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May 2022
Up Close with Naha & Marian
Join QCSO concertmaster Naha Greenholtz and pianist Marian Lee for a lovely afternoon of music at the Figge featuring works by Astor Piazzolla, Eugène Ysaÿe, Gabriela Lena Frank, Pablo de Sarasate, & Johann Sebastian Bach. BUY TICKETS Digital Access Tickets…
Find out more »August 2022
Uncork the Season
Join the QCSO as we kick off the 2022-23 Season with an evening at the Mississippi River Distilling Company's Celebration Center in Le Claire. Enjoy beautiful rooftop views of the Mississippi River, delicious spirits and cocktails from MRDC, heavy hors…
Find out more »Quad City Bank & Trust Riverfront Pops | The Music of Elton John
The Party of the Summer is turning 40! Celebrate with us along the banks of the Mississippi with a choir-enhanced symphonic celebration of the Music of Elton John. Rock to Elton’s greatest hits including “Rocket Man,” “Madman Across the Water,”…
Find out more »September 2022
Up Close with Mak Grgić
Enjoy an afternoon with guitarist Mak Grgić before he joins the QCSO as guest soloist on Masterworks III: Ode to Guitar. The program begins with selections from his album Cinema Verismoa, which features originals and adaptations of beloved music featured…
Find out more »October 2022
Masterworks I: Ode to Joy
Our 108th Season opens with Jonathan Bailey Holland’s Ode, a minimalist and hip-hop-influenced response to Ludwig van Beethoven and his 9th Symphony through a 21st-century lens. The QCSO will then bring Beethoven’s exuberant and transcendent 9th Symphony to life, featuring…
Find out more »Masterworks I: Ode to Joy
Our 108th Season opens with Jonathan Bailey Holland’s Ode, a minimalist and hip-hop-influenced response to Ludwig van Beethoven and his 9th Symphony through a 21st-century lens. The QCSO will then bring Beethoven’s exuberant and transcendent 9th Symphony to life, featuring…
Find out more »Soirée: The Roaring 20s
Let the roaring 2020s begin with an elegant evening at the Figge! Tickets for this Great Gatsby-inspired event include dinner and performance, plus a paddle raise and live auction with Maestro Mark Russell Smith as your auctioneer to benefit the…
Find out more »Two Remain (Out of Darkness)
This moving and emotional two-act chamber opera by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer is based on the true stories of two Holocaust survivors: In Act I, Krystyna Żywulska, assisted by ghosts of Auschwitz, shares her story of survival…
Find out more »November 2022
Masterworks II: Fit for a King
This concert rich with royalty begins with Duke Ellington’s jazz and gospel-influenced Three Black Kings. QCSO principal cellist Hannah Holman will captivate with the rich and haunting cello soliloquies of Ernest Bloch’s Schelomo, the final work of his Jewish Cycle.…
Find out more »Masterworks II: Fit for a King
This concert rich with royalty begins with Duke Ellington’s jazz and gospel-influenced Three Black Kings. QCSO principal cellist Hannah Holman will captivate with the rich and haunting cello soliloquies of Ernest Bloch’s Schelomo, the final work of his Jewish Cycle.…
Find out more »Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ in Concert
You-Know-Who™ is not the only one who has returned—Harry Potter™, Ron Weasley™, and Hermione Granger™ are back as well in this unforgettable concert event. Relive the magic with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ displayed on a giant…
Find out more »Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ in Concert
You-Know-Who™ is not the only one who has returned—Harry Potter™, Ron Weasley™, and Hermione Granger™ are back as well in this unforgettable concert event. Relive the magic with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ displayed on a giant…
Find out more »December 2022
Masterworks III: Ode to Guitar
Georg Philipp Telemann’s playful and spirited Ouverture burlesque de Quichotte opens this diverse concert featuring WHBF News 4’s Jim Niedelman as narrator. Guitarist Mak Grgić joins the QCSO to premiere a QCSO co-commissioned Guitar Concerto by Michael Abels. The second…
Find out more »Masterworks III: Ode to Guitar
PLEASE NOTE: THE SUNDAY PERFORMANCE WILL ALSO BE HELD AT THE ADLER THEATRE Georg Philipp Telemann’s playful and spirited Ouverture burlesque de Quichotte opens this diverse concert featuring WHBF News 4’s Jim Niedelman as narrator. Guitarist Mak Grgić joins the…
