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50th Anniversary Season

2025 - 2026 Concert Schedule: The Audition Edition!

All concerts are free to attend

February 22nd, 2026 - Winter Concert "Ports of Call"

Concert Time
  • 2:00 PM
Location
  • ​ Valley High School's Staplin Auditorium
Conductor
  • Joshua Barlage
Special Guest 
  •   Curtis Barr, Cello
Description                    
  • Overture to Nabucco – Giuseppe Verdi
  • Carmen Suite No. 1 – Georges Bizet
  • Elegy – Gabriel Fauré (featuring Curtis Barr, cello)
  • Preludio Sinfonico – Giacomo Puccini
  • Suite Algérienne – Camille Saint-Saëns​

May 10th, 2026 - Spring Concert "​Mozart & Motherhood – A Tribute”

Concert Time
  • 2:00 PM
Location
  • ​ Sheslow Auditorium
Conductor
  • Kara Mather
Special Guest 
  •   Dr. Kevin Allemagne, Clarinet
Description                    
  • The Marriage of Figaro, K.492: Overture (Mozart)
  • Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622: Mvt. II: Adagio (Mozart)
        * Featuring Dr. Kevin Allemagne, clarinet
  • Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: Mvt. I: Molto Allegro (Mozart)
  • Procession of the Nobles (Rimsky-Korsakov)
  • A Light In the Ocean (Pilsner)
  • How to Train Your Dragon (Powell/O'Loughlin)
  • Adoration (Price)
  • ​Wonder Woman (Gregson-Williams/Lopez)

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