This is music that captures the energy, the exuberance, the promise of a great nation. Music Director Valentina Peleggi conducts Dvorak’s love-letter to America, the “New World” Symphony. Plus, works by two of music’s foremost Black composers: Adolphus Hailstork’s Fanfare on Amazing Grace lifts our spirit – and celebrates his 80 th birthday. Then Louis […]

“Perfect intonation, style, and total involvement,” raved New York Concert Review upon experiencing the artistry of Sphinx Competition winner Sterling Elliott. Experience it yourself as Sterling Elliott performs the sparkling Cello Concerto in D of Haydn. Plus, Chia-Hsuan Lin conducts music by two 20th century giants that glance backwards to earlier masters. Prokofiev’s “Classical Symphony” […]

No other musical statement can match its raw force and bracing energy. Hear Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony under Music Director Valentia Peleggi. Plus, music of England’s Ruth Gipps – her romantic, exquisite Second Symphony and Oboe Concerto (Gipps own instrument) featuring the acclaimed Katherine Needleman.

At the age of 14, The Strad reported, “he took the music world by storm.” Today, Stefan Jackiw stands among the finest violinists of our time. “His astonishing gifts, and musicality and technical finesse place him at the top of his peers,” raves the Seattle Times. Experience his artistry in the colorful Violin Concerto of […]

He was plagued by self-doubt and had abandoned his music. But when inspired to compose again, Sergei Rachmaninoff wrote the music that would make him immortal. George Li plays the Second Piano Concerto. “He is a powerhouse," The New York Times declares of George Li. Music Director Valentina Peleggi also conducts Shostakovich’s defiant Fifth Symphony.