PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES
2025-2026 Season (21st)
#4: SCINTILLATING
Saturday, April 25, 2026 @ 7:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium
Sunday, April 26, 2026 @ 4:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium
Sean Paul Mills, Artistic Director & Conductor
Paola Cubillos, flute
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
#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
Sean Paul Mills, Artistic Director & Conductor
Christi Allison, English horn
Alyson Bauman, trumpet
Jennifer Barrett, mezzo-soprano
Aaron COPLAND: Quiet City
Christi ALLISON, English horn
Alyson BAUMAN, trumpet
Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Ballade in a minor, opus 33
Aaron COPLAND: Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson
Jennifer BARRETT, mezzo-soprano
Howard HANSON: Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"
#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
Sean Paul Mills, Artistic Director & Conductor
Rebekah Cope-Evers, violin
Patricia White, cello
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
Sean Paul Mills, Artistic Director & Conductor
Nathan Bogert, Alto Saxophone
Giuseppe VERDI: Nabucco Overture
David DeBoor CANFIELD: Concerto after Gliere
Nathan BOGERT, Alto Saxophone
Alexander BORODIN: Symphony No. 2 in b minor
2024-2025 Season (the 20th)
#1: PRECISION
Saturday, September 28, 2024 @ 7:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium
Sunday, September 29, 2024 @ 4:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium
Sean Paul Mills, Artistic Director & Conductor
Haley Morgan Myles, guest artist
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: The Impresario Overture, K. 486
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”
#2: PICTURES
Saturday, November 23, 2024 @ 7:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium
Sunday, November 24, 2024 @ 4:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium
Sean Paul Mills, Artistic Director & Conductor
Deanna Gibson, guest artist
Franz LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in c minor (Karl MULLER-BERGHAUS)
Jean SIBELIUS: Finlandia, opus 26, number 7
Edward ELGAR: Serenade for Strings in e minor, opus 20
Maurice RAVEL: Pavane pour une infante defunte
Alexander BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia
Franz LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in c minor
Modest MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition (Tushmalov)
#3: PASSION
Saturday, February 22, 2025 @ 7:00 p.m. in. Sexton Auditorium
Sunday, February 23, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m. in Sexton Auditorium
Sean Paul Mills, Artistic Director & Conductor
Andrew Sords, guest artist
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
#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
Sean Paul Mills, Artistic Director & Conductor
Marianne Roszyk, guest artist
Gabriel FAURE: Pelleas et Melisande, opus 80
Camille SAINT-SAENS: Cello Concerto No. 1 in a minor, opus 33
Marianne ROSZYK, cello
Cesar FRANCK: Symphony in d minor
2023-2024 Season
#4:
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Moser Performing Arts Center: Sexton Auditorium
Sean Paul Mills, conductor
Louis J. HEROLD: Zampa Overture
Johann Nepomuk HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major, S. 49
Gilmar CAVALCANTE, trumpet soloist
Antonin DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, opus 88
#3:
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Sunday, February 25, 2024
Moser Performing Arts Center: Sexton Auditorium
Sean Paul Mills, conductor
Aaron COPLAND: An Outdoor Overture
Florence Beatrice PRICE: Andante moderato
Leonard BERNSTEIN: West Side Story (selections arr. Mason)
John Knowles PAINE: Symphony No. 1 in c minor, opus 23
Family Concert
Saturday, January 20, 2024: Family Concert
Moser Performing Arts Center: Sexton Auditorium
Sean Paul Mills, conductor
Klaus BADELT: Pirates of the Caribbean
