Okanagan Symphony
2025 2026 Season
| MAINSTAGE SERIES | Vernon Performing Arts Centre |
| Song for a Winter’s Night | December 21, 2025 |
| Julian Conducts Tchaikovsky | February 8, 2026 |
| Mostly Mendelssohn | March 8, 2026 |
| Beethoven’s Fifth | May 10, 2026 |
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Season Events
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO) Song for a Winter’s Night
February 8: Julian Conducts Tchaikovsky
March 8: Mostly Mendelssohn
May 10: Beethoven’s Fifth
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| Adult | Senior 65+ | Admit | Youth up to 24yrs | |
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| Yellow | $69.00 | $53.50 | - | $22.50 |
| Red | - | - | $43.25 | $22.50 |
Freya joins the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra and OSO Chorus for a heartwarming concert of original songs and new takes on beloved winter classics that celebrate the season’s beauty. This concert began as a small-town celebration and now welcomes Okanagan audiences to share a musical journey exploring connection, memories, and the cozy nostalgia of winter.
ARTISTS
FREYA Martine denBok | VIOLIN Noel Fudge | GUITAR
OKANAGAN SYMPHONY CHORUS
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO) Julian Conducts Tchaikovsky
December 21: Song for a Winter’s Night
March 8: Mostly Mendelssohn
May 10: Beethoven’s Fifth
BUY 6 TICKET FLEX PASS and save!
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra
| Adult | Senior 65+ | Admit | Youth up to 24yrs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | $79.25 | $61.25 | - | - |
| Yellow | $69.00 | $53.50 | - | $22.50 |
| Red | - | - | $43.25 | $22.50 |
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“Music is indeed the most beautiful of all Heaven’s gifts,” wrote Tchaikovsky—and his monumental Symphony No. 5 embodies that spirit in full. In his conducting debut as the Okanagan Symphony’s music director, Julian Pellicano leads a program of symphonic masterpieces, including a special Side-by-Side performance with the Okanagan Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Program
Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Berlioz: Rakcozy March (Side-by-Side) (Zeena Zaiyouna, conductor)
Verdi: Nabucco Overture (Side-by-Side)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO) Mostly Mendelssohn
December 21: Song for a Winter’s Night
February 8: Julian Conducts Tchaikovsky
May 10: Beethoven’s Fifth
BUY 6 TICKET FLEX PASS and save!
| Adult | Senior 65+ | Admit | Youth up to 24yrs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | $79.25 | $61.25 | - | - |
| Yellow | $69.00 | $53.50 | - | $22.50 |
| Red | - | - | $43.25 | $22.50 |
Including fees & charges
Beloved by Okanagan audiences, pianist Ian Parker returns—this time to the podium—to lead a program focused on Felix Mendelssohn. Following last season’s performance of his Italian Symphony, Parker conducts the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra in Mendelssohn’s dramatic Scottish Symphony. Pianist Roman Rabinovich, winner of the Arthur Rubinstein Competition, takes us on a journey with Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1.
Program
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Op. 56 in A minor “Scottish”
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO) Beethoven 5
December 21: Song for a Winter’s Night
February 8: Julian Conducts Tchaikovsky
March 8: Mostly Mendelssohn
| Adult | Senior 65+ | Admit | Youth up to 24yrs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | $79.25 | $61.25 | - | - |
| Yellow | $69.00 | $53.50 | - | $22.50 |
| Red | - | - | $43.25 | $22.50 |
Including fees & charges
Experience the symphony that changed music forever. Shocking at the time of its premiere with its emotional intensity, today Beethoven’s 5th is one of the world’s most recognizable works of art. After more than a decade, the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra returns to this iconic masterpiece to close the season with this monument of musical expression. This concert also features the OSO Chorus in Ola Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass, a profound and expressive journey, full of soaring melodies and walls of sonic power.
Program
Ola Gijielo: Sunrise Mass
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, op. 67