Welcome to our 2025-26 season!
Holiday Pops
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Martin MacDonald, Conductor
Grand Philharmonic Choir, Mark Vuorinen, Artistic Director
Celebrate the holiday season with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony! Join conductor Martin MacDonald , the Grand Philharmonic Choir and special guest for a festive concert of classic carols and symphonic holiday favourites!
Holiday Pops
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Martin MacDonald, Conductor
Grand Philharmonic Choir, Mark Vuorinen, Artistic Director
Celebrate the holiday season with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony! Join conductor Martin MacDonald , the Grand Philharmonic Choir and special guest for a festive concert of classic carols and symphonic holiday favourites!
Holiday Pops
Martin MacDonald, Conductor
Grand Philharmonic Choir, Mark Vuorinen, Artistic Director
Celebrate the holiday season with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony! Join conductor Martin MacDonald , the Grand Philharmonic Choir and special guest for a festive concert of classic carols and symphonic holiday favourites!
Bhangra Pops
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, Conductor
Bhangra Academies of Southwestern Ontario
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser returns with a salute to the colourful and electrifying Punjab tradition of Bhangra, with dancers from across Southwestern Ontario.
Genius & Inspiration
Edwin Outwater, Conductor
Janina Fialkowska, Piano
Kevin Lau - Writ in Water
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
Women of the Baroque (Cambridge)
Julia Wedman, Leader
Mireille Asselin, Soprano
Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre - Suite and Aria/arias from Céphale et Procris
Antonia Bembo - Suite and Arias from Ercole amante
Barbara Strozzi - Mantilla
Maria Margherita Grimani - Sinfonia from Pallade e Marte
Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in D major, RV 229
Johann Adolph Hasse - Sinfonia in G minor, Op. 5 No. 6
Handel/Hasse arias for Bordoni, Cuzzoni - Giulia Cesare, Rodelinda, Alessandro, etc.
Women of the Baroque (Waterloo)
Julia Wedman, Leader
Mireille Asselin, Soprano
Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre - Suite and Aria/arias from Céphale et Procris
Antonia Bembo - Suite and Arias from Ercole amante
Barbara Strozzi - Mantilla
Maria Margherita Grimani - Sinfonia from Pallade e Marte
Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in D major, RV 229
Johann Adolph Hasse - Sinfonia in G minor, Op. 5 No. 6
Handel/Hasse arias for Bordoni, Cuzzoni - Giulia Cesare, Rodelinda, Alessandro, etc.
Women of the Baroque (Guelph)
Julia Wedman, Leader
Mireille Asselin, Soprano
Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre - Suite and Aria/arias from Céphale et Procris
Antonia Bembo - Suite and Arias from Ercole amante
Barbara Strozzi - Mantilla
Maria Margherita Grimani - Sinfonia from Pallade e Marte
Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in D major, RV 229
Johann Adolph Hasse - Sinfonia in G minor, Op. 5 No. 6
Handel/Hasse arias for Bordoni, Cuzzoni - Giulia Cesare, Rodelinda, Alessandro, etc.
Music of the Soul
Dina Gilbert, Conductor
Lori Gemmell, Harp
Camille Pépin - Avant les clartés de l'aurore (Canadian premiere)
Nicole Lizee - Another Living Soul
Germaine Tailleferre - Concertino for Harp and Orchestra
Louise Farrenc - Symphony No.3, Op. 36 G Minor, K. 550
Morning & Night (Cambridge)
James Sommerville, Conductor
Deantha Edmunds, Guest Composer and Soprano
Frederick Delius - A Song Before Sunrise
Deantha Edmunds - Angmalukisaa (2025 Juno winner for Classical Composition of the Year)
Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No.6 in D Major, “Le matin”
Frederick Delius - Summer Night on the River
Antonín Dvořák – Nocturne in B Major, Op.40
Claude Debussy – Rêverie
Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune
Morning & Night (Guelph)
James Sommerville, Conductor
Deantha Edmunds, Guest Composer and Soprano
Frederick Delius - A Song Before Sunrise
Deantha Edmunds - Angmalukisaa (2025 Juno winner for Classical Composition of the Year)
Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No.6 in D Major, “Le matin”
Frederick Delius - Summer Night on the River
Antonín Dvořák – Nocturne in B Major, Op.40
Claude Debussy – Rêverie
Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune
Morning & Night (Waterloo)
James Sommerville, Conductor
Deantha Edmunds, Guest Composer and Soprano
Frederick Delius - A Song Before Sunrise
Deantha Edmunds - Angmalukisaa (2025 Juno winner for Classical Composition of the Year)
Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No.6 in D Major, “Le matin”
Frederick Delius - Summer Night on the River
Antonín Dvořák – Nocturne in B Major, Op.40
Claude Debussy – Rêverie
Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune
Murdoch Mysteries
Lucas Waldin, Conductor
An audience favourite at the Centre in The Square returns for 2026 with a new show, Murder in F Major.
The Power of Fate
Earl Lee, Conductor
Bénédicte Lauzière, Violin
Guiseppe Verdi - Overture to La forza del destino
Scott Good - Violin Concerto (KWS new commission)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4
French Connections (Guelph)
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David Fallis, Leader
Joseph Bologne - Symphony No.1 in G Major, Op. 11
Karen Sunabacka - Born By the River
Rameau - Suite (arr. Fallis)
Maurice Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No.83, La Poule
French Connections (Waterloo)
David Fallis, Leader
Joseph Bologne - Symphony No.1 in G Major, Op. 11
Karen Sunabacka - Born By the River
Rameau - Suite (arr. Fallis)
Maurice Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No.83, La Poule
French Connections (Cambridge)
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David Fallis, Leader
Joseph Bologne - Symphony No.1 in G Major, Op. 11
Karen Sunabacka - Born By the River
Rameau - Suite (arr. Fallis)Maurice Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No.83, La Poule
Mahler-Symphony No 2 , “Resurrection”
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James Sommerville, Conductor
Grand Philharmonic Choir, Mark Vuorinen, Artistic Director
Allyson McHardy, Mezzo- Soprano
Lauren Margison, Soprano
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Resurrection
Song, Serenade & Symphony
Andrei Feher, conductor
Giovanni Gabrieli - Canzonae for brass
Marjan Mozetich* - Postcards from the Sky
Richard Strauss - Serenade in E-flat major, op. 7
Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43