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.
FAMILY CONCERT & INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO
Saturday, January 17, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
Moser Performing Arts Center: Sexton Auditorium
FREE ADMISSION BUT TICKETS ARE REQUIRED!
21st SEASON: 2025-2026
#3: MADE IN AMERICA
Saturday, February 21, 2026 @ 7:00 p.m. in. Sexton Auditorium
Sunday, February 22, 2026 @ 4:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium
Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
Ballade in a minor, opus 33
Aaron COPLAND
Quiet City
Christi ALLISON, English horn
Alyson BAUMAN, trumpet
Aaron COPLAND
Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson
Jennifer BARRETT, mezzo-soprano
Howard HANSON
Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"
#4: SCINTILLATING
Saturday, April 25, 2026 @ 7:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium
Sunday, April 26, 2026 @ 4:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium
Carl Maria von WEBER
Der Freischutz Overture, J. 277
Carl REINECKE
Concerto for Flute in D Major, opus 283
Paola CUBILLOS, flute
Antonin DVORAK
Symphony No. 6 in D Major, opus 60
#2: FATE & DESTINY
Saturday, November 22, 2025 @ 7:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium
Sunday, November 23, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium
Hector BERLIOZ
Hungarian March from "The Damnation of Faust"
Johannes BRAHMS
Double Concerto in a minor, opus 102
Rebekah COPE-EVERS, violin
Patricia WHITE, cello
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5 in c minor, opus 67
#1: IMPASSIONED
Saturday, September 27, 2025 @ 7:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium
Sunday, September 28, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium
Giuseppe VERDI
Nabucco Overture
David DeBoor CANFIELD
Concerto after Gliere
Nathan BOGERT, Saxophone
Alexander BORODIN
Symphony No. 2 in b minor
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.
