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| | Auburn Symphony Orchestra continues its annual celebration of American music through iconic and newly-embraced works. Featuring Leonard Bernstein’s familiar Latin beats from the 1957 smash musical, West Side Story, you’ll dance and hum your way out of the concert hall with tunes like “Maria” and “I Feel Pretty.” Juan Pablo Contreras’ Mariachitlan continues the Latin beat with a loving homage to the Mexican state of Jalisco – the birthplace of mariachi. The concert opens with William Levi Dawson’s epic Negro Folk Symphony which premiered nearly 90 years ago to great acclaim. The piece is experiencing a resurgence as new generations discover its powerful impact. | Purchase tickets |
| | A cozy autumn evening awaits you in support of the artistic and educational programs of Auburn Symphony Orchestra! Delight in music from the arx duo, percussionists Garrett Arney and Mari Yoshinaga. Garrett is a featured soloist in ASO’s 2023-24 Season so you’ll get a sneak peek of what’s to come. Ticket sales only cover 20% of the costs it takes to bring you the music you know and love, plus our free education programs that reach thousands of students every year. Through a live auction featuring experiences you can only get with ASO and Raise the Paddle, your support makes the music possible! | Purchase tickets |
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| | Join us for a special Holiday Spectacular as the Auburn Symphony Orchestra performs the soundtrack, LIVE, to the Oscar-nominated holiday film, The Snowman! Directed by Dianne Jackson and featuring an original score by Howard Blake, the animated film brings Raymond Briggs’ magical story to life, following James and his Snowman as they embark on a wondrous journey one winter’s night. Also on the program are seasonal favorites such as Miracle on 34th Street, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, our traditional audience sing-along and much more! | Purchase tickets |
| | This lavish program features some of the world’s most epic and heartfelt music. Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird takes you on a journey through the Russian folktale of a hero, Ivan Tsarevich, who battles the sorcerer Kashchei with the help of a mythical firebird. Lauded for his “haunting lyrical grace” (Gramophone), violist Jordan Bak joins ASO for Bela Bartok’s Concerto for Viola. ASO is also pleased to present the Washington State premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain Suite, a co-commissioned project with 37 other orchestras across the country inspired by Charles Frazier’s novel. The concert opens with Richard Strauss’s virtuosic tone poem, Don Juan, where the orchestra is pushed to its limits as it spins adventure and love themes across a wide sonic palate. | Purchase tickets |
| | Bring the whole family to Auburn Symphony Orchestra’s action-packed concert! Maestro Schulz will take you to the high seas in search of pirates, to the island of Themyscira home of Wonder Woman, and to the animated world of The Incredibles. Prepare to soar through the sky and zoom across the earth as we quest for the most thrilling music for film. No adventure is too big for the Auburn Symphony Orchestra! | Purchase tickets |
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| | Composers find inspiration in everything - their nationality, historical events, and of course other genres of music. With his Symphony No. 38, Wolfgang Mozart wrote a love letter to the city of Prague. The music crackles with virtuosity and grace, signaling that Mozart is at the peak of his compositional powers. ASO welcomes percussionist Garrett Arney to the stage to perform Emmanuel Séjourné’s Concerto for Marimba and Strings, an eclectic piece that will leave you breathless. The concert opens with Jessie Montgomery’s Banner, commissioned in 2014 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of The Star-Spangled Banner, weaves together snippets of Star-Spangled Banner with civil rights songs and socialist anthems. Inspiration is everywhere, especially in the concert hall! | Purchase tickets |
| | “Behold, the Sea!” With these words, Ralph Vaughan William’s massive Sea Symphony begins. This work, nearly an hour in length, was Vaughan Williams’s first major work and it was inspired by the poetry of Walt Whitman. Using over 107 lines of text from the poet’s Leaves of Grass, Vaughan William’s choral-orchestral work explores the sea itself as well as the sea of time, humankind and our infinite world. Auburn Symphony Orchestra is delighted to present this work in collaboration with Seattle Pro Music and their conductor, Karen Thomas. | Purchase tickets |