Upcoming and Past Concerts
October 26 Fall Concert Live-Stream
Upcoming
Concerts
October Concert
Date: Sunday, October 26, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Gasson 100 at Boston College (this performance will also be live-streamed)
Repertoire:
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Johannes Brahms, Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, first movement
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Jack Ferguson ‘28, violin soloist (Winner of the 2024 Concerto-Aria Competition)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Program Description:
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The Boston College Symphony Orchestra fires off the season with classical canon. Enjoy beloved works by nineteenth-century European composers, featuring Jack Ferguson ‘28, Winner of the 2024 Concerto-Aria Competition.
Christmas on the Heights Concerts
Dates: Friday, December 5 and Saturday, December 6, 2025
Times: 7:30 pm (12/5); 3:00 and 6:30 pm (12/6)
Location: Trinity Chapel at Boston College Newton Campus
Program Description:
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The University Chorale and Boston College Symphony Orchestra will perform holiday favorites, with audience participation.
February Concert
Date: Saturday, February 7, 2026
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory (30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA)
Repertoire:
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Chorale and Chamber Singers
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Frank Ticheli, “Earth Song”
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Rosephanye Powell, “To Sit and Dream” and “The Word was God”
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Moses Hogan (arr.), “We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace”
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UWE
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Viet Cuong, Moth
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Kevin Day, Requiem for the Unarmed
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BCSO
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Florence Price, Adoration (arr. Thomas Taylor Dickey)
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Kevin Day, Fires Unquiet Within (co-commissioned; world premiere)
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Sasha Callahan, violin soloist; Leo Eguchi, cello soloist
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Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring (excerpt)
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Program Description:
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The Boston College Symphony Orchestra, University Chorale, and University Wind Ensemble share the stage for an evening of American music to reflect upon and commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the United States’ Declaration of Independence. This program features music by composer Kevin Day, as the culmination of a week-long interdisciplinary artist residency with Dr. Day at Boston College. The concert is generously supported by the Institute for the Liberal Arts, the Office of Student Initiatives, Robsham Theater Arts Center, The Music Department, and the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences Deans’ Office
CODA National Conference Performance
Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: University of Rhode Island Fine Arts Center
Program Description:
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The Boston College Symphony has been selected to perform at the 2026 College Orchestra Directors Association national conference.
April Concert
Date: Sunday, April 12, 2026
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Gasson 100 at Boston College
Repertoire:
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Winner(s) of the 2025 Concerto-Aria Competition
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Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring
Program Description:
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This concert features the winner(s) from the 2025 Concerto-Aria Competition, and Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. This program is part of the BCSO project to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the United States’ Declaration of Independence by performing American music on every concert program in the year 2026.
Arts Festival Concert
Date: Saturday, April 25, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Arts Festival Main Tent at Boston College (this performance will also be live-streamed)
Program Description:
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The Boston College Symphony Orchestra and University Wind Ensemble join forces at the annual BC Arts Festival to perform “pops” selections from favorite movies, including the recently-adapted-as-live-action film, How to Train Your Dragon. This event is particularly appropriate for families, as well as members of the local and campus communities.