2023-24 Season
Symphonic Spring
NCO’s final concert of the 2023-2024 ushers in a Symphonic Spring!
Leonard Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
György Kurtág Stele, Op. 33
Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a
Kevin Puts Marimba Concerto, Mvt. 1 featuring soloist Russell Fisher
William Walton Johannesburg Festival Overture
Conducted by Iantheia Calhoun, Dean Whiteside, and Mark Powell, featuring soloist Russell Fisher
Symphonic Spring
NCO’s final concert of the 2023-2024 ushers in a Symphonic Spring!
Leonard Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
György Kurtág Stele, Op. 33
Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a
Kevin Puts Marimba Concerto, Mvt. 1 featuring soloist Russell Fisher
William Walton Johannesburg Festival Overture
Conducted by Iantheia Calhoun, Dean Whiteside, and Mark Powell, featuring soloist Russell Fisher
The Encore: New Composers, New Conductors
Join NCO for an evening of new music by today’s composers led by today’s conductors!
Austin Ali The Beginner's Guide to Space Travel
Joris van der Herten A Rabid Rose
Hilary Purrington Daylights
Roydon Tse Jest
William Schuman George Washington Bridge
Henryk Górecki Symphony 3, Mvt. II featuring soprano Sydney Kucine
Charles Ives, Symphony No. 3 in B-flat Major, "The Camp Meeting"
Conducted by Rebecca Bryant Novak, John Gennaro Devlin, Oscar Wiley Thorp, and Mark Powell, featuring soprano Sydney Kucine
The Encore: New Composers, New Conductors
Join NCO for an evening of new music by today’s composers led by today’s conductors!
Austin Ali The Beginner's Guide to Space Travel
Joris van der Herten A Rabid Rose
Hilary Purrington Daylights
Roydon Tse Jest
William Schuman George Washington Bridge
Henryk Górecki Symphony 3, Mvt. II featuring soprano Sydney Kucine
Charles Ives, Symphony No. 3 in B-flat Major, "The Camp Meeting"
Conducted by Rebecca Bryant Novak, John Gennaro Devlin, Oscar Wiley Thorp, and Mark Powell, featuring soprano Sydney Kucine
Snapshots and Scenes
Join NCO for our '23-'24 season opener Snapshots and Scenes.
Kabalevsky Overture to "Colas Breugnon"
Smetana The Moldau from “Ma Vlast”
Gershwin An American in Paris
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 8
Conducted by Eric R. Stewart, Hannah Nacheman and Mark Powell
Snapshots and Scenes
Join NCO for our '23-'24 season opener Snapshots and Scenes.
Kabalevsky Overture to "Colas Breugnon"
Smetana The Moldau from “Ma Vlast”
Gershwin An American in Paris
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 8
Conducted by Eric R. Stewart, Hannah Nacheman and Mark Powell
"Titanic" Tones: Mahler's Symphony No. 1
Join NCO for our '22-'23 season finale, featuring Gustav Mahler's extraordinary Symphony No. 1 in D Major ("Titan"), including the sublime"Blumine" movement (rediscovered in 1966).
Conducted by Tanya Chanphanitpornkit, Bridget Kinneary, and Mark Powell
"Titanic" Tones: Mahler's Symphony No. 1
Join NCO for our '22-'23 season finale, featuring Gustav Mahler's extraordinary Symphony No. 1 in D Major ("Titan"), including the sublime"Blumine" movement (rediscovered in 1966).
Conducted by Tanya Chanphanitpornkit, Bridget Kinneary, and Mark Powell
The Mission: New Composers, New Conductors
Join NCO at The Mission: New Composers, New Conductors, featuring works by winners of our "Call for Scores" from around the world.
John Williams "Mission" Theme
David Diamond Symphony No. 1
Katherine Saxon “Nunatak”
Peter Longworth “Manhattan Matins”
Michael Rosin “Stellarium”
Sam Wu “Aria”
Daniel Godsil “Cathedral Grove”
Conducted by Dr. Iantheia Calhoun, Andrew A. Hill, Eric Juneau, and Mark Powell
Learn more about our composers!
The Mission: New Composers, New Conductors
Join NCO at The Mission: New Composers, New Conductors, featuring works by winners of our "Call for Scores" from around the world.
John Williams "Mission" Theme
David Diamond Symphony No. 1
Katherine Saxon “Nunatak”
Peter Longworth “Manhattan Matins”
Michael Rosin “Stellarium”
Sam Wu “Aria”
Daniel Godsil “Cathedral Grove”
Conducted by Dr. Iantheia Calhoun, Andrew A. Hill, Eric Juneau, and Mark Powell
Learn more about our composers!
Across the Centuries
Join NCO for our first concert of the 2022/23 season!
Dmitri Shostakovich “Festive Overture” (1954)
Jonathan Bailey Holland “Halcyon Sun” (2003)
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 3 (“Rhenish”) (1850)
Clancy Ellis, Jeongdae Lee, Christopher North, Mark Powell, conductors
Across the Centuries
Join NCO for our first concert of the 2022/23 season!
Dmitri Shostakovich “Festive Overture” (1954)
Jonathan Bailey Holland “Halcyon Sun” (2003)
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 3 (“Rhenish”) (1850)
Clancy Ellis, Jeongdae Lee, Christopher North, Mark Powell, conductors
