Orchestra performing on stage with conductor, string musicians, and audience. Background has a lit decorative pattern.

2024-25 Season

Previous Events

Hymn to a Better World

Sunday, September 8, 4:00 PM @ Secret Garden at The Rectory

MEDELEINE DRING Trio for Flute, Oboe, and Piano
REINHOLD GLIERE 12 Album Leaves, Op. 51
LILI BOULANGER Duex Morceau pour Violin et Piano
CÉCILE CHAMINADE 6 Étues de Concert, Op. 35
FLORENCE PRICE Adoration
STEPHEN KEY Hymn to a Better World, Trio for Oboe, Cello, and Piano (DMV Premiere)

Eroica Rising: Celebrating Women's Heroic Journey

Friday, November 15, 7:30 PM @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

CAMILLE PÉPIN (b. 1990) The Sound of Trees
JOAN TOWER (b. 1938) Made in America
BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Eroica Symphony

NOW in the City

Thursday, December 19, 6:30 PM @ Room & Board

JOSE ELIZONDO (b. 1972) Estampas Mexicanas
AARON COPLAND (1900-1990) Hoedown
ELIZONDO Danzas Latino Americanas
AHMED ALABACA (b. 1984) Storytime Medley
JUAN BAUTISTA PLAZA (1898-1865) Venezuela & Fuga Criolla
JOHN WILLIAMS (b. 1932) Somewhere in My Memory from Home Alone
Holiday Medley

NOW in the Library

Friday, December 20, 4:30 PM @ Germantown Library
Saturday, December 21, 3:30 PM @ Wheaton Library

JOSE ELIZONDO (b. 1972) Estampas Mexicanas
AARON COPLAND (1900-1990) Hoedown
ELIZONDO Danzas Latino Americanas
AHMED ALABACA (b. 1984) Storytime Medley
JUAN BAUTISTA PLAZA (1898-1865) Venezuela & Fuga Criolla
JOHN WILLIAMS (b. 1932) Somewhere in My Memory from Home Alone
Holiday Medley

Earth, Wind, and Sound: A Celebration of Nature through Music and Poetry

Friday, March 21, 7:30 PM @ St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Serenade for Wind Ensemble, Op. 44, B. 77
NEHA MISRA Selected Poems

NOW in the City

Thursday, April 24, 6:30 PM @ Room & Board

De Colores Mexican Folk Song
Ragtime Medley Joplin
Humoresque Dvorak
Lyric for Strings Walker
Anitra's Dance Grieg
Playful Pizzicato Britten
Serenade for String “Finale: Tempo di Marcia” Teresa Carreno

NOW in the Library

Friday, April 25, 4:30 PM @ Germantown Library
Saturday, April 26, 4:30 PM @ Wheaton Library

De Colores Mexican Folk Song
Ragtime Medley Joplin
Humoresque Dvorak
Lyric for Strings Walker
Anitra's Dance Grieg
Playful Pizzicato Britten
Serenade for String “Finale: Tempo di Marcia” Teresa Carreno

Ode to Freedom, Ode to Joy

Friday, June 20, 7:30 PM @ National Presbyterian Church

BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony No. 9

Washington Douglass Chorale
Soloists from the Denyce Graves Foundation

NOW gratefully acknowledges the following sponsors for the 2024–2025 Season.

Logo of the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County
Logo of the National Endowment for the Arts with a red, white, and blue stripe and "arts.gov" text.
"S&R Evermay" logo featuring a large letter 'E' inside a square frame, with a watercolor background in yellow, orange, and pink hues.
Logo of Maryland State Arts Council featuring stylized Maryland flag elements.
Logo of Ryuji Ueno Foundation with musical staff lines and stylized letters.

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