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10DecemberSunday

Youth
GYSO Concertino, Harmonia & Camerata
Time: Sunday, December 10, 20234:00 pm - 5:30 pm / Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center
Students in the largest youth orchestra program in the southeast, the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra perform at KSU’s Bailey Performance Center. Special thanks to The Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music and their support of GYSO! Click to learn more about the KSU School of music, GYSO’s Title Sponsor GYSO Season […]
10DecemberSunday

Youth
GYSO Philharmonic & Symphony
Time: Sunday, December 10, 20237:30 pm - 8:30 pm / Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center
Students in the largest youth orchestra program in the southeast, the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra perform at KSU’s Bailey Performance Center. Special thanks to The Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music and their support of GYSO! Click to learn more about the KSU School of music, GYSO’s Title Sponsor GYSO Season […]
28JanuarySunday

Youth
GYSO Clarinet Choir & Jazz
Time: Sunday, January 28, 20244:00 pm - 5:00 pm / Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center
Students in the largest youth orchestra program in the southeast, the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra perform at KSU’s Bailey Performance Center. Special thanks to The Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music and their support of GYSO! Click to learn more about the KSU School of music, GYSO’s Title Sponsor GYSO Season […]
28JanuarySunday

Youth
GYSO HSQ, Flute Choir, String Symposium, & Percussion Ensemble
Time: Sunday, January 28, 20247:30 pm - 9:00 pm / Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center
Students in the largest youth orchestra program in the southeast, the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra perform at KSU’s Bailey Performance Center. Special thanks to The Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music and their support of GYSO! Click to learn more about the KSU School of music, GYSO’s Title Sponsor GYSO Season […]
16FebruaryFriday

Jazz, Pops
GSO Jazz! Presents: What the World Needs Now – Canton
Time: Friday, February 16, 20248:00 pm - 10:00 pm / The Canton Theatre
What the World Needs Now: Celebrating the music of Burt Bacharach and Hal David features the GSO Jazz! Combo, and the iconic music and lyrics of two great American songsmiths onstage at the Canton Theatre. Please note: this performance occurs in Canton. The Marietta performance is on 2/17/2024 Featured Artists […]
17FebruarySaturday

Jazz, Pops
GSO Jazz! Presents: What the World Needs Now
Time: Saturday, February 17, 20248:00 pm - 10:00 pm / The Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre
What the World Needs Now: Celebrating the music of Burt Bacharach and Hal David features the GSO Jazz! Combo, and the iconic music and lyrics of two great American songsmiths onstage at the Strand Theatre. Featured Artists Venue Information Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre […]
24FebruarySaturday

Orchestra
Mozart & Brahms
Time: Saturday, February 24, 20248:00 pm - 10:00 pm / Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center
Mozart’s sublime Concerto for Clarinet and the second symphony of Brahms create an evening of music sure to please. Quin Mason describes his piece Immerse as “a study in texture and the blending/timbral qualities.” This is achieved via a chorale that moves through different sections of the orchestra, with each lending its particular colors and […]
03MarchSunday

Special Event
Beethoven 9 Vocal Competition – Final Round
Time: Sunday, March 3, 20243:00 pm - 5:00 pm / St. James Episcopal Church
The GSO’s Beethoven 9 Vocal Competition concludes in an afternoon of performances by the finalists with piano accompaniment. Up to sixteen vocalists will compete in this final round to become a winner in one of four voice categories, and for the opportunity to perform as a featured soloist in the GSO’s May performances of Beethoven’s […]
10MarchSunday

Youth
GYSO Philharmonic & Symphony
Time: Sunday, March 10, 20247:30 pm - 8:30 pm / Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center
Students in the largest youth orchestra program in the southeast, the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra perform at KSU’s Bailey Performance Center. Special thanks to The Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music and their support of GYSO! Click to learn more about the KSU School of music, GYSO’s Title Sponsor GYSO Season […]
17MarchSunday

