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.

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Links to order single tickets listed under each concert.
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.


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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SPECIAL Nutcracker Raffle Click HERE.


February 15, 2026 – Choral Concert

Maurice Boyer, conductor

BRAHMS
Tragic Overture
BRAHMS
Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)
Featuring The S/OP&RF Chorus

MAHLER

Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The boy’s magic horn)
Nathalie Colas, soprano
COPLAND
Quiet City
COPLAND
An Outdoor Overture

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April 19, 2026 – Trombone Treat

Jay Friedman, conductor

MOZART
Symphony No. 35 (Haeffner)

HIGGINS

Trombone Concerto (Midwest Premiére)
Tim Higgins, soloist
CONCERTO COMPETITION WINNER – TBD
BERNSTEIN
West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
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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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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

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