John WILLIAMS: Star Wars: Epic Suite – Parts I & II
#2:
Saturday, December 9, 2023
Sunday, December 10, 2023
Moser Performing Arts Center: Sexton Auditorium
Sean Paul Mills, conductor
Edward ELGAR: Froissart, Op. 19
W.A. MOZART: French horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major, K. 447
Emily WHITTAKER, French horn soloist
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, opus 68 "Pastoral"
#1:
Saturday, October 7, 2023
Sunday, October 8, 2023
Moser Performing Arts Center: Sexton Auditorium
Sean Paul Mills, conductor
Giuseppe VERDI: La Forza del Destino Overture
Antonin DVORAK: Suite in A Major, Op. 98b “American”
Modest MUSSORGSKY: Night on Bald Mountain
Felix MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Op. 107 “Reformation”
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Sunday, April 23, 2023
Sexton Auditorium
Lev Ivanov, conductor
"A Conversation About Us"
Charles-Camille SAINT-SAENS: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major, opus 29
Jiafeng Jan, piano
Florence PRICE: Adoration
Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Idyll, opus 44
Jose Luiz ELIZONDO: Estampas Mexicanas
Saturday, January 21, 2023
Sexton Auditorium
Lev Ivanov, conductor
"JSO Family Concert"
Engelbert HUMPERDINCK: Hansel and Gretel Overture
George GERSHWIN: An American in Paris Suite
Saturday, April 23, 2022
Sunday, April 24, 2022
Sexton Auditorium
Lev Ivanov, conductor
"Music in Film"
Ludwig GORANSSON: Selections from Black Panther
Frederick LOEWE: Selections from My Fair Lady
Ennio MORRICONE: I Knew I Loved You
Allan SILVERSTRI: Selections from Back to the Future
John LUNN: Downton Abbey Suite
Harold ARLEN: Over the Rainbow
Howard SHORE: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
John WILLIAMS: Soundtrack Highlights
Jeff BEAL: House of Cards Theme
Henry MANCINI: Moon River
John WILLIAMS: Star Wars Epic Suite: Part II
John KANDER: Selections from Chicago
Saturday, January 18, 2020
Sexton Auditorium
Dianna Fiore, conductor
"Family Concert"
Georges BIZET: Carmen: Prelude & Aragonaise from Suite No. 1
Antonin DVORAK: Slavonic Dance No. 8, opus 46
Johann STRAUSS, Sr.: Radetzky March
Edward ELGAR: Nimrod from Enigma Variations, opus 36
Georges BIZET: Carmen: selections from Suite No. 1 & Suite No. 2
Danse Boheme
Les Toreadors
Seguedille
Habanera
Saturday, November 23, 2019
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Sexton Auditorium
Dianna Fiore, conductor
Hector BERLIOZ: Hungarian March
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, opus 62
W.A. MOZART: Flute Concerto No. 1, K. 313
Noelle Klima, flute
Edward ELGAR: Nimrod from Enigma Variations, opus 36
Georges BIZET: Carmen (selections from Suites No.1 & Suite No. 2)*
Les Toreadors
Prelude
Aragonaise
Seguedille
Les Dragons d'Alcala
Habanera
Danse Boheme
Leroy ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride**
*guest conductors: Ellis Wright & Rachel Coop
**guest conductors: Rebecca Miller & Jolena Odum
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Sexton Auditorium
Dianna Fiore, conductor
"Music Collage Concert"
Hector BERLIOZ: Hungarian March
Georges BIZET: Toreador from Carmen Suite No. 1
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Sexton Auditorium
Dianna Fiore, conductor
John WILLIAMS: Star Wars: Main Title
Gustav HOLST: Mars, The Bringer of War from The Planets
Albert Franz DOPPLER: Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy
Jennifer Gosack Darwell, flute
[2018 Concerto Competition Winner]
G.F. HANDEL: Overture from Music for the Royal Fireworks
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Elegischer Gesang (Elegiac Song), opus 118
Claritas Master Chorale
Paul Laprade, conductor
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Fantasia in c minor ("Choral Fantasy"), opus 80
Jiafeng Yan, piano
Bahareh Poureslami, soprano
Rae-Myra Hilliard, soprano
Carl Alexander, countertenor
Willard Thomen, tenor
Andrew Fisher, tenor
Jeffrey Ray, baritone
Schola Cantorum & Claritas Master Chorale