Salem Philharmonia Orchestra

Symphonic music that inspires, performed by outstanding
musicians from your community.

Upcoming Concerts

Buy Tickets for Concert #5
Fate and the Apocalypse

DATES:
May 31 at 7:00 pm
Pre-concert talk at 6:15
June 1 at 2:00 pm
Pre-concert talk at 1:15 pm
 
TICKETS:
Adults – $23
Seniors/Students – $20
Youth 0-17 – Free
 
PROGRAM:
  • Verdi – La Forza del Destino  Overture
  • Menotti – Apocalisse
  • Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 

Concerts in the 2024/2025 Season

Concert #1 – Nov 2 & Nov 3 – German Romantics
Featuring Maria Garcia, piano

  • Wagner – Tannhäuser  Overture
  • Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor
  • Brahms – Symphony No. 3 
Concert #2 – Dec 14 & December 15 – Family Concert
Concert Times – 2:00 pm Saturday and Sunday
 
  • Leonard Bernstein – Overture to Candide
  • Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite, Op. 40 – Praeludium
  • Gabriel Fauré – Pavane, Op. 50
  • Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 5 
  • Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a – “Scène”
  • Aaron Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man
  • Randall DeBruyn – Concertino for Chamber Orchestra and Percussion – Interlude
  • Reinhold Glière – The Red Poppy – Russian Sailors’ Dance
Concert #3 – Feb 15 & Feb 16 – Rediscovering (Marie) Jaëll
Featuring Diane Chaplin, cello
 
  • Bizet – Jeux d’enfants – Petite Suite
  • Jaëll – Cello Concerto in F major
  • Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol
  • Mozart – Symphony No. 38 (“Prague”)

Concert #4 – Apr 5 & Apr 6 -150 Years of Ravel
Featuring Thomas Otten, voice & piano

  • Dvořák – The Noon Witch
  • Ravel – Don Quichotte à Dulcinée song cycle
  • Ravel – Concerto for Piano Left Hand in D major
  • Schumann – Symphony No. 4

Concert #5 – May 31 & June 1 – Fate and the Apocalypse

  • Verdi – La Forza del Destino  Overture
  • Menotti – Apocalisse
  • Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 4 

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Concert Times

Join us for a Pre-Concert Presentation given by our artistic director.

Saturdays
Pre-Concert Talk at 6:15 PM
Concert starts at 7:00 PM
*Dec Concert starts at 2:00 PM

Sundays
Pre-Concert Talk at 1:15 PM
Concert starts at 2:00 PM

*Please Note: the December Family Concerts will start at 2:00 PM on both Saturday and Sunday to accommodate family bedtimes. Pre-Concert talk is replaced with an instrument petting zoo.

Concert Venue

All concerts will be held at:

East Salem Community Center
1850 45th Ave. NE,
Salem, OR 97305

Mailing Address
Salem Philharmonia Orchestra
PO Box 13804
Salem, OR 97309

About The Salem Philharmonia Orchestra

The Salem Philharmonia Orchestra provides an opportunity for musicians and audiences in Salem, Oregon and the surrounding communities to participate in affordable performances of high quality symphonic literature. The objectives of the Salem Philharmonia Orchestra are simple: to make live symphonic music easily accessible to the community at a low cost and to give community members an opportunity to play in a symphony orchestra.