Okanagan Symphony
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra 2026/27
We’re delighted to welcome you to the 2026/2027 season of the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra. Purchase your season pass today and be part of an exciting series of powerful performances, beloved classics, and new musical discoveries.
WE’RE SAVING YOUR SEAT
Renew your Season Pass between May 11 and June 30, 2026 to secure your reserved seats from the 2025/2026 season.
NEW SEASON PASS PURCHASES
Purchase the “I Want to See It All” seven-concert pass between May 11 and the first concert in October. The more flexible “I Want to Choose My Season” four-concert pass is available right up until December 31. There are price point options for every budget.
A CHOCOLATE INCENTIVE
Renew or purchase a Season Pass before June 30, 2026 and your chocolate tasting that accompanies October’s concert, “Music That Shimmers,” is included! Starting July 2, purchasing the chocolate tasting will add $12 per person to your Season Pass or single ticket.
We look forward to seeing you in the concert hall.
Your Symphony Awaits!
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra Online Brochure
Choose From Two Season Pass Options
7-Concert "I Want to See It all"
*includes all fees and GST
| See it all Package | Adult Season | Senior 65+ Season | Youth up to 24yrs |
| 🟢Section A | $482.02 | $374.92 | $374.92 |
| 🟡Section B | $420.70 | $328.79 | $328.79 |
| 🔴Section C | $267.47 | $213.92 | $213.92 |
4-Concert "I Want to Choose My Season"
*includes all fees and GST
| Choose my season | Adult Season | Senior 65+ Season |
| 🟢Section A | $289.84 | $224.96 |
| 🟡Section B | $252.76 | $197.16 |
| 🔴Section C | $160.08 | $197.16 |
Season Events
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO) Music That Shimmers
| Adult | Senior 65+ | Youth up to 24yrs | |
| 🟢Section A | $85.00 | $65.75 | $65.75 |
| 🟡Section B | $73.25 | $54.00 | $26.25 |
| 🔴Section C | $46.25 | $46.25 | $26.25 |
Celebrate opening night with the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, music director Julian Pellicano and a program designed to lift your spirits! Featuring Goulet’s delectable Symphonic Chocolates, internationally celebrated harpist Joy Yeh in Glière’s sparkling harp concerto, and closing in grand style with Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks, this is a shining start to the season, music that truly shimmers.
SATISFY YOUR SWEET TOOTH IN OCTOBER!
Our season opening concert, “Music That Shimmers,” launches on a sweet note with Maxime Goulet’s Chocolats symphoniques, conceived as an accompaniment to a chocolate tasting. For this multi-sensory performance, the audience may sample a specific type of chocolate during each movement, heightening the connection between sound and flavour.
Subscribe before June 30, 2026 and your chocolate tasting is included in your Season Pass!
Guest artist/instrument - Joy Yeh, harp
Program
Maxime Goulet: Chocolats Symphoniques (Orchestral Suite in Four Flavors)
Glière: Harp Concerto, op.74, E-flat major
Jean Coulthard: Prayer for Elizabeth
Handel: Royal Fireworks Music, HWV 351
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO) A Musical Grand Tour
| Adult | Senior 65+ | Youth up to 24yrs | |
| 🟢Section A | $85.00 | $65.75 | $65.75 |
| 🟡Section B | $73.25 | $54.00 | $26.25 |
| 🔴Section C | $46.25 | $46.25 | $26.25 |
Early Music specialist Ivars Taurins conducts the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra in this musical Grand Tour of 18th century Europe, guiding the audience through Germany, England, Italy, and France via the great Baroque masters. Taurins—long associated with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir—has helped shape historically informed performance internationally, making him the ideal guide for this journey.
Conductor - Ivars Taurins
Program
Telemann: Overture Suite In D
Handel: Concerto Grosso, op.6, no.1 in G,
André Campra: Le carnaval de Venise: Orfeo nell’inferi
Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso, op.3, no.8 in D minor
Rameau: Suite from Les Broeades
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO) Freya & Friends
| Adult | Senior 65+ | Youth up to 24yrs | |
| 🟢Section A | $85.00 | $65.75 | $65.75 |
| 🟡Section B | $73.25 | $54.00 | $26.25 |
| 🔴Section C | $46.25 | $46.25 | $26.25 |
An undisputed hit in 2025, folk duo Freya returns with music that will touch your heart and soul. Freya & Friends expands their signature warmth, welcoming Okanagan-based jazz vocalist Leila Naderi, weaving new songs and reimagining favorites. The Okanagan Symphony Chorus joins the Orchestra for a holiday concert that renews the magic while charting new ground for the season.
