Announcing MSO's 37th Season!
We are pleased to announce the following dates and programs for MSO's 2026-2027 subscription season!
Each program will be performed on a Saturday evening and the following Sunday afternoon. All Sunday afternoon performances will be at the Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham.
There are two locations for the Saturday evening concerts: one concert at the Franco Center in Lewiston, and three concerts at the Donald Gay Performing Arts Center in Auburn.
All programs are subject to change. Please check to verify the music we'll play as concert dates approach.
October 15 and 16, 2026
Missy Mazzoli - Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Isle of the Dead
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 2
Locations: Franco Center and Orion Performing Arts Center
January 16 and 17, 2027 - Program of Australian Works
"Advance Australia Fair," Arr. Peter Sculthorpe (strings)
Percy Grainger - Lincolnshire Posy
Anne Boyd - Beginning of the day
Ross Edwards - White Ghost Dancing
Einojuhani Rautavaara Piano Concerto No. 1 (George Turner de Harcourt Huberty, Judith Elser Concerto Competition Winner)
Peter Sculthorpe - Earth Cry (Steven Kent, Didgeridoo)
Carl Vine - MicroSymphony
Australian Movie Medley (The Man from Snowy River, Gallipoli, Crocodile Dundee, Babe, Picnic at Hanging Rock) - Arr. Alonso Pirio
"Waltzing Matilda" - Traditional Folk Song
Locations: Donald Gay Performing Arts Center and Orion Performing Arts Center
March 20 and 21, 2027
As is our tradition, this concert will feature a guest conductor. Details will be announced later in the summer.
Locations: Donald Gay Performing Arts Center and Orion Performing Arts Center
May 15 and 16, 2027
Allison Loggins-Hull - Can You See?
Robert Schumann - Cello Concerto (Fred Edelen, cello)
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10
Locations: Donald Gay Performing Arts Center and Orion Performing Arts Center