Symphony West Orchestra

2023-2024 Season

Sounds of the Season, December 15, 2023

Sounds of the Season
Fri., December 15, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building, Baldwin Wallace University, 96 Front Street, Berea

Masterworks
Fri., April 5, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Saint Adalbert Church, 66 Adalbert Street, Berea, Ohio

Pops
Fri., May 17, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

2022-2023 Season

Celebrating Christmas, Dec 9, 2022 In Natures Realm March 24, 2023 Americana May 19, 2023

Holiday Concert: Celebrating Christmas
Fri., December 9, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Featuring narration by Les Polgar
Saint Adalbert Church, 66 Adalbert Street, Berea, Ohio

March Masterworks: In Nature's Realm
Fri., March 24, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
In Nature's Realm by Antonin Dvorak and Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 Opus 68 (The Pastoral)
West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 20401 Hilliard Boulevard, Rocky River, Ohio

May Pops Concert: Americana
Fri., May 19, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Works by Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, John Philip Sousa, and American Folk Tunes
Saint Adalbert Church, 66 Adalbert Street, Berea, Ohio

2021-2022 Season

Celebrating Together, Dec 10, 2021 Beginnings, Mar 11 2022 Kaleidoscope, May 20 2022

Holiday Concert: Celebrating Together
Fri., December 10, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Featuring dancers from North Pointe Ballet
At St. Adalbert Church

Beginnings: A Concert of Overtures
Fri., March 11, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
At Bay Prebyterian Church

Kaleidoscope
Fri., May 20, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
At St. Adalbert Church

2019-2020 Season

Christmas Joy, Dec 13 2019

Symphony West's 2019-2020 concert season was suspended due to COVID-19 health advisories.

Christmas Joy - Fri., December 13, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Featuring The Ruffing Montessori Middle School Choir, Hilary Watts, Director
Pre-concert entertainment with accordionist Bill Zychowski begins at 6:55 p.m.
Church of Saint Clarence, 30106 Lorain Road, North Olmsted

Alba an Aigh - Scotland the Brave! - March 13 concert was cancelled.

Concert In Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the End of World War II - May 15 concert was cancelled.

2018-2019 Season

We Traverse Afar, Dec 14 2018 Legend March 8 2019 Legend May 17 2019

Holiday Concert: We Traverse Afar - Fri., December 14, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
With Ruffing Montessori Middle School Choir, Hilary Watts, Director, and featuring Creighton Jensen, Tuba, and Rick Wiegand, Vocalist

Legend: Tales from Culture and History - Fri., March 8, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Featuring Ohio Highland Dance Performance Group, Sara Szabo, Director, and Bentley Wall, Piper

Legend II - Fri., May 17, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
With Guest Artists Andy Slimak and Emma Shelnutt from Starz Ballroom

2017-2018 Season

Gifts We Share, Dec 15 2017 Espana Soleada March 9 2018 May 18 2018 In Nature's Realm

Holiday Concert: “Gifts We Share” - Fri., December 15, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Featuring Ruffing Montessori Middle School Choir, Hilary Watts, Director

Espana Soleada - Fri., March 9, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Music from many regions of sunny Spain!
Performed in Memory of Debra M. Rodriguez

In Nature’s Realm - Fri., May 18, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Featuring Grammy Award-Winning Pianist Angelin Chang

2016-2017 Season

Angels and Carols, Dec. 20, 2016 Changing Times, March 10, 2017 Genuine Irish, May 19, 2017

Angels & Carols - December 20, 2016
with the Chestnut Intermediate School Eagle Choir

Changing Times - March 10, 2017
Featuring works that explores the relationship of music and time.
With special guests: North Pointe Ballet dancers Marlee Roberts with Ian Smith, Laura Polgar and Celia Romanoski, Choreography by Janet Dziak.

Genuine Irish - May 19, 2017
with special guest musician Brian Bigley, Uilleann pipes

2015-2016 Season

Christmas in America, Dec. 18, 2015 Music, Oceans and Rivers, March 11, 2016 Music about Life on the Rivers and Seas, May 20, 2016

Christmas in America - December 18, 2015
with the Chestnut Intermediate School Eagle Choir

Music, Oceans, and Rivers - March 11, 2016
with event partners - representatives of the Rocky River Watershed Council

Music about Life on the Rivers and Seas - May 20, 2016
featuring Andy Slimak and student Emma Shelnutt, dancers from Starz Ballroom, Westlake

2014-2015 Season

A Merrie Olde Enlish Christmas, Dec. 19, 2014 America - North, South and West, March 13, 2015 American Showtime, June 5, 2015

A Merrie Olde English Christmas - December 18, 2014
English carols and other holiday favorites, with the Chestnut Intermediate School Eagle Choir and guest artist Stephen Fazio, Guitar

North, South, and West - March 11, 2015
Celebrating a year of American Music, with special guests: Civil War reenactors from The 29th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Living History Association

American Showtime - June 5, 2015
Featuring Swing Dancers Jessie and Rich Rowe

2013-2014 Season

A Catalan Christmas, Dec. 20, 2013 Another Time, A Different Place, March 14, 2014 Out of this World, May 16 2014

A Catalan Christmas - December 20, 2013
English carols and other holiday favorites, with the Chestnut Intermediate School Eagle Choir

Another Time, a Different Place - March 14, 2014
Music of Fantasies and Foreign Lands

Out of this World - May 16, 2014

2012-2013 Season

Christmas in the Islands, December 21, 2012 Treasures from the New World and the Old, March 14, 2013 Gala 50th Anniversary Celebration, May 17, 2013

Christmas in the Islands - December 21, 2012
with the Chestnut Intermediate School Eagle Choir, Christine Kilbane, Director

Treasures from the New World and the Old - March 15, 2013
with Pianist Galina Rozenberg

50th Anniversary Gala - May 17, 2013

2011-2012 Season

Christmas Canticles, December 16, 2011 Jewels of Scandinavia, March 9, 2012 Music at the Movies, May 11, 2012

Christmas Canticles - December 16, 2011
with the Chestnut Intermediate School Eagle Choir, Christine Kilbane, Director
and featuring Kristin Fahning, Soprano; Angela Bruzina, Mezzo Soprano; Jacob Sonnenberg, Tenor; Alec Donaldson, Lyric Baritone

Jewels of Scandinavia - March 9, 2012

Music at the Movies - May 11, 2012

2010-2011 Season

Songs of Christmas Joy, December 17, 2010 Dances and Seranads, March 18, 2011 American Spectacular, May 15, 2011

Songs of Christmas Joy - December 17, 2010
with the Chestnut Intermediate School Eagle Choir, Christine Kilbane, Director
and featuring vocalist Raine Austen

Dances and Serenades - March 18, 2011

American Spectacular - May 15, 2011
featuring pianist Jackie Warren