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Announcing the Meridian Symphony Orchestra's 2024/25 Season!
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October 19, 2024
Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY
DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY
Put on those cowboy boots, ballet slippers, ballroom heels, spats, espadrilles or ghillies – or at least imagine doing so – and enjoy a toe-tapping mix of beautiful melodies, including Dvorak’s Slavonic Dances with guest conductor Craig Purdy, Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes from On the Town, Tyzik’s Latin Dances, Kay’s Western Symphony finale, and Tchaikovsky’s Waltz from Sleeping Beauty. The Symphony’s Falane Gerritsen, on piccolo, also will be featured on Mancini’s lively Pennywhistle Jig.
Concert Location:
Meridian High Performing Arts Center
1900 W Pine, Meridian Idaho1900
December 14, 2024 (Saturday), 7:30 pm and
December 15, 2024 (Sunday Matinee), at 2:00 p.m.
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
We celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with some of the season’s most beloved music, including orchestral arrangements that offer new twists on old favorites. Anderson’s A Christmas Festival, Lovrien’s witty Minor Alterations, Tyzik’s Chanukah Suite, and March of the Toys from Babes in Toyland are among featured selections. The Symphony also welcomes back longtime colleague Marcellus Brown to guest conduct the concert suite from The Polar Express.
Concert Location:
Meridian High Performing Arts Center 1900 W Pine, Meridian Idaho
March 8, 2025
Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
The movies wouldn’t be the movies without evocative film scores that tug at the heartstrings, leave us in stitches, and make the action on the screen come to life. The Silver Screen takes center stage at this concert as we perform music from Pirates of the Caribbean, Emma, Aladdin, Love Affair, The Patriot, The Beastmaster, and Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves. Also featured is one of the winners of the Symphony’s Young Artist Competition who will perform with the orchestra.
Concert Location:
Meridian High Performing Arts Center
1900 W Pine, Meridian Idaho
May 3, 2025
Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
SONIC SPECTACULAR
Blockbuster hits and gorgeous melodies are served up at our aptly named spring concert. Included on the program are movements from Mussorgsky’s famous Pictures at an Exhibition, Beethoven’s powerful Egmont Overture, Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra and Price’s Adoration. Guest conductor Myron Peterson will take the podium for Poelking’s With Eyes Anew, and one of the winners of our annual Young Artist Competition will perform with the orchestra.
Concert Location:
Meridian High Performing Arts Center
1900 W Pine, Meridian Idaho
Free Outdoor End-of-Season Concert
Date & Time to be announced
This outdoor concert features favorites from the MSO's previous concerts and is performed during the City of Meridian's annual Gene Kieiner Day celebration at the end of June.
Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and cold drinks and join the MSO for this free concert at Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park which is located at 1900 N. Records Avenue in Meridian.
THANK YOU!
From Maestro James Ogle and the Meridian Symphony Orchestra for supporting our past 33 seasons as we have played "for the love of it". We are excited to announce our current 34th season for 2024/25.
The Meridian Symphony Orchestra is proudly based in Meridian, Idaho. We appreciate the talented musicians, audience members, patrons and other supporters who have helped us grow over the past 34 years from a small ensemble to a dynamic 70-piece orchestra.
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