Our 2025-2026 Season

Our 4PM Sunday concerts at Concordia University include free parking at 1124 Bonnie Brae Place, River Forest, 3PM Preconcert Conversations with board president David Leehey, and free receptions to meet the performers afterward.

Click HERE to order single tickets for 4/19/2026.
Click HERE to order single tickets for 6/14/2026.

ALL tickets will be held at the Will Call table on concert day.

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For our River Forest concerts, single ticket prices are $30 through the day before the concert; $35 on concert day. Students through college are free.


April 19, 2026 – Trombone Treat

Jay Friedman, conductor

MOZART
Symphony No. 35 (Haeffner)

HIGGINS

Trombone Concerto (Midwest Premiére)
Tim Higgins, soloist
SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
III Allegro vivace
Dylan Zhang, soloist
BERNSTEIN
West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
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Click HERE to purchase tickets for our Tablescape Raffle. Winners announced after 6/14/2026. Winner need not be present.


June 14, 2026 – Superb Soloists

Jay Friedman, conductor

SUK
Märchen (Fairytale)

BRUCH

Violin Concerto No. 1
Nikki Chooi, soloist

GROESCH

Piano Concerto No. 1 (World Premiére)
Mio Nakamura, soloist
Concert underwritten by S/OP&RF violinist Dr. Marylou Witz & Emerging Artists Chicago
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Click HERE to purchase tickets for our Tablescape Raffle. Winners announced after 6/14/2026. Winner need not be present.


Past Concerts for 2025-2026 Season


October 26, 2025 – Heroic Beethoven

Jay Friedman, conductor

BEETHOVEN

Triple Concerto

Michele Wynton-violin, David Leehey-piano, William Cernota-cello
BEETHOVEN

Symphony No. 3 in Eb, Op. 55, Eroica

Click HERE for 10/26/2025 Program.


December 14, 2025 – Holiday Happening

Maurice Boyer, conductor

RAVEL
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
TCHAIKOVSKY
Nutcracker Suite
BIZET
L’Arlésienne: Suites 1 & 2

HARRIS

Christmas: A Medley of Well-Known Carols (Holiday Sing-Along)

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February 15, 2026 – Choral Concert

Maurice Boyer, conductor

BRAHMS
Tragic Overture
BRAHMS
Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)
Featuring The S/OP&RF Chorus, William Chin, choral director also
Heritage Chorale,
Wen Chin Liu-Young,
artistic director

MAHLER

Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth’s Magic Horn)
Nathalie Colas, soprano
COPLAND
Quiet City
COPLAND
An Outdoor Overture

Click HERE for 2/15/2026 Program.

Click HERE to purchase tickets for our Tablescape Raffle. Winners announced after 6/14/2026. Winner need not be present.