Full Season Schedule

Updated June 18, 2024


2025-2026 Season Schedule

Concerts

Symphony Orchestra • Shriver Hall • Jed Gaylin, Conductor • 7:30pm Concerts

Saturday October 11, 2025
Saturday December 6, 2025
Saturday March 7, 2026
Saturday April 18, 2026

Concert Orchestra • Bunting-Meyerhoff Interfaith Center • 3pm Concerts

Sunday November 16, 2025
Sunday February 22, 2026

32nd Annual Free Family Concert: Sunday March 1, 2026, 3pm

Auditions

Current orchestra members to not need to re-audition. For more info visit our auditions page.

Auditions for the Hopkins Symphony's 2025-26 season will be held on August 28-30, 2025.
DatesTimesInstrumentsLocation
Aug 285 – 8 pmstringsTBD
8 – 10 pm woodwinds/brass
Aug 295 – 8 pmstringsTBD
8 – 10 pm woodwinds/brass
Aug 3010 am – 12 pm woodwinds/brassTBD
1 – 6 pm strings

Symphony Orchestra Rehearsals and Performances

HSO Concert Cycle #1: Brahms 4 (7 rehearsals)

Barbar: Piano Concerto—Christopher Goodpasture, piano
Brahms: Symphony No. 4

Conducted by Jed Gaylin, Music Director

  • Monday, September 8, 2025
  • Monday, September 15, 2025
  • NO REHEARSAL: MON, SEP 22, 2025
  • Monday, September 29, 2025
  • Thursday, October 2, 2025
  • Monday, October 6, 2025
  • Thursday, October 9, 2025
  • Friday, October 10, 2025 Dress Rehearsal
  • Saturday, October 11, 2025, 7:30pm CONCERT

HSO Concert Cycle #2: BruFest (8 rehearsals)

Bruch: Violin Concerto—Ava Pakiam, violin
Bruchner: Symphony No. 4

Conducted by Jed Gaylin, Music Director

  • Monday, October 20, 2025
  • Monday, October 27, 2025
  • Monday, November 3, 2025
  • Monday, November 10, 2025
  • Monday, November 17, 2025
  • NO REHEARSAL MON, NOV 24: JHU THANKSGIVING BREAK
  • Monday, December 1, 2025
  • Thursday, December 4, 2025
  • Friday, December 5, 2025 Dress Rehearsal
  • Saturday, December 6, 2025, 7:30PM CONCERT

HSO Concert Cycle #3: Clowning Around (8 Rehearsals)

Verdi: Rigoletto (selections)Rira Kim, soprano; Taylor Hillary Boykins, mezzo; Min Jin, tenor; Gustavo Ahualli, baritone
Stravinsky: Petrushka

Encore: Rimsky-Korsakov––Dance of the Tumblers (Buffoons) from the Snow Maiden

Conducted by Jed Gaylin, Music Director

  • Monday, January 26, 2026
  • Monday, February 2, 2026
  • Monday, February 9, 2026
  • Monday, February 16, 2026
  • Monday, February 23, 2026
  • FAMILY CONCERT Sunday, March 1, 2026, 3:00PM (Selections from Petrushka)
  • Monday, March 2, 2026
  • Thursday, March 5, 2026
  • Friday, March 6, 2026 – Dress Rehearsal
  • Saturday, March 7, 2026, 7:30PM CONCERT

Concert Cycle #4: HSOAmerican Portraits (7 rehearsals)

Performance by winner(s) of HSO’s Concerto Competition: TBD
Copland: Lincoln Portrait—Gerrad Alex Taylor, narration
J. Kimo Williams: Douglass Portrait*—Gerrad Alex Taylor, narration

Conducted by Jed Gaylin, Music Director

  • Monday, March 23, 2026
  • Monday, March 30, 2026
  • Thursday, April 2, 2026
  • Monday, April 6, 2026
  • Monday, April 13 2026
  • Thursday, April 16, 2026
  • Friday, April 17, 2026
  • Saturday, April 18, 2026 7:30PM CONCERT

*HSO commissioned work


Concert Orchestra Rehearsals and Performances

  • All rehearsals are 2-4:30 p.m. except as noted.
  • Most rehearsals take place at the Student Center
  • Concert weekend rehearsals and performances take place at the Interfaith Center
  • For directions visit our Venues and Directions page.
  • Contact HSO for parking info.

HCO Concert Cycle #1 (6 rehearsals)

Repertoire TBD

  • Saturday, October 25, 2025 [Student Center]
  • Sunday, October 26, 2025 [Student Center]
  • Saturday, November 1, 2025 [Student Center]
  • Sunday, November 2, 2025 [Student Center]
  • Saturday, November 8, 2025 [Student Center]
  • Saturday, November 15, 2025 [Interfaith Center]
  • Sunday, November 16, 2025 | 12-2PM Dress Rehearsal [Interfaith Center]
  • Sunday, November 16, 2024 3:00PM CONCERT [Interfaith Center]

*Dates are subject to change*

HCO Concert Cycle #2 (7 rehearsals)

Repertoire TBD

  • Saturday, January 31, 2026 [Student Center]
  • Sunday, February 1, 2026 [Student Center]
  • Saturday, February 7, 2026 [Student Center]
  • Saturday, February 14, 2026 [Student Center]
  • Sunday, February 15, 2026 [Student Center]
  • Saturday, February 21, 2026 [Interfaith Center]
  • Sunday, February 22, 2026 | 12-2PM Dress Rehearsal [Interfaith Center]
  • Sunday, February 22, 2026 3:00PM CONCERT [Interfaith Center]

*Dates are subject to change*