Chorus, Orchestra, Special Event
Gospel Mass
Time: Sunday, March 17, 20245:00 pm - 7:00 pm / Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center
The GSO Chorus, accompanied by the Georgia Symphony Orchestra, presents Robert Ray’s unique and powerful Gospel Mass. Robert Ray, who wrote his Gospel Mass in 1979, died in 2022 at the age of seventy-six after a notable career at the University of Illinois-Urbana and later work with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Chorus. His setting […]
13AprilSaturday

Jazz, Pops
GSO Jazz! Plays the music of The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Vanguard Orchestra
Time: Saturday, April 13, 20248:00 pm - 10:00 pm / The Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre
With a five-decade presence in New York City, the ever-evolving Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Vanguard Orchestra has had a lasting presence on the jazz scene. Their recorded works have received critical acclaim and numerous Grammy award nominations and a pair of wins in the “Big Band” category. Enjoy an evening of exploration of their influential catalog […]
27AprilSaturday

Orchestra, Sensory Friendly, Special Event
Sensory Friendly
Time: Saturday, April 27, 20242:00 pm - 3:00 pm / Marietta Performing Arts Center
This event is designed especially for persons with sensory sensitivities and their families, and gives audience members the ability to fully experience orchestral music without any of the constraints of a standard performance. During this 50 minute program, audience members are free to move about, dance, speak, sing, or vocalize. Sensory sensitive listeners and family members […]
27AprilSaturday

Orchestra, Special Event
Family Concert
Time: Saturday, April 27, 20244:00 pm - 5:00 pm / Marietta Performing Arts Center
Enjoy this 50 minute family-friendly performance where kids can be kids! Experience orchestral music without any of the constraints of a standard performance, within a 50 minute program. Kids of all ages will delight in the discovery of an orchestral experience that invites and welcomes all to the world of classical music. Up to 30min […]
28AprilSunday

Youth
GYSO Percussion & Jazz
Time: Sunday, April 28, 20244:00 pm - 5:00 pm / Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center
Students in the largest youth orchestra program in the southeast, the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra perform at KSU’s Bailey Performance Center. Special thanks to The Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music and their support of GYSO! Click to learn more about the KSU School of music, GYSO’s Title Sponsor GYSO Season […]
28AprilSunday

Youth
GYSO HSQ, Flute and Clarinet Choirs & String Symposium
Time: Sunday, April 28, 20247:30 pm - 9:00 pm / Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center
Students in the largest youth orchestra program in the southeast, the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra perform at KSU’s Bailey Performance Center. Special thanks to The Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music and their support of GYSO! Click to learn more about the KSU School of music, GYSO’s Title Sponsor GYSO Season […]
05MaySunday

Youth
GYSO Concertino, Harmonia & Camerata
Time: Sunday, May 5, 20244:00 pm - 5:00 pm / Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center
Students in the largest youth orchestra program in the southeast, the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra perform at KSU’s Bailey Performance Center. Special thanks to The Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music and their support of GYSO! Click to learn more about the KSU School of music, GYSO’s Title Sponsor GYSO Season […]
05MaySunday

Youth
GYSO Philharmonic & Symphony
Time: Sunday, May 5, 20247:30 pm - 8:30 pm / Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center
Students in the largest youth orchestra program in the southeast, the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra perform at KSU’s Bailey Performance Center. Special thanks to The Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music and their support of GYSO! Click to learn more about the KSU School of music GYSO Season Sponsor Venue Information […]
18MaySaturday

Chorus, Orchestra
Beethoven’s Universe
Time: Saturday, May 18, 20248:00 pm - 10:00 pm / Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center
Discover the vastness of space and the bonds of humankind in this season-ending spectacular performance. Known for his multimedia virtual choruses, Eric Whitacre’s Deep Field is performed live to the film Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe. Combining stunning imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope and never-seen-before galaxy fly-bys, and bespoke animations, it […]
19MaySunday

Chorus, Orchestra
Beethoven’s Universe
Time: Sunday, May 19, 20243:00 pm - 5:00 pm / Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center
Discover the vastness of space and the bonds of humankind in this season-ending spectacular performance. Known for his multimedia virtual choruses, Eric Whitacre’s Deep Field is performed live to the film Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe. Combining stunning imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope and never-seen-before galaxy fly-bys, and bespoke animations, it […]