Our Season Finale features Ricardo Morales guiding you through the Unruly, Tender, and Defiant movements of the QCSO premiere of the co-commissioned Clarinet Concerto by beloved local composer Jacob Bancks. We close our season with the unyielding task of finding […]

Sarah Shafer and Quad City native Nathaniel Sullivan join us in presenting beloved works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Gabriel Fauré. The first half opens with the virtuosic flourishes of the first movement of Bach’s Third Brandenburg Concerto, followed by […]

The creation of heaven and earth opens our homage to the natural wonders that surround us in Franz Joseph Haydn’s “The Depiction of Chaos” from The Creation. Take in the beauty and peace of space before feeling the gritty grains […]

Delight in the wonders of winter beginning with the revelry of George Frideric Handel’s Alexander’s Feast Suite, which will take you through a gambit of fiery revenge, overwhelming love, and transcendent joy. Gather under a full moon for the tragic tale of […]

Our symphonic tapestry of American music begins with a journey to the Wild West in Aaron Copland’s rousing “Buckaroo Holiday” from Rodeo. Be swept away with Judith Shatin’s Piping the Earth before falling in love with the third movement of Amy Beach’s romantic Second […]