Concerts
2025-2026 Season Concerts
We are thrilled to announce our new Music Director/Conductor Daniel Wiley's premiere season for our 2025–26 season!​​
"We are excited to present performances that span a wide emotional landscape—concerts that vary in style, character, and energy, offering something fresh and memorable for every listener. From cherished masterworks to fresh perspectives on familiar favorites, I want every program to reflect the heart of this community and invite more people into the joy of orchestral music."
~ Daniel Wiley
November 16, 2025
Fire and Fjord
Guest Soloist: Cathal Breslin, piano
Music Director, Daniel Wiley marks his debut and ignites the season with Fire & Fjord, a vivid Nordic-inspired program that bursts with bold contrasts and energy. The program opens with Carl Nielsen’s Symphonic Rhapsody, an embodiment of sweeping Nordic color.
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Pianist Cathal Breslin, Professor of Piano at ASU performs Grieg’s Piano Concerto, a romantic masterpiece. The journey concludes with Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2, hailed as his most uplifting work.
December 14, 2025
Home for the Holidays
Celebrate the joy of the season with a beloved concert conducted by Associate Conductor, Nicholas Ross, featuring a side-by-side with the West Valley Youth Symphony, Claire Gordon, Conductor.
Enjoy cherished carols and orchestral showpieces including White Christmas, Tyzik’s Behold the Lights, Sleigh Ride and other favorite sing-alongs.
Bring your friends and family to experience the beauty of live music and the spirit of the season – a perfect way to welcome the holidays.
January 11, 2026
Legacy of A Titan
Guest Soloist: Robert Spring, clarinet
Celebrate the New Year with Legacy of a Titan, a program tracing Beethoven’s enduring influence. Featuring Orpheus: Symphonic Variations, Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No. 1 with ASU Professor Emeritus Robert Spring, and Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 – each work shaped by Beethoven’s revolutionary legacy.
A tribute to the past, and a spark for what’s to come.
February 15, 2026
Witches, Wizards and the Music of Harry Potter
John Williams’ iconic themes for the first three Harry Potter films became the magical heart of the series, echoing through every chapter.
This concert features highlights from across the saga, plus selections from The Wizard of Oz and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – a spellbinding afternoon for the whole family.
March 1, 2026
Seascapes
Guest Soloist: Luke Hill, violin
This nautical program explores the deep connection between water and orchestral color, as composers evoke crashing waves, shifting tides, and misty shores through sound. Concertmaster Luke Hill takes center stage in Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy, a sweeping work of folk-inspired lyricism.
After intermission, the journey continues with Bloch’s Poems of the Sea and Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides, concluding with Frank Bridge’s The Sea – a lush, cinematic portrait of the ocean’s every-changing moods.
March 22, 2026
Fate and Defiance
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Georges Bizet/arr. Serebrier Carmen Symphony
​Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 opens with one of the most famous musical statements of all time – a defiant gesture in the face of fate.
Paired with Bizet’s Carmen Symphony, this program explores resistance in many forms: Beethoven’s heroic struggle through adversity, and Bizet’s bold portrayal of passion, class and freedom in a world that expected convention.
Watch & Listen
to your favorite WVS performances from past seasons on our YouTube channel.
Special thanks to 9th Symphony Productions for the great recordings!