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Des Moines Symphony Concerts & Events

Wednesday April 19

Symphony
Classical Conversations: April in Paris
6:30 PM

Go inside the music! Join Dr. Eric McIntyre of Grinnell College for an online class discussing the music and composers of our April Masterworks Concerts, April in Paris.
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Saturday April 22

Masterworks 6
April in Paris
7:30 PM

Franco-Belgian sensation Camille Thomas joins the Des Moines Symphony for an all-French program featuring Berlioz’s bright Roman Carnival Overture, Lili Boulanger’s ‘On a Spring Morning’ and the colorful can-can from Offenbach’s Gaite Parisienne. But first, experience Saint-Saëns’s passionate Cello Concerto.
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Sunday April 23

Masterworks 6
April in Paris
2:30 PM

Franco-Belgian sensation Camille Thomas joins the Des Moines Symphony for an all-French program featuring Berlioz’s bright Roman Carnival Overture, Lili Boulanger’s ‘On a Spring Morning’ and the colorful can-can from Offenbach’s Gaite Parisienne. But first, experience Saint-Saëns’s passionate Cello Concerto.
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Wednesday April 26

Academy
Youth Jazz Orchestra Spring Concert
7:30 PM

Join us for our Youth Jazz Orchestra's Spring Concert. Under the Direction of Nate Sparks, and featuring special guest Benny Benack III, our Youth Jazz Orchestra will perform classic jazz standards at the Turner Jazz Center. This concert is presented in partnerhsip with Drake University and Civic Music Association.
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Wednesday May 3

Academy
Youth Orchestras Spring Concert
5:30 PM

Join us for our Youth Orchestras Spring Concert fearing our Preludio Strings, Youth Sinfonia and Youth Philharmonic at 5pm and our Youth Symphony and Youth Wind Ensemble at 7:30pm.
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Academy
Youth Orchestras Spring Concert
7:30 PM

Join us for our Youth Orchestras Spring Concert fearing our Preludio Strings, Youth Sinfonia and Youth Philharmonic at 5pm and our Youth Symphony and Youth Wind Ensemble at 7:30pm.
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Wednesday May 10

Symphony
Classical Conversations: Giunta Conducts Rachmaninoff
6:30 PM

Go inside the music! Join Dr. Eric McIntyre of Grinnell College for an online class discussing the music and composers of our May Masterworks Concert, Giunta Conducts Rachmaninoff.
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Saturday May 13

Masterworks 7
Season Finale: Giunta Conducts Rachmaninoff
7:30 PM

Season Finale! Hear Rachmaninoff’s glorious, lyrical Second Piano Concerto played by one of classical music’s most exciting new artists, Gabriela Martinez. Anna Clyne’s mysterious This Midnight Hour begins a program which concludes with Rachmaninoff’s rapturous, romantic Second Symphony.
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Sunday May 14

Masterworks 7
Season Finale: Giunta Conducts Rachmaninoff
2:30 PM

Season Finale! Hear Rachmaninoff’s glorious, lyrical Second Piano Concerto played by one of classical music’s most exciting new artists, Gabriela Martinez. Anna Clyne’s mysterious This Midnight Hour begins a program which concludes with Rachmaninoff’s rapturous, romantic Second Symphony.
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Monday July 3

Meet The Maestro

Get to know Joseph Giunta, one of America’s most distinguished, versatile and dynamic conductors.

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