Concert #1 – Eroica
Concert #1 – Eroica October 11 at 7:00 pm and October 12 at 2:00 pm Featuring Steve Vacchi, bassoon Dvořák – The Wood Dove Mozart
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Concerts Prices for the 2025/2026 Season
2025-2026 Season ticket prices:
- $100 (adults aged 18-64)
- $80 (students/seniors 65+)
- $0 (children/youth through age 17)
2025-2026 Individual concert ticket prices:
- $25 (adults aged 18-64)
- $20 (students/seniors 65+)
- $0 (children/youth through age 17)
Concerts in the 2025/2026 Season
Concert #1: Oct 11 & 12 – Eroica
Featuring Steve Vacchi, bassoon
- Antonín Dvořák – The Wood Dove
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Bassoon Concerto
- Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
Concert #2: Nov 22 & 23 – Family Concert
Concert Times – 2:00 pm Saturday and Sunday
- Antonín Dvořák – Slavonic Dance No. 8
- Felix Mendelssohn – String Symphony No. 7, mvt. 1
- Maurice Ravel – Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant, from Ma mere l’Oye
- Ippolitov-Ivanov – Procession of the Sardar from Caucasian Sketches Suite No. 1
- Hector Berlioz – Rakoczy March from The Damnation of Faust
- Dmitri Shostakovich – Waltz 2 from Suite for Variety Orchestra no. 1
- Leroy Anderson – Fiddle Faddle
- Aaron Copland – Ceremonial Fanfare
- Silvestre Revueltas – Sensemayá
Concert #3: Feb 14 & 15 – Pastoral Tapestries
- Louise Farrenc – Overture No. 1
- Anatol Liadov – Eight Russian Folk Songs
- George Butterworth – A Shropshire Lad
- Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 7
Concert #4: Apr 11 & 12 – The Sea
- Felix Mendelssohn – Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
- Jean Sibelius – The Oceanides
- Ernest Bloch – Poems of the Sea
- Claude Debussy – La Mer
Concert #5: May 30 & 31 – Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony
- Franz von Suppé – Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna Overture
- Randall DeBruyn – Apocalyptic Maiden
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6
SEASON 14 | 2025-2026 Audition Announcement
SEASON 14 | 2025-2026 Audition Announcement The Salem Philharmonia Orchestra will be accepting auditions for the following positions. (Click each instrument to view or download
Concert #5 – Fate and the Apocalypse
Program – Fate and the ApocalypseMay 31