
NORTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
2025/2026 Season
Coming Up
The Musicians and Volunteers of the Northwest Symphony Orchestra (NSO) would like to thank all our patrons for supporting us with your concert attendance and financial support through out the 2024/25 season. Next season is just around the corner and we are delighted to release the dates of the 2025/2026 season.
Fall Concert - Sunday, November 9, 2025
Sing-along Messiah - Sunday, December 21, 2025
Winter Concert - Sunday, February 1, 2026
Spring Concert - Sunday, March 22, 2026
Season Finale - Sunday, May 17, 2026
Concerts
Music Director & Conductor Timothy Semanik
Mahler and Mozart
Sunday November 9, 2025; 3:00pm
Mozart: Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro"
Mozart: "Ah chi mi dice mai" from Don Gionvanni
Mozart: Vado, ma dove
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Messiah Sing-Along
Sunday December 21, 2025; 4:00pm
Come to sing or come to listen & Enjoy! Free will offering appreciated. Vocal scores available to sing along. Concert will be held at:
First Presbyterian Church
302 Dunton Avenue,
Arlington Heights, IL
Fantastical & Magical Pops!
Sunday February 1, 2026; 3:00pm
Night on Bald Mountain, Modest Mussorgsky
Lord of the Rings "The Two Towers", Howard Shore (arr. Brubaker)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Paul Dukas
How to Train Your Dragon, John Powell (arr. Sean O'Loughlin)
In the Hall of the Mountain King, Grieg
Danse Macabre, Saint-Saens
Wicked Highlights, Schwartz/Ricketts
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Doyle/Williams/Brubaker
Frozen, Anderson-Lopez/Lopez/Krogstad
Berceuse and Finale from The Firebird, Stravinsky
Freedom!
Sunday March 22, 2026; 3:00pm
Finlandia, Sibelius
Montgomery Variations, Bonds
Va Penseiro, Verdi
Lincoln Portrait, Copland
Leonore Overture No.3, Beethoven
Paul Vermel Young Artist Award Winner
Sunday May 17, 2026; 3:00pm
Shostakovich Cello Concerto, w/ Young Artist Cello Soloist
"Beethoven's 5th" Symphony No. 5, Ludwig van Beethoven
Season Highlights

Sunday November 9, 2025; 3:00pm
Mozart: "Ah chi mi dice mai"
from Don Gionvanni
T Furling
Listen to the beautiful voice of T Furling perform Mozart.
Diego Dahle
The Paul Vermel Young Artist Award Winner, Diego Dahle, will perform the Shostakovich Cello Concerto.

Sunday May 17, 2026; 3:00pm
Shostakovich Cello Concerto
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