Explore four ORCHESTRAL GEMS of the 20th and 21st centuries with NCO this Fall! Journey through an iconic film score and symphonic masterpieces depicting majesty, folklore, and adventure.

John Williams Jurassic Park Suite
Frank Ticheli Sanctuary
Maurice Ravel Mother Goose Suite
Paul Hindemith Symphony in Eb

Conducted by Georgia Markakis Mills, Luke Poeppel, and Mark Powell
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Explore four ORCHESTRAL GEMS of the 20th and 21st centuries with NCO this Fall! Journey through an iconic film score and symphonic masterpieces depicting majesty, folklore, and adventure.

John Williams Jurassic Park Suite
Frank Ticheli Sanctuary
Maurice Ravel Mother Goose Suite
Paul Hindemith Symphony in Eb

Conducted by Georgia Markakis Mills, Luke Poeppel, and Mark Powell
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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

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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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
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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
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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

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

Joan Tower "Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman" (No.1)
Richard Strauss Suite in B-flat Major
Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 7 in C Major

Conducted by Oscar Wiley Thorp, Kemal Oksal, and Mark Powell

Joan Tower "Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman" (No.1)
Richard Strauss Suite in B-flat Major
Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 7 in C Major

Conducted by Oscar Wiley Thorp, Kemal Oksal, and Mark Powell

Edward Elgar (1857-1934) “Nimrod” from “Enigma Variations”, Op. 36

virtual /remote performance during the pandemic

 Conducted by Oscar Wiley Thorp

Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Overture to “The School for Scandal”
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) “Quiet City”
Christopher Theofanidis (b. 1967) “Rainbow Body”
L.v. Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony No. 4 in Bb major, Op. 60

Conducted by Noemi Binag, Daniel Feng, Nathalie Wang, and Mark Powell

Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Overture to “The School for Scandal”
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) “Quiet City”
Christopher Theofanidis (b. 1967) “Rainbow Body”
L.v. Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony No. 4 in Bb major, Op. 60

Conducted by Noemi Binag, Daniel Feng, Nathalie Wang, and Mark Powell

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) Overture to “Candide”
Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964) “Jubilee”
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1905) Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95

Conducted by Audrey Edelstein, Maurice Cohn, and Mark Powell

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) Overture to “Candide”
Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964) “Jubilee”
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1905) Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95

Conducted by Audrey Edelstein, Maurice Cohn, and Mark Powell