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12OctoberThursday
Jazz, Special Event

73rd Season Opening Celebration

Time: Thursday, October 12, 20236:30 pm - 8:00 pm / The Foxglove
73rd Season Opening Celebration Join us for a night of food, fun, and great music! Come meet our new Executive Director, Suzanne Tucker, and learn about the GSO’s upcoming season. Your ears will delight in music provided by GSO Jazz! and a private performance from Okorie “OKCello” Johnson. To satisfy your tastebuds, partake in heavy […]
15OctoberSunday
Youth

GYSO Philharmonic & Symphony

Time: Sunday, October 15, 20237:30 pm - 8:45 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         Venue Information Bailey Performance Center […]
22OctoberSunday
Youth

GYSO Percussion & Flute Choir

Time: Sunday, October 22, 20234:00 pm - 4:45 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         Venue Information Bailey Performance Center […]
22OctoberSunday
Youth

GYSO Jazz, HSQ, Clarinet Choir, & String Symposium

Time: Sunday, October 22, 20237:30 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         Venue Information Bailey Performance Center […]
28OctoberSaturday
Chorus, Orchestra

An Early Grave

Time: Saturday, October 28, 20238:00 pm - 10:00 pm / Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center
Things take an eclectic turn with the GSO’s opening performance of the season. The music of four composers who failed to reach the age of forty sets the scene and asks the question of how their music would have developed had they not each met an untimely, and early death. Georges Bizet never lived long […]
11NovemberSaturday
Orchestra, Sensory Friendly, Special Event

Sensory Friendly: A Day With Disney

Time: Saturday, November 11, 20232:00 pm - 3:00 pm / Marietta Performing Arts Center
A Day With Disney features music from popular Disney films including The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Star Wars, and more! Audience members are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite Disney characters too! This event is designed especially for persons with sensory sensitivities and their families, and gives audience members the […]
11NovemberSaturday
Orchestra, Special Event

Family Concert: A Day With Disney

Time: Saturday, November 11, 20234:00 pm - 5:00 pm / Marietta Performing Arts Center
A Day With Disney features music from popular Disney films including The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Star Wars, and more! Audience members are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite Disney characters too! Enjoy this 50 minute family-friendly performance where kids can be kids!  Experience orchestral music without any of […]
02DecemberSaturday
Chorus, Orchestra, Pops

Holiday Pops!

Time: Saturday, December 2, 20233:00 pm - 5:00 pm / Marietta Performing Arts Center
A Cobb and Marietta tradition, the GSO’s Holiday Pops presents new and beloved holiday music each year, including our popular sing-a-long! Your friends and family will have a great time celebrating the season with your favorite symphony.   Featured Artists             Venue Information Marietta Performing Arts Center       […]
02DecemberSaturday
Chorus, Orchestra, Pops

Holiday Pops!

Time: Saturday, December 2, 20238:00 pm - 10:00 pm / Marietta Performing Arts Center
A Cobb and Marietta tradition, the GSO’s Holiday Pops presents new and beloved holiday music each year, including our popular sing-a-long! Your friends and family will have a great time celebrating the season with your favorite symphony.   Featured Artists             Venue Information Marietta Performing Arts Center       […]
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         Venue Information Bailey Performance Center […]
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         Venue Information Bailey Performance Center […]
28JanuarySunday
Youth

GYSO Percussion & 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         Venue Information Bailey Performance Center […]
28JanuarySunday
Youth

GYSO HSQ, Flute and Clarinet Choirs & String Symposium

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         Venue Information Bailey Performance Center […]
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         Venue Information Bailey Performance Center […]
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         Venue Information Bailey Performance Center […]
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         Venue Information Bailey Performance Center […]
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         Venue Information Bailey Performance Center […]
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         Venue Information Bailey Performance Center […]
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 […]