JUL 26-27
Stuart Chafetz & Dr. Christopher Hoch, Conductor Nationwide Picnic with the Pops wouldn’t be the same without the long tradition of welcoming The Best Damn Band in the Land! Our series ends with an ode to the Buckeyes and the upcoming season, featuring your favorite fight songs and battle cries topped off with fireworks.
July 28, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Join the Columbus Symphony League for a fundraiser benefitting the Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestra and Education Programs. Hosted by Colleen Marshall, the event features a conversation with Music Director Rossen... Read more »
SEP 20-22
Rossen Milanov, Conductor Dress up in your red carpet finest as our 2024-25 Masterworks season starts off with a celebration of John Williams’ extensive award-winning music catalog that includes some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in modern history. It will be a golden night with music from Star Wars, Saving Private Ryan,... Read more »
SEPT 27-28
Stuart Chafetz, conductor Classical MYSTERY TOUR: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES features dozens of Beatles songs performed by the Columbus Symphony and four musicians in the Beatles classic looks and sound featuring all your favorite fab four hits!
October 1, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
October 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Friday Coffee Dress Observe a working rehearsal as the musicians and conductor put the finishing touches on the weekend’s concert program on Friday, October 4 at 10AM. Tickets are $18; coffee and donuts are included! Rossen Milanov, Conductor Wagner: The Ring Without Words Be entranced by the legendary music of Richard Wagner’s immense operatic Ring cycle,... Read more »
October 5, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Rossen Milanov, Conductor Wagner: The Ring Without Words Be entranced by the legendary music of Richard Wagner’s immense operatic Ring cycle, reimagined for concert performance by legendary conductor and composer Lorin Maazel. Themes from The Ring’s four operas are expertly woven together, taking the listener on a journey through epic tales of mythical gods and... Read more »
October 9, 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Elias Miller, conductor Bernstein - Overture to Candide Beethoven - Symphony No. 5: Allegro con brio Holst - 1st Suite in E-flat for Military Band: March Elgar - Serenade for Strings Holst - The Planets: Mars Stravinsky - The Firebird (1919 Suite): Berceuse and Finale
October 19, 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Stuart Chafetz, conductor Celebrate 85 years of Batman and the 35th anniversary of the iconic 1989 film on a larger-than-life screen at the Ohio Theatre. The 1989 blockbuster starring Michael Keaton as Batman comes to life with the Columbus Symphony performing the thrilling score by Danny Elfman live to film!
October 20, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Elias Miller, conductor Dress up in your spooky costumes and join the ghoulishly-dressed Columbus Symphony for a frightfully fun concert of “boo-tiful” music, programmed especially for kids 5-12! Come early for fun activities and crafts that include paper bag monsters, spooky shakers, silly spider headbands, and pictures with our lovable mascot, Bee-thoven! Activities begin at... Read more »
October 25, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Maalik Glover, violin Rudy Albach, bass
October 26, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Join CMA curator Daniel Marcus and members of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra for the first Mozart to Matisse program of the 2024–2025 season, featuring Anton Arensky’s String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 35 (1894). Marcus will explore the relationship between art and music in the Russian Empire at the end of the 19th century, focusing on Arensky’s... Read more »
