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Come to the Party                    Spaceship Earth:

                                                                                     NOVEMBER 8, 2025  |  7:30 PM         The Universe in Music
                                                                                     Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances breaks the   MARCH 8, 2026  |  3 PM
                                                                                     ice at this musical party. Then, Mozart’s
                                                                                     second concerto arrives for an imaginative   INSTRUMENT DEMO  |  2 PM
                                                                                     conversation between horn and orchestra,   A long time ago… in a galaxy far, far away,
                                                      Opening Night!                 and Gillie delivers Reverie, a dreamy tête-  there was music: big, boundless stellar
                                                                                     à-tête with a close friend.  And, just when
                                                                                                                         orchestrations from our favorite sci-fi flicks,
                                                                                     you thought the party was over, Beethoven   Holst’s musical take on Jupiter, the jolly giant of
            SEASON 2025 / 26                                                         barges in with his vibrant, witty, and playful   the planet system, and Beethoven’s hauntingly
                                                                                     Symphony No. 8.
                                                                                                                         beautiful Moonlight Sonata. It’s another out-of-
                                                                                                                         this-world experience with the orchestra.
                                                                                     Hooray for Hollywood
                                                                                     America’s Hometown                   Old Friends & New
                                                                                     Thanksgiving Celebration            MARCH 28, 2026  |  7:30 PM
                                                                                     NOVEMBER 21, 2025  |  7 PM          Many believe Dvořák’s Concerto for Cello
                                                                                                                         and Orchestra is the greatest of all time. The
                                                Notes from Home                      We’re going to Tinseltown!  Some of our   last time we performed it was 2004, so a
                                                                                                                         rendezvous with this magnificent masterpiece—
                                                                                     favorite flicks—Back to the Future, Rocky
                                                                                     Horror Picture Show, and the Sound of Music—  and the fearless cellist Allison Eldredge—is long
                                                                                     are reaching major milestones this year, and   overdue. And, if you like Copland, you’ll love
                                            SEPTEMBER 27, 2025  |  7:30 PM           we’ve got a very live soundtrack to these box   Coleman’s For a Beautiful Land, a bold, new
                                                                                     office blockbusters—plus a special tribute   interpretation of American music.
                                        Our season opener is like a love note from home:   to John Williams, who has scored everything
                                      Long-awaited. Warm. Familiar. Yet full of surprising,   from Star Wars to Superman!
                                            good news. The first two musical postcards                                    Blockbuster Broadway
                                             remind us to celebrate life and each other.   Hometown Holiday              MAY 2, 2026  |  7:30 PM
                                           Then, Copland picks us up on America’s busy
                                                highway, drops us into the heartland,   DECEMBER 13, 2025  |  3 PM & 7:30 PM  MAY 3, 2026  |  3 PM
                                               and puts everything we love about this   DECEMBER 14, 2025  |  1 PM & 5 PM   Next stop: Broadway. We’ve put together
                                                 country into the Lincoln Portrait, the                                  showstoppers from Waitress, Hamilton, and
                                                  perfect note. And there’s no better   Ho, ho, ho!  It’s our fun and festive holiday   Jersey Boys and fan favorites from Funny
                                                   finale than Tchaikovsky’s brilliant   show—many merry musicians on a sleigh    Girl and Phantom to Les Miz and Lion King.
                                                                                                                         Broadway’s brightest songs, stars, and your
                                                        Symphony No. 2, a message     ride together with you. We’ll wrap up your   orchestra will light up Tinseltown. So, come
                                                                    of pure joy!     favorite tunes—plus a LIVE musical tribute to
                                                                                     “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Our annual March   hear the music play, old chum. The Phil +
                                                                                     of the Toys parade and visit from St. Nick   Broadway is always a Wicked good time.
                                                                                     are also part of this big hometown, holiday
                                                                                     package. (Note: there will be no children’s   Order your tickets early!
                                                                                     chorus at the 7:30 concert)
                                                                                                                          Subscriber and pre-sales start April 28.
                                                                                     It’s Tropical Rock                      Online ticket sales begin July 1.
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                                                                                     FEBRUARY 28, 2026  |  7:30 PM
                                                                                     MARCH 1, 2026  |  3 PM
                                                                                     Hey, the weekend’s here, and it’s five o’clock
                                                       New Venue This Year!          somewhere!  We’re off to the tropics where
                                                                                     everything’s Hot Hot Hot! No one’s wasting
                                                            Several Phil concerts     away in our Margaritaville! This joint is
                                                            will be performed at     jumpin’ with the Best of Buffet, Marley,
                                                                                     Morrison, The Beach Boys—and more. Let’s
                                                     Plymouth South High School      meet Under the Boardwalk and On the Dock   Steven Karidoyanes, Conductor
                                                          Performing Arts Center     of the Bay for another epic Phil night!  Kara E. McEachern, Executive Director

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