Current Season Performances

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KANKAKEE VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

2026-2027 Season: Beautiful Places

 

"America The Beautiful”                                
Saturday, September 12, 2026 @ 7:00 p.m. - Asbury United Methodist Church

Alfred REED: A Festival Prelude
Aaron COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto

Bob EVANS, clarinet

Aaron COPLAND: A Lincoln Portrait

Rev. Dr. Daniel DISS, narrator

Amy Marcy Cheney BEACH: Symphony in e minor, opus 32 "Gaelic"

                                            
"¡Qué hermoso lugar!" 
Saturday, October 17, 2026 @ 7:00 p.m. - Asbury United Methodist Church

Joaquin RODRIGO: Tres Viejas Aires de Danza                        
Eduardo LALO: Cello Concerto in d minor

Bob HAUSER, cello

Isaac ALBENIZ: Iberia: Suite for Orchestra: Evocation & La Fete Dieu a Seville
Emmanuel CHABRIER: Espana

 

Kiwanis Youth Concert

Monday, November 2 @ 10:00 a.m. - Centennial Chapel (Olivet Nazarene University)

Repertoire TBD

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​A Baroque Christmas         
Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 4:00 p.m. - Asbury United Methodist Church

George Frideric HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G Major, HW 319
Henry PURCELL: O Sing Unto The Lord & Behold, I Bring You Glad Tidings            
Franz Josef HAYDN: Symphony No. 88 in G Major, Hob. I:88

                    
"Was für ein schöner Ort!" 
Saturday, February 27, 2027 @ 7:00 p.m. - Asbury United Methodist Church

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture, opus 84a                    
Johannes BRAHMS: Double Concerto in a minor, opus 102

Rebekah COPE-EVERS, violin & Patricia WHITE, cello

Franz SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 4 in c minor, D. 417 "Tragic"

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“Quel bel endroit!"     
Saturday, April 17, 2027 @ 7:00 p.m. - Asbury United Methodist Church

Lili BOULANGER: D'un soir triste
Gabriel FAURE: Requiem, opus 48
Cesar FRANCK: Symphony in d minor

 

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JOLIET SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
2026-2027 SEASON: 22nd
                                   
"Winter Reveries"
Saturday, September 26 @ 7:00 p.m. - Sexton Auditorium
Sunday, September 27 @ 4:00 p.m. - Sexton Auditorium

W.A. MOZART: Overture to "Don Giovanni" 

Eduardo LALO: Cello Concerto in d minor

Bob HAUSER, cello

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1 in g minor, opus 13 "Winter Reveries" 

 

"The Planets"    
Saturday, November 21 @ 7:00 p.m. - Sexton Auditorium
Sunday, November 22 @ 4:00 p.m. - Sexton Auditorium

Sir Arthur SULLIVAN: Overture to "The Gondoliers" 
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: English Folk Song Suite 

Gustav HOLST: The Planets, opus 32

Dr. A. Wesley "Wes" Ward, Guest Presenter

 

Christmas at the Rialto Theatre

Sunday, December 20 @ TBD - Rialto Square Theatre (Joliet)

Repertoire TBD

                            
"Going Home"
Saturday, February 20 @ 7:00 p.m. - Sexton Auditorium
Sunday, February 21 @ 4:00 p.m. - Sexton Auditorium

Aaron COPLAND: Our Town 
Serge KOUSSEVITZKY: Concerto for Bass & Orchestra in e minor, opus 3

Hunter THOMS, bass

Antonin DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in e minor, opus 95 "from the New World"
 

"Youthful Vigor"    
Saturday, April 24 @ 7:00 p.m. - Sexton Auditorium
Sunday, April 25 @ 4:00 p.m. - Sexton Auditorium

Raymond LEFEVRE: La Soupe Aux Choux ("Cabbage Soup") 
Felix MENDELSSOHN: Fingal's Cave Overture, opus 26  
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467

Hyejin CHO, piano

Franz SCHUBERT: Symphony in C Major, D. 812 "Grand Duo"