CONCERTS 25/26 SEASON
Check out all of the concerts that the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra and our youth programs have to offer!
Box Offices:
CFCC’s Wilson Center Monday-Friday 2-6pm at (910) 362-7999
UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium Tuesday-Friday 12-4pm at (910) 962-3500
Fourth of July Celebration with the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
Presented by the City of Wilmington
JULY 4 @ 7:30 PM
Riverfront Park / Live Oak Bank Pavilion
FREE CONCERT
Celebrate Independence Day with an unforgettable evening of music and fireworks! Join us for the City of Wilmington’s annual Fourth of July Celebration, featuring a performance by the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dominic Talanca, Wilmington Symphony Pops Conductor.
🎶 5:00 PM | Gates Open
🎶 7:30 PM | Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
🎆 9:05 PM | Fireworks over Downtown Wilmington
This free community event promises a night of patriotic favorites, pops, classics, and spectacular fireworks display. Don’t miss it!
JAWS IN CONCERT
July 12, 2025 | 2:30 PM and 7:30 PM
Wilson Center at CFCC
The Wilmington Symphony Orchestra is excited to join CFCC’s Wilson Center in celebrating the 50th anniversary of JAWS during Shark Week!
A NEW ERA: OPENING NIGHT WITH PETER ASKIM
September 20, 2025
7:30 PM | Wilson Center @ CFCC
Peter Askim, conductor
Algernon Robinson, commissioned composer
Gabriela Ortiz: Kauyumari
Algernon Robinson: New Work (World Premiere)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
COLBERG’S VIOLA CONCERTO
November 1, 2025
7:30 PM | Wilson Center @ CFCC
Peter Askim, conductor
Paul Aguilar, viola
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Ouverture in C Major, Op. 24
Christian Colberg: Viola Concerto | Paul Aguilar, viola
Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88
YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT
January 18, 2026
4:00 PM | Wilson Center @ CFCC
Peter Askim, conductor
With a pre-concert Orchestra Discovery Zone!
VIVALDI’S THE FOUR SEASONS
February 7, 2026
7:30 PM | Wilson Center @ CFCC
Aisslinn Nosky, violin
Guy Fishman, cello
Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major
CLASSICAL CONNECTIONS: FEATURING TIFT MERRITT
March 14, 2026
7:30 PM | Wilson Center @ CFCC
Peter Askim, conductor
Tift Merritt, singer/songwriter
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43
Michael R. Dudley, Jr.: …there is yet beauty
Salina Fisher: Kintsugi
Tift Merritt: Broken and other selections
Tift Merritt: The Other Side of Hungry River
ORFF’S CARMINA BURANA
April 25, 2026
7:30 PM | Wilson Center @ CFCC
Aaron Peisner, guest conductor
Cape Fear Chorale and UNCW Choirs
Winners of 2026 Richard R. Deas Young Artist Competition
