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2025/2026 SEASON
Click the icons or scroll down to read concert descriptions and full repertoire*


*repertoire and personnel are subject to change 
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STRAVINSKY
November 15 & 16, 2025

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GERSHWIN
May 2 & 3, 2026

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AMERICANS & THE BAROQUE
January 31 & February 1, 2026

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BARBER
February 28 & March 1, 2026

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SEASON FINALE
May 31, 2026

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STRAVINSKY

THE AMERICAN DREAM

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Nov 15 & 16, 2025

Nightingale Concert Hall 

UNR Campus

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Works from great composers who immigrated to America.

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KELLY KUO, conductor

The Gilbert & Elizabeth Lenz Podium

MIMI STILLMAN, flute

IGOR STRAVINSKY            Dumbarton Oaks
ZHOU TIAN                       Flute Concerto
ERICH KORNGOLD           Much Ado About Nothing: Suite
KURT WEILL                      Symphony No. 2

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AMERICANS & THE BAROQUE

 

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Jan 31 & Feb 1, 2026

Hall Recital Hall

UNR Campus

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Baroque & baroque inspired works in the intimacy of Hall Recital Hall.

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SARA ALDANA, guest conductor

DUSTIN BUDISH, viola

MCKAYLA TALASEK, viola

CLARICE ASSAD                         Suite for Lower Strings, based on themes of Bach
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH      Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, BWV 1051
CAROLINE SHAW                       Stucco & Brocatelle
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH      Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066

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BARBER

AMERICAN VOICES

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Feb 28 & Mar 1, 2026

Nightingale Concert Hall

UNR Campus

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Nostalgic memories of America through the composer's lens.

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KELLY KUO, conductor

The Gilbert & Elizabeth Lenz Podium

JACQUELINE ECHOLS, soprano

CHARLES IVES                  Symphony No. 3, The Camp Meeting  
SAMUEL BARBER              Knoxville: Summer of 1915
JASMINE BARNES            "When they ask me to stand, will I?" from She Who Dared
MATT BROWNE                I Have Seen the Future 

DOUGLAS MOORE           Farm Journal; Suite for Chamber Orchestra

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GERSHWIN

ALL THAT JAZZ

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May 2 & 3, 2026

Nightingale Concert Hall

UNR Campus

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Guest conductor Donald Lee III leads a tribute to an iconic musical genre.

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DONALD LEE III, guest conductor​

JAMES WINN, piano

HANS HALT, bass

ANDREW HEGLUND, drumset

FLORENCE PRICE               Andante Moderato from String Quartet
CLAUDE BOLLING              Suite for Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Piano Trio
ARTURO MARQUEZ            Danzón No. 4
GEORGE GERSHWIN          Porgy and Bess Fantasy               
 
                    arr. Farrington

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SEASON FINALE

DREAMING BIG

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May 31, 2026

Nightingale Concert Hall

UNR Campus

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One performance only

Sold separately from season subscriptions

​Tickets Available May 19, 2025

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Season finale celebration, featuring our third annual concerto competition winners. 

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KELLY KUO, conductor

The Gilbert & Elizabeth Lenz Podium

2026 VAHE KHOCHAYAN YOUNG ARTIST

CONCERTO COMPETITION WINNERS

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN       Egmont: Overture 
TBD                                            Competition winners pieces
BOBBY GE                                 2026 Sound Investment Commission

plus, the audience choice of:

HAYDN   Symphony No. 96, "Miracle"
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MOZART   Symphony No. 36, K. 425, "Linz"
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SCHUBERT   Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200

voting closes December 31, 2025

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