2025-2026 Symphony Orchestra Performances & Repertoire
Fall 2025
A Symphonic Celebration
Sat, Sep 20, 2025 at 7:30pm
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
- Shostakovich: Festive Overture
- Mason Bates: Mothership
- Strauss: Don Juan
- Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
Momentum & Majesty
Sat, Oct 25, 2025 at 7:30pm
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
- John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
- Respighi: Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome)
- Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Prokofiev’s Cinderella
Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 7:30pm
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
- Bruckner: Adagio from Symphony No. 7
- Prokofiev: Selections from Cinderella
Spring 2026
Sorrow & Joy
Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 7:30pm
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
- Nicky Sohn (‘25): The Blue Hour (Cooper Prize Winner)
- Gershwin: An American in Paris
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
Britten & Sibelius
Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 7:30pm
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
- Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell)
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Shepherd Spotlight: The Mighty Rach 3
Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 7:30pm
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Ana Spasovska and Kyle Haake, assistant conductors
Szuyu Su*, piano
- Jiaying Li (‘25): Olvidar (World Premiere)
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Shepherd Spotlight: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto
Sat, Apr 4, 2026 at 7:30pm
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Ana Spasovska and Kyle Haake, assistant conductors
Sebastian Berofsky* (‘25), cello
- Xingyi Chen (‘25): Shattered Sky/Remaining Land (World Premiere)
- Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Virtuosic Soundscapes
Sat, Apr 25, 2026 at 7:30pm
Kevin John Edusei, guest conductor
- Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
- Debussy: La mer
* 2025 Shepherd School Concerto Competition Winner