WSO REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

Saturday, September 20, 2025 - A New Era: Opening Night with Peter Askim

Gabriela Ortiz: Kauyumari - 2+1-2+1-2+1-2+1/4-4-3-1/Timp, Perc/Harp/Strings
Algernon Robinson: New Work (World Premiere) -TBA
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 - 3d1-2-2-2/4-2-3-0/Timp/Strings

DateTimeLocation
Tues., Sept. 97:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
Tues,. Sept. 167:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
Sat,. Sept. 2011:00 AMWIlson Center
Sat. Sept. 20
  • Call Time 7:00 PM
  • 7:30 PM (Concert)
    		• Wilson Center

    Saturday, November 1, 2025 - Colberg’s Viola Concerto

    Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Ouverture in C Major, Op. 24 - 2-2-2-2/4-2-0-0/Timp/Strings
    Christian Colberg: Viola Concerto | Paul Aguilar, viola - 1d1-2-2-1d1/2-0-0-0/Timp, perc/Strings
    Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 - 1d1-1d1-2-2/4-2-3-1/Timp/Strings

    DateTimeLocation
    Tues., Oct. 217:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Tues,. Oct. 287:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Sat,. Nov. 111:00 AMWIlson Center
    Sat. Nov. 1
  • Call Time 7:00 PM
  • 7:30 PM (Concert)
    		• Wilson Center

    Sunday, January 18, 2026 - Young People’s Concert

    TBA

    DateTimeLocation
    Tues., Jan. 67:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Tues,. Jan. 137:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Sun.. Jan. 181:00 PMWIlson Center
    Sun., Jan. 18
  • Call Time 3:30 PM
  • 4:00 PM (Concert)
    		• Wilson Center

    Saturday, February 7, 2026 - Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons

    Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - Strings
    Johann Sebastian Bach:Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major - 0-2-0-2/0-0-0-0/Harpsichord/Strings

    DateTimeLocation
    Tues., Jan. 277:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Tues,. Feb. 37:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Sat,. Feb. 711:00 AMWIlson Center
    Sat. Feb. 7
  • Call Time 7:00 PM
  • 7:30 PM (Concert)
    		• Wilson Center

    Saturday, March 14, 2026 - Classical Connections: Featuring Tift Merritt

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43 - 2-2-2-2/2-2-0-0/Timp/Strings
    Michael R. Dudley, Jr.: …there is yet beauty - Strings
    Salina Fisher: Kintsugi - 3-2-2-2/4-3-3-1/Perc/Hp/Strings
    Tift Merritt: Broken and other selections
    Tift Merritt: The Other Side of Hungry River - 3d1-3d1-3-2/4-3-3-1/Perc/Hp/Pno/Strings

    DateTimeLocation
    Tues., Mar. 37:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Tues,. Mar. 107:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Sat,. Mar. 141:00 PMWIlson Center
    Sat. Mar. 14
  • Call Time 7:00 PM
  • 7:30 PM (Concert)
    		• Wilson Center

    Saturday, April 25, 2026 - Orff’s Carmina Burana

    Carl Orff - Carmina Burana - 3d2-3d1-3d1+Eb-2+1/4-3-3-1/Timp, Perc/Cel, Pno/Strings

    DateTimeLocation
    Tues., Apr. 147:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Tues,. Apr. 217:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Sat,. Apr. 251:00 PMWIlson Center
    Sat. Apr. 25
  • Call Time 7:00 PM
  • 7:30 PM (Concert)
    		• Wilson Center

    Saturday, May 17 - America’s 250

    TBA

    DateTimeLocation
    Tues., May 57:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Tues,. May 127:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Sat,. May 1711:00 AMWIlson Center
    Sat. May 17
  • Call Time 7:00 PM
  • 7:30 PM (Concert)
    		• Wilson Center

    PAST CONCERTS

    Friday, July 4 - Fourth of July Symphony Pops Concert

    Smith/Damrosch: The Star Spangled Banner - 2+1-2-2+1-2+1/4-2-3-1/Perc, Timp, Stgs
    Williams: Suite from JAWS - 1d1-2+1-2+1-2+1/4-3-4-1/Perc, Timp, Harp/Piano/Stgs
    Sousa: Stars & Stripes Forever - 2+1-2-2+1-2/4-2-3-1/Perc, Stgs
    Gould: American Salute - 3d1-1d1-3d1-2/4-3-3-1/Perc, Timp, Harp, Piano, Stgs
    Murtha: Armed Forces Salute - 2+1,-2-2-2/4-3-3-1/Perc, Timp, Harp, Stgs
    Harold/Sayre: The Wizard of Oz Selections - 2+1-2-2-1/4-3-3-1/Perc, Timp, Stgs
    Arturo Márquez: La Conga del Fuego Nuevo - 2+1-2-2+Eb-2/4-3-3-1/Perc, Timp, Stgs
    Molinelli: Four Pictures from New York, IV. Broadway Night - 2-2-2-2-/4-2-3-1/Perc, Drum Set, Timp, Harp, Stgs
    Powell: How to Train Your Dragon Suite - 2+1-3-2+1-2+1/4-3-3-1/Perc, Timp, Drum Set, E. Guitar, E. Bass, Harp, Piano, Keyboard, Stgs
    Silvestri: Back to the Future Main Theme - 1+1-2-2+1-2+1/4-3-3-1/Perc, Timp, Harp, Synth, Stgs
    Schwartz/Bair: For Good from the Broadway Musical “Wicked” - 2-1-2-1/2-2-3-0/Drum Set,, Glockenspiel, Harp/Strings/Voices
    Schwartz/Langenberg: Defying Gravity from WICKED - the Broadway Musical - 1+1-1+1-2-2/3-2-2-0/Perc, Timp, Drum Set, Guitar 1, 2, Piano 1, 2, Voices (2)/Strings
    Pasek and Paul/Lorenz: This Is Me (from The Greatest Showman) - 1-1-1-1-T.Sax/1-1-1-0/Timp, Drum Set/SATB/Piano/Strings
    Morgan: Pine Suite - 2-1+1-2-2/4-3-3-1/Timp, Glock, Vibes, Harp, Piano/Strings

    DateTimeLocation
    Tues., June 247:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Tues., July 17:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Weds., July 27:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Fri., July 4• Call time 3:30 PM
    • Soundcheck 4:00 PM
    • Concert Time 7:30 PM    		Live Oak Bank Pavilion

    Saturday, July 12 - CFCC’S Wilson Center presents JAWS in Concert

    Full accompaniment provided by the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dominic Talanca

    Reference Recordings

    DateTimeLocation
    Tues., July 87:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ UNCW 1080
    Thurs., July 107:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ Wilson Center with TECH
    Fri., July 11 7:00 - 9:30 PMFull Orchestra @ Wilson Center with TECH
    Sat., July 12• Call time 2:00 PM
    • Concert #1 @ 2:30 PM
    • Concert #2 @ 7:30 PM    		Wilson Center at CFCC