and violinist Dylan Hamme lead music by Sibelius, Prokofiev, and Hanson, bringing together three distinct approaches to orchestral color, movement, and Romantic expression.
Little Ones
Renegade Opera
Center for the Contemporary Arts,
Santa Fe (map)
Little Ones is a comedic opera by Danielle Jagelski (Red Cliff Ojibwe/Oneida) with a libretto by Rhiana Yazzie (Navajo). Set in 1984, the final year of the Intermountain Boarding School in Brigham City, Utah, the opera follows four students through their senior year of high school as they work in vain to keep the school open when the U.S. government decides to close it—at a time when tribal nations are finally able to take control over these school.
NYC Orchestra Project
Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew (map)
Reverance and awe: transient perspectives witness the Earth. Strauss’s Alpine Symphonie paired with Gabriella Smith’s Tumblebird Contrails and Mahler’s Rückert Lieder.
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Once Upon an
Orchestra
Canton Symphony Orchestra
Great Court, Canton Cultural Center for the
Arts (map)
Join the Canton Symphony for “Once Upon an Orchestra”, a fun-filled, fairytale-themed concert where storytelling springs to life through the sounds of a live orchestra. Journey through enchanted forests, royal castles, and mythical lands as music makes legends leap off the page.
Holiday Pops
Canton Symphony Orchestra
Umstattd Hall, Zimmermann Symphony Center (map)
The Canton Symphony Orchestra and the Canton Symphony Chorus return for two festive performances of Holiday Pops—a heartwarming celebration filled with seasonal classics, holiday favorites, and a few musical surprises along the way.