Orchestra lead - Martine denBok
Guest artist/instrument - Freya, Jazz vocalist Leila Naderi, Okanagan Symphony Chorus
Program
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO) Chris Lee Plays Marsalis
| Adult | Senior 65+ | Youth up to 24yrs | |
| 🟢Section A | $85.00 | $65.75 | $65.75 |
| 🟡Section B | $73.25 | $54.00 | $26.25 |
| 🔴Section C | $46.25 | $46.25 | $26.25 |
The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra presents a rare opportunity to hear the tuba as a solo instrument — jazz legend Wynton Marsalis’s vibrant and genre-blending Concerto for Tuba shines in the hands of Chris Lee, principal tubist of the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Paired with the folk-infused lyricism of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8, and a collaboration with the Okanagan Symphony Youth Orchestra, this OSO performance offers colour, rhythmic drive, and orchestral vitality.
Conductor - Julian Pellicano
Guest artist/instrument - Chris Lee, tuba
OSYO Side-by-Side performance
Program
Opening Selection: OSYO / OSO Side-by-Side
Wynton Marsalis: Tuba Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8, op.88 in G major
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO) Chopin & Beethoven
| Adult | Senior 65+ | Youth up to 24yrs | |
| 🟢Section A | $85.00 | $65.75 | $65.75 |
| 🟡Section B | $73.25 | $54.00 | $26.25 |
| 🔴Section C | $46.25 | $46.25 | $26.25 |
Twelve-year-old prodigy Angela Yixuan Miao brings a lyricism and skill to Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 that belies her young age. Conductor Monica Chen leads the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra in a program shaped by resilience and contrast: Beethoven’s dramatic Coriolan Overture, the buoyant charm of his Eighth Symphony, and Canadian composer Stephen Chatman’s beautiful Over Thorns to Stars.
Conductor - Monica Chen
Guest artist/instrument - Angela Yixuan Miao, piano
Program
Stephen Chatman: Over Thorns to Stars
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2, op.21 in F minor
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, op.62
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, op.93 in F major
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO) The Four Season Re-Composed
| Adult | Senior 65+ | Youth up to 24yrs | |
| 🟢Section A | $85.00 | $65.75 | $65.75 |
| 🟡Section B | $73.25 | $54.00 | $26.25 |
| 🔴Section C | $46.25 | $46.25 | $26.25 |
Music director Julian Pellicano teams up with the incomparable Kerson Leong for The Four Seasons Re-Composed, Max Richter’s minimalist reimagining of Vivaldi’s iconic work. The Okanagan Symphony Chorus joins the strings of the Orchestra for a dramatic sequence of Baroque music featuring some of Handel’s greatest choruses interspersed with instrumental music by early masters. The Baroque era melts, morphs, and springs back to life.
Conductor - Julian Pellicano
Guest artist/instrument - Kerson Leong, violin
Okanagan Symphony Chorus
Program
Handel: a selection of choruses by oratorios and operas
Instrumental music by Vivaldi, Corelli, Barbara Strozzi, and J.S. Bach
Max Richter: The Four Seasons Re-Composed
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO) Season Finale
| Adult | Senior 65+ | Youth up to 24yrs | |
| 🟢Section A | $85.00 | $65.75 | $65.75 |
| 🟡Section B | $73.25 | $54.00 | $26.25 |
| 🔴Section C | $46.25 | $46.25 | $26.25 |
In a special partnership with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra proudly presents the BC premiere of Jean Coulthard’s long overlooked Symphony No. 1, reviving a major work by one of Canada’s most influential 20th century composers. Paired with Brahms’ Symphony No. 1, music director Julian Pellicano conducts a concert that unites a rediscovered Canadian symphony with one of the great pillars of the orchestral repertoire.
Conductor - Julian Pellicano
Program
Jean Coulthard: Symphony No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, op.68 in C minor