Schedule
2025-2026 Season
Don Giovanni
Opera Wilmington
Daniel Brier, Conductor
UNCW Cultural Arts Building
July 18, 2025 (7PM)
July 20, 2025 (3PM)
July 25, 2025 (7PM)
July 27, 2025 (3PM)
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Opening Night at the Scheidt
University of Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Brier, Conductor
Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center
September 12, 2025 (7:00 PM)
Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op. 72, No. 2
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
The French Masters (Cover Conductor)
Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Marcelo Lehninger, conductor
Sergei Babayan, piano
DeVos Performance Hall
September 25, 2025 (7:30 PM)
September 27, 2025 (7:30 PM)
Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Germaine Tailleferre: Petite Suite
Claude Debussy: La Mer
Tchaikovsky's Fourth
University of Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Brier, Conductor
Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center
October 2, 2025 (7:00 PM)
Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance Op. 72, No. 2
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A minor, Op. 33
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Dvorak's New World Symphony (Cover Conductor)
Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Lina Gonzalez-Granados, conductor
Santiago Cañón Valencia, cello
DeVos Performance Hall
Gabriela Lena Frank: Escaramuza
Arturo Márquez: Espejos en la Arena
Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"
October 17, 2025 (7:30 PM)
October 18, 2025 (7:30 PM)
Enigma Variations
University of Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Brier, Conductor
Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center
October 23, 2025 (7:00 PM)
Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte
Felix Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations
Mozart and More!
Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Brier, Conductor
November 6 (10 AM)
November 7 (10 AM)
November 7 (7:30 PM)
Francisco Braga: Aubade
Erwin Schulhoff: Concerto for String Quartet and Wind Ensemble
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425 "Linz"
Brahms' Fourth (Cover Conductor)
Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Marcelo Lehninger, conductor
November 14 (7:30 PM)
November 15 (7:30 PM)
Jennifer Higdon: Loco
Heito Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 "The Little Train of the Caipira"
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Boléro (Cover Conductor)
Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Marcelo Lehninger, conductor
Guido Sant'anna, violin
DeVos Performance Hall
January 9, 2026 (7:30 PM)
January 10, 2026 (7:30 PM)
Édouardo Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole
Maurcie Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane
Maurice Ravel: Boléro
Ravishing Rachmaninoff (Cover Conductor)
Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Marcelo Lehninger, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
DeVos Performance Hall
January 23, 2026 (7:30 PM)
January 24, 2026 (7:30 PM)
Dimitri Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44
Celebrate America @ 250! (Cover Conductor)
Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Alban Gerhardt, cello
DeVos Performance Hall
February 6, 2026 (7:30 PM)
February 7 (7:30 PM)
Julia Perry: A Short Piece for Orchestra
Samuel Barber: Cello Concerto
Aaron Copland: Symphony No. 3
Soul of Remembrance
University of Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Brier, conductor
Patrick Sutton, guitar
Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center
February 19, 2026 (7:00 PM)
Mary Watkins: Soul of Remembrance from Five Movements in Color
Antonio Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D Major
György Kurtág: Grapstein für Stephan
Gustav Mahler: Totenfeier
Mahler's Sixth (Cover Conductor)
Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Marcelo Lehninger, conductor
DeVos Performance Hall
March 6, 2026 (7:30 PM)
March 7, 2026 (7:30 PM)
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor
Sibelius' Second
University of Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Brier, Conductor
Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center
March 26, 2025 (7:30 PM)
Concerti TBA
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Family Concerts
Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Brier, Conductor
DeVos Performance HAll
April 18, 2026 (10 AM)
April 18, 2026 (11:30 AM)
Orchestral Fireworks (Cover)
Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Marcelo Lehninger, conductor
Jonathan Reed, double bass
May 8, 2026 (7:30 PM)
May 9, 2026 (7:30 PM)
Carlos Gomes: Overture to Il Guarini
Nino Rota: Divertimento concertante
Ottorino Respighi: Fontane di Roma
Ottorino Respighi: Pini di Roma
Suor Angelica | Cavaleria Rusticana
Opera Wilmington
Daniel Brier, Conductor
UNCW Cultural Arts Building
Puccini: Suor Angelica
Mascagni: Cavelleria Rusticana
Dates: TBA
