2025-2026 Rehearsal Schedule

We rehearse on Monday evenings at Government Center in Waltham (119 School Street) at 7:15 pm, except where otherwise noted (see asterisks).  

JOIN THE ORCHESTRA: If you are interested in playing with the orchestra please contact David Salstein, Personnel Manager.

If you cannot attend a rehearsal, please e-mail David Salstein, Personnel Manager.

 

Concert I, November 2, 2025: Coleridge-Taylor’s 150th Anniversary

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Idyll

Coleridge-Taylor, Violin Concerto Soloist: Victor Romanul

Antonin Dvorak, Symphony No.8 

Rehearsals:  9/8, 9/15, 9/29,  10/6, 10/20, 10/27, 10/31 (Fri)

 

Concert II, December 7, 2025: Happy Holidays

WPO Student Concerto Competition Winner

Holiday Music TBA

Rehearsals:  November 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/1, 12/5 (Fri)

 

Concert III, March 8, 2026: All-American

Roy Harris, Symphony No. 3
Morton Gould, Symphony No. 2
George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue, Soloist: Victor Cayres
James P. Johnson, Harlem Symphony

Rehearsals: 1/5, 1/12, 1/26, 2/2, 2/6 (snow date), 2/9, 2/23, 3/2, 3/6 (Fri.)

 

Concert IV, May 3, 2026: The Darkness and the Light or Finnish with Hope

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Ave Verum

Fazil Say, Never Give Up, Soloist: Emmanuel Feldman

Jean Sibelius, Symphony No.3

Rehearsals, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/27, 5/1 (Fri.)