Season 2025-2026
CLASSICAL CARTOONS- October 2025
Saturday, October 18, 2025 - 7:00 p.m. Davidson United Methodist Church
Overture to The Barber of Seville = Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868)
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D Minor, G.359/2 - Franz Liszt (1811–86)
Garland Waltz (Sleeping Beauty) - Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–93)
Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda) - Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–86)
The Torreadors from (Carmen Suite No. 1) - Georges Bizet (1838–75)
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Scherzo after a Goethe ballad - Paul Dukas (1865–1935)
Infernal Galop (Orpheus in the Underworld) - Jacques Offenbach (1819–80)
SPIRIT OF THE SEASON - December 2025
Saturday, December 13, 2025 - 7:00 p.m. Davidson United Methodist Church
The Bells of Christmas - arr. Bob Krogstad (b. 1950)
Walking in the Air (The Snowman) - Howard Blake (b. 1938) arr. John Leavitt (b. 1956)
There’s Christmas in the Air - arr. Carl Strommen (b. 1939)
Christmas Canon - Paul O’Neill (1956–2017) arr. Bob Phillips (b. 1953) & Andy Beck (b. 1986)
The Musical Sleigh Ride - Leopold Mozart (1719–87)
Canadian Brass Christmas - arr. Luther Henderson (1919–2003) orch. Calvin Custer (1939–98)
African Noel - trad. Liberian Folk Song
Three Holiday Songs from Home Alone - John Williams (b. 1932) Leslie Bricusse (1931–2021)
Somewhere in My Memory
Star of Bethlehem
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
SIDE-BY-SIDE with the NORTH CAROLINA YOUTH ORCHESTRA - March 2026
Thursday, March 5, 2026 - 7:30 p.m. Mooresville Performing Arts Center
Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 46 - Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” - Antonín Dvořák
GRAND SEASON FINALE - Guest Artist- Carmen Bradford, jazz vocalist - May 2026
Saturday, May 30, 2026 - 7:00 p.m.
Davidson Town Hall & Community Center Auditorium (251 South Street, Davidson, NC)
A Salute to the Big Bands - arr. Calvin Custer (1939–98)
Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller (1904–43) & Andy Razaf (1895–1973) orch. Jeff Tyzik (b. 1951)
Love Is Here To Stay - George Gershwin (1898–1937) & Ira Gershwin (1896–1983) arr. Nelson Riddle (1921–85)
I’ve Got A Crush On You - G. Gershwin & I. Gershwin arr. Riddle
St. Louis Blues March - W. C. Handy (1873–1958) arr. Tyzik
Fascinating Rhythm - G. Gershwin & I. Gershwin arr. Riddle
(If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) - Sam Coslow (1902–82)
I Won’t Dance - Jerome Kern (1885–1945) & Dorothy Fields (1905–74) arr. Riddle
I’ve Got A Right To Sing The Blues - Harold Arlen (1905–86) & Ted Koehler (1894–1973) arr. Sammy Nestico (1924–2021) orch. Larry Cook & Tyzik
But Not For Me - G. Gershwin & I. Gershwin arr. Riddle
An American in Paris - G. Gershwin arr. John Whitney (1942–2014)
Someone To Watch Over Me - G. Gershwin & I. Gershwin arr. Riddle
A Tisket, A Tasket - Traditional Ella Fitzgerald (1917–96) & Van Alexander Feldman (1915–2015) orch. Chick Webb (1905–39) arr. Cook