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CONCERTS

The Joliet Symphony Orchestra performs works for small and large orchestra alike in the intimate

Sexton Auditorium on the University of St. Francis campus in Joliet, Illinois.

"NOTEWORTHY" (FREE PRE-CONCERT CHATS)

Join our conductor for a lively and engaging discussion of the music to be performed on our concerts.

These informal chats begin 45 minutes before each concert (6:15 p.m. on Saturdays and 3:15 p.m. on Sundays) and you are encouraged and welcome to engage in dialogue with the conductor. 
 

Franz Schubert
Giuseppe Verdi
Gabriel Faure
Ludwig van Beethoven
Felix Mendelssohn
Claude Debussy
Robert Schumann
Johannes Brahms

2024-2025 SEASON

 

#1: PRECISION

 

Saturday, September 28, 2024 @ 7:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium

Sunday, September 29, 2024 @ 4:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium

           

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

The Impresario Overture, K. 486 

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Piano Concerto No. 3 in c minor, opus 37

                        Haley Morgan MYLES, piano

           

Robert SCHUMANN

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, opus 97 “Rhenish”

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#2: PICTURES

 

Saturday, November 23, 2024 @ 7:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium

Sunday, November 24, 2024 @ 4:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium

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Deanna Gibson, guest artist

https://deannagibsonart.com/

           

Franz LISZT

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in c minor (Karl MULLER-BERGHAUS)

 

Jean SIBELIUS

Finlandia, opus 26, number 7

 

Maurice RAVEL

Pavane pour une infante defunte

 

Alexander BORODIN

In the Steppes of Central Asia

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Franz LISZT

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in c minor

           

Modest MUSSORGSKY                                                    

Pictures at an Exhibition (Tushmalov)

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FAMILY CONCERT & INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO

Saturday, January 18, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Moser Performing Arts Center: Sexton Auditorium

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FREE ADMISSION BUT TICKETS ARE REQUIRED!

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#3: PASSION

 

Saturday, February 22, 2025 @ 7:00 p.m. in. Sexton Auditorium

Sunday, February 23, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium

 

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Namensfeier Overture, opus 115

 

Max BRUCH

Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, opus 26

            Andrew SORDS, violin

 

George Whitefield CHADWICK

Symphony No. 2 in B-flat Major

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#4: La CRÈME de la CRÈME

           

Saturday, April 26, 2025 @ 7:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium

Sunday, April 27, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium

 

Gabriel FAURE

Pelleas et Melisande, opus 80

   

Camille SAINT-SAENS

Cello Concerto No. 1 in a minor, opus 33

            Marianne ROSZYK, cello

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Cesar FRANCK

Symphony in d minor

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SEXTON AUDITORIUM

Unless otherwise indicated, our performances take place in the intimacy of the 250-seat Sexton Auditorium which is located on the University of St. Francis campus in the Harold & Margaret Moser Performing Arts Center.

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Harold & Margaret Moser Performing Arts Center
Sexton Auditorium
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