Concerts

September 7, 2023 | 6:30pm

Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra

Mechanics Bank Theater

Featuring vocal soloists Kimberly Jones and Bill McMurray with Bakersfield Master Chorale and Bakersfield College Chamber Singers

GERSHWIN Girl Crazy Overture

PATERSON Whitman's America

GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess: A Concert of Songs

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HOLIDAY CONCERT 2023

December 16, 2023 | 7:00pm Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Hill Auditorium

February 10, 2024 | 2:00pm

Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra

Mechanics Bank Theater

DOOLEY The Conductor's Spellbook

February 24, 2024 | 7:30pm

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra

Ozinga Chapel

SIERRA New Commission: part of the Virginia B. Toulmin Orchestral Commissions Program

GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F

Sean Chen, Piano

MARSALIS Preview of New Work: Preview ahead of its World Premiere next season

March 2, 2024 | 6:30pm

Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra

Mechanics Bank Theater

Composer Discovery Project Winner | New Work Part of Bakersfield Symphony’s “Growing our Own” Initiative

RAVEL Mother Goose Suite

STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite

March 16, 2024 | 3:00pm

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra

Ozinga Chapel

DEBUSSY Suite bergamasque

VAUGHN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
Elizabeth Huffman, Violin

THOMAS Gwendolyn Brooks Settings: World Premiere co-commission

April 13, 2024 | 7:30pm

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra

Ozinga Chapel

HUỲNH IPO Composer in Residence World Premiere

BOLOGNE Symphony No. 1

MOZART Horn Concerto No. 4

HAYDN Symphony No. 104

April 16, 2024

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra

Ozinga Chapel

CLASSICAL EVOLVE COMPOSER COMPETITION

In partnership with American Composers Orchestra