Full Season Schedule
Updated August 20, 2020
Due to COVID-19, orchestra activities are virtual and modified. Please see the following info for details about the 2020-21 Season. Below is an example of a typical season. Please contact hso@jhu.edu with any questions.
2019-2020 Season Schedule
Concerts
Note: Pre-concert talk one hour before performance each Symphony Orchestra concert. Concert Orchestra performances typically start with chamber ensemble performances.
Symphony Orchestra • Shriver Hall • Jed Gaylin, Conductor • 7:30pm Concerts |
| Saturday October 26, 2019 |
| Saturday December 7, 2019 |
| Saturday, March 7, 2020 |
| Saturday, April 25, 2020 |
Concert Orchestra • Bunting-Meyerhoff Interfaith Center • Jordan Randall Smith, Conductor • 3pm Concerts |
| Sunday, September 29, 2019 |
| Sunday, November 17, 2019 |
| Sunday, February 23, 2020 |
27th Annual Free Family Concert: Sunday, March 8, 3pm |
Auditions
Current orchestra members to not need to re-audition. For more info visit our auditions page.
Auditions for the Hopkins Symphony's 2019-2020 season will be held on (subject to change):| Dates | Times | Instruments | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 | 5 – 8 pm | strings | SDS Room, Mattin Center |
| 8 – 10 pm | woodwinds/brass | ||
| Friday, Sept. 4, 2020 | 5 – 8 pm | strings | SDS Room, Mattin Center |
| 8 – 10 pm | woodwinds/brass | ||
| Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020 | 10 am – 12 pm | woodwinds/brass | SDS Room, Mattin Center |
| 1 – 6 pm | strings |
Orchestra Schedules: Online
The orchestra schedules are also on Google Calendar, which you can link to various online calendars. Please use this link or this link (iCal) to access the calendars.
Symphony Orchestra Rehearsals and Performances
- All rehearsals are 7–9:30 p.m., in Shriver Hall, except where noted.
- For directions visit our Venues and Directions page.
- Contact HSO for parking info.
Linda Dusman: What Remains (HSO Commission & World Premiere)
Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
w/ Junhong Kuang
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
- No rehearsal on 9/2 (Labor Day)
- Monday, September 9, 2019
- Monday, September 16, 2019
- Monday, September 23, 2019
- No rehearsal 9/30 (Rosh Hashana)
- Monday, October 7, 2019
- Monday, October 14, 2019
- Monday, October 21, 2019
- Thursday, October 24, 2019
- Friday, October 25, 2019
- Saturday, October 26, 2019, 7:30pm CONCERT
Shelley Washington: The Third Colossus
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Serge Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 w/ Janice Carissa
Jordan Randall Smith, conductor
- Monday, October 28, 2019
- Monday, November 4, 2019
- Thursday, November 7, 2019
- Monday, November 11, 2019
- Monday, November 18, 2019
- Monday, November 25, 2019, NO REHEARSAL (JHU Thanksgiving Break)
- Monday, December 2, 2019
- Thursday, December 5, 2019
- Friday, December 6, 2019
- Saturday, December 7, 2019, 7:30PM CONCERT
Claude Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, w/ Amit Peled
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
- Monday, January 27, 2020
- Monday, February 3, 2020
- Monday, February 10, 2020
- Monday, February 17, 2020
- Monday, February 24, 2020
- Thursday, February 27, 2020 – hold for inclement weather rescheduling
- Monday, March 2, 2020
- Thursday, March 5, 2020
- Friday, March 6, 2020
- Saturday, March 7, 2020, 7:30PM CONCERT
- Sunday, March 8, 2020, 3PM FAMILY CONCERT
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Mvt. 1 w/ Yuekang Zhang – HSO Concerto Competition Winner
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Mvt. 1 w/ William Harrington – HSO Concerto Competition Winner
Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
- Monday, March 9, 2020 NO REHEARSAL (rest)
- Monday, March 16, 2020, NO REHEARSAL (Spring Break)
- Monday, March 23, 2020
- Monday, March 30, 2020
- Monday, April 6, 2020
- Thursday, April 9, 2020
- Monday, April 13, 2020
- Monday, April 20, 2020
- Thursday, April 23, 2020
- Saturday, April 25, 2020, 3-5pm Dress Rehearsal
- Saturday, April 25, 2020 7:30PM CONCERT
27th Annual Free Family Concert:
Sunday, March 8, 3pm, Shriver Hall
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Concert Orchestra Rehearsals and Performances
- All rehearsals are 2-4:30 p.m. except as noted.
- For directions visit our Venues and Directions page.
- Contact HSO for parking info.
Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 4, “Tragic”
- Sunday, September 15, 2019, SDS Room, Mattin Center
- Saturday, September 21, 2019, SDS Room, Mattin Center
- Sunday, September 22, 2019, SDS Room, Mattin Center
- Saturday, September 28, 2019, 2-4:30pm, Rehearsal, IFC
- Sunday, September 29, 2019, 12-2pm, Dress Rehearsal, IFC
- Sunday, September 29, 2019, 3pm, CONCERT, IFC
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
W.A. Mozart: Divertimento in D Major, K. 136
George Chadwick: Serenade in F Major
- Sunday, November 3, 2019, SDS Room, Mattin Center
- Saturday, November 9, 2019, SDS Room, Mattin Center
- Sunday, November 10, 2019, , SDS Room, Mattin Center
- Saturday, November 16, 2019, 2-4:30pm, Rehearsal, IFC
- Sunday, November 17, 2019, 12-2pm, Dress Rehearsal, IFC
- Sunday, November 17, 2019, 3pm, CONCERT, IFC
Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
W.A. Mozart: Symphony No. 33 in B-flat Major, K.319
Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement w/ Elizabeth Hill
- Sunday, February 9, 2020, SDS Room, Mattin Center
- Saturday, February 15, 2020, SDS Room, Mattin Center
- Sunday, February 16, 2020, SDS Room, Mattin Center
- Saturday, February 22, 2020, 2-4:30pm, Rehearsal, IFC
- Sunday, February 23, 2020, 12-2pm, Dress Rehearsal, IFC
- Sunday, February 23, 2020, 3pm, CONCERT, IFC