MEMBERS’ NOTES AND INFORMATION

2026 – 2027 Season Schedule

We currently have openings for string bass and viola.

All other sections are full and cannot accept new members at this time.

If interested in joining us, please email our personnel manager and provide your contact info and musical background. 

Concert Set I — Ghosts & Graveyards: A (spooky not scary) Halloween Concert 

SCRIABIN — Rêverie op. 24 for orchestra 
GOUNOD — Funeral March of a Marionette 
RAVEL — Le tombeau de Couperin, M.68a 
intermission 
VERDI — Overture from Macbeth 
STEPHENSON — The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 
ELFMAN arr. Svoboda — Wednesday Main Title 
ELFMAN arr. Soto — This is Halloween 

Saturday, October 10, 2026, 3pm @ Lincoln Glen Church

Rehearsals (subject to change):
Mondays, 7:30 – 10:00pm @ West Valley College, Room CIL-131

August 24, 2026 (tentative subject to availability)
August 31, 2026
September 14, 2026
September 21, 2026
September 28, 2026
October 5, 2026

Final/Dress rehearsal: Friday, October 9, 2026, 7:30pm
Lincoln Glen Church
2700 Booksin Ave, San Jose, CA 95125

Concert Set II –  Home for the Holidays 

DELIUS — Winter Night – Sleigh Ride No. 2 from 3 Small Tone Poems 
CHAMINADE — Concertino for Flute, Kellie White soloist 
BLOCH — Hiver from Hiver-printemps 
WILLIAMS — Escapades, Andrew Harrison, Alto Saxophone soloist intermission 
LEONTOVICH-WILHOUSKY arr. Hayman — Carol of the Bells ANDERSON — A Christmas Festival 
ADAM — O Holy Night, Megan Cullen, Soprano 
BACH/GOUNOD — Ave Maria, Megan Cullen, Soprano 
SILVESTRI arr. Brubaker — The Polar Express Concert Suite 

Saturday, December 19, 2026, 2:30pm @ Lincoln Glen Church

Rehearsals (subject to change):
Mondays, 7:30 – 10:00pm @ West Valley College, Room CIL-131

October 19, 2026
October 26, 2026
November 2, 2026
November 16, 2026
November 30, 2026
December 7, 2026
December 14, 2026

Final/Dress rehearsal: Friday, December 18, 2026, 7:30pm
Lincoln Glen Church
2700 Booksin Ave, San Jose, CA 95125

Concert Set III –  Classical Masterworks 

WEBER — Der Freischütz Overture 
BEETHOVEN — Violin Concerto Op. 61, Bill Palmer soloist 
intermission
ELGAR — Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’, Op.36 

Saturday, March 20, 2027, 3pm @ Lincoln Glen Church

Rehearsals (subject to change):
Mondays, 7:30 – 10:00pm @ West Valley College, Room CIL-131

February 1, 2027
February 8, 2027
February 22, 2027
March 1, 2027
March 8, 2027
March 15, 2027

Final/Dress rehearsal: Friday, March 19, 2027, 7:30pm
Lincoln Glen Church
2700 Booksin Ave, San Jose, CA 95125

Concert Set IV –  Free Spirit 

DEBUSSY — Première Rhapsodie, Tina Tsai, Clarinet soloist (tbc)
HISAISHI — Spirited Away Suite
intermission 
MUSSORGSKY arr. Ravel — Pictures at an Exhibition 

Saturday, May 15, 2027, 3pm @ Lincoln Glen Church

Rehearsals (subject to change):
Mondays, 7:30 – 10:00pm @ West Valley College, Room CIL-131

April 5, 2027
April 12, 2027
April 19, 2027
April 26, 2027
May 3, 2027
May 10, 2027

Final/Dress rehearsal: Friday, May 14, 2027, 7:30pm
Lincoln Glen Church
2700 Booksin Ave, San Jose, CA 95125