Evelyn Steenbock Fall Concert Series

About this event

WYSO opens its 2026–27 season with the Steenbock Fall Concerts, a single afternoon and evening featuring all five WYSO orchestras. From Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade to selections from John Williams’ Star Wars Suite , this is a season-opening celebration of the range and ambition of WYSO’s young musicians — three performance sessions, one unforgettable day.

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The Steenbock Fall Concerts are presented in three separate sessions throughout the day, each featuring different WYSO orchestras and its own program. Please note the time for the session you plan to attend — you do not need to arrive for all three.

Opus One & Sinfonietta Orchestras

12:30–2:00 PM

Opus One

Terra Nova — Richard Meyer

The 1812-Bar Blues — Richard Meyer

“Hornpipe” from Water Music — Mozart, arr. Richard Meyer

Springtime Suite — Merle J. Isaac

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, First Movement — J.S. Bach, arr. Merle J. Isaac

Sinfonietta

“Song for the Moon” from Rusalka — Dvořák, arr. Robert Sieving

Themes from Romeo and Juliet — Tchaikovsky, arr. Carrie Lane Gruselle

Swan Lake Act II, No. 10 — Tchaikovsky, arr. Michael Hopkins

“Finale” from Symphony No. 5 — Beethoven, arr. Carrie Lane Gruselle

Concert & Philharmonia Orchestras

3:00–4:30 PM

Concert Orchestra

A Matador’s Tale — Mark Lortz

Waltz — Ilari Hylkilä

American Landscape — Soon Hee Newbold

Band of Brothers Suite for Orchestra — Michael Kamen, arr. Roy Phillippe

Symphony No. 8, Movement 1 — William Boyce, arr. Belisario Errante

Philharmonia Orchestra

Symphony No. 5, Movement 1 — Beethoven

“March to the Scaffold” from Symphonie Fantastique — Berlioz

“Procession to the Cathedral” from Lohengrin — Wagner

Selections from Star Wars Suite for Orchestra — John Williams

Youth Orchestra

5:30–7:30 PM

Youth Orchestra

“The Moldau” from Ma Vlast — Bedřich Smetana

The Lark Ascending — Ralph Vaughan Williams, featuring violinist Naha Greenholtz

Scheherazade — Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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