Find out more »Holiday Brass
Ring in the holiday season with members of the QCSO Brass and Percussion sections! Under the direction of Maestro Mark Russell Smith, the ensemble will perform uplifting sections of classical and holiday favorites. Tickets are currently available only as an…
Find out more »Holiday Brass
Ring in the holiday season with members of the QCSO Brass and Percussion sections! Under the direction of Maestro Mark Russell Smith, the ensemble is joined by organist Chris Nelson to perform uplifting sections of classical and holiday favorites. Tickets…
Find out more »January 2023
Up Close with Naha & Aaron
Spend the evening with QCSO concertmaster Naha Greenholtz and principal percussionist Aaron Williams at the historic Butterworth Center. Naha and Aaron will perform both solo and duo works by Wynton Marsalis, Sergei Prokofiev, Chen Yi, and Paul Lansky, plus the…
Find out more »February 2023
Masterworks IV: Bella & Brahms
Richard Wagner’s militaristic Rienzi Overture provides a spirited opener to this program before the centerpiece of the concert, Johannes Brahms’s intimate and evocative Third Symphony, with its flowing rhythms and lush, soaring melodies. Virtuoso violinist Bella Hristova returns to the…
Find out more »Masterworks IV: Bella & Brahms
Richard Wagner’s militaristic Rienzi Overture provides a spirited opener to this program before the centerpiece of the concert, Johannes Brahms’s intimate and evocative Third Symphony, with its flowing rhythms and lush, soaring melodies. Virtuoso violinist Bella Hristova returns to the…
Find out more »Up Close with ATLYS
Rock out with this talented, crossover string quartet at the Raccoon Motel! Comprised of Jinty McTavish, violin, Rita Andrade, viola, Genevieve Tabby, cello, and the QCSO's own Sabrina Tabby, violin, ATLYS is lauded for their passionate and dynamic performances, signature…
Find out more »March 2023
Masterworks V: Fierce Females
Our celebration of women in music commences with Joan Tower’s bold and dramatic Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman. You’ll then be swept up by the nineteenth-century contrapuntal master Louise Farrenc’s energetic and restless Symphony No. 3 and an excerpt from…
Find out more »Masterworks V: Fierce Females
Our celebration of women in music commences with Joan Tower’s bold and dramatic Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman. You’ll then be swept up by the nineteenth-century contrapuntal master Louise Farrenc’s energetic and restless Symphony No. 3 and an excerpt from…
Find out more »Up Close with the Figge, Women in Music
In honor of the Figge’s major exhibit Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 to 1960, join us for an evening at the museum celebrating women in music. The first half of the program will feature QCSO principal cellist Hannah Holman presenting…
Find out more »April 2023
Masterworks VI: Mahler One
We conclude our Masterworks Season with Sergei Prokofiev’s evanescent and shimmering Violin Concerto No. 1, featuring a dazzling and soaring performance from QCSO concertmaster Naha Greenholtz. Mahler’s programmatic first symphony, “Titan” will lead us through a hero’s lifelong battle and…
Find out more »Masterworks VI: Mahler One
We conclude our Masterworks Season with Sergei Prokofiev’s evanescent and shimmering Violin Concerto No. 1, featuring a dazzling and soaring performance from QCSO concertmaster Naha Greenholtz. Mahler’s programmatic first symphony, “Titan” will lead us through a hero’s lifelong battle and…
Find out more »Up Close with Jessica Warren
Join QCSO principal flute Jessica Warren and pianist Kuang-Hao Huang for a vibrant afternoon of music at the Figge Art Museum. Take a tour of South America with Valerie Colmena's rhythmic and melodic tone poem Danza de la Mariposa, Gabriela…
Find out more »May 2023
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast™ in Concert
“Be Our Guest” and experience Disney’s Beauty and the Beast like never before! In a “tale as old as time” Belle’s love must save the cursed prince and his entire castle from eternal enchantment. Watch this timeless animated classic in…
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