2026 - 2027 Concert Season!

Join Us For "In Motion"

A Kaleidoscope of Sound, Energy and Emotion

In Motion: A Kaleidoscope of Sound, Energy, and Emotion explores music as a force of movement, transformation, and connection, reflecting the rhythms, contrasts, and emotions that shape our shared human experience.

Artistic Director Desmond Siu leads audiences on a journey this season through vibrant and expressive works that celebrate the many colors, energies, and stories of the orchestral experience.

"roots and Rhythm"

Sunday,
October 11, 2026
4 pm

Behind the Baton 3:15 pm
Desmond Siu
Conductor
Sicong Chen
Violin Soloist

 Mystery Piece

Edgar Meyer: Violin Concerto

Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

"Color Comes to Life"

Sunday,
November 22, 2026
4 pm

Desmond Siu
Conductor

Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance no. 5

John Powell: How to Train Your Dragon (arr. Sean O’Loughlin)

Robert Schumann: “Traumerei”

Henry Mancini: The Pink Panther

Paul Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Gioachino Rossini: “William Tell Overture”

Joe Hisaishi: Orchestra Stories: My Neighbor Totoro

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

"Light in Motion"

Sunday,
December 13, 2026
4 pm

Desmond Siu
Conductor

 

 

Holiday Classics and Favorites

 

 

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

"Circles of Connection"

Sunday,
February 7, 2027
4 pm

Behind the Baton 3:15 pm
Desmond Siu
Conductor

 

Mystery Piece

 

Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello, op. 102
Jason Issokson, Violin; Peter Eom, Cello

 

Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations, op. 36

 

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

"Winds and WAnderingS"

Sunday,
March 21, 2027
4 pm

Behind the Baton 3:15 pm
Tiffany Lu
Guest Conductor

 

Anna Clyne: Sound and Fury

Carl Reinecke: Flute Concerto, op. 283 Robert Heiligenberg, Flute

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 Scottish

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

"Symphony Untux'd - Mahler's First Revealed"

Sunday,
May 9, 2027
4 pm

Desmond Siu
Conductor

 

 

Gustav Mahler: Symphony no. 1 in D major

 

 

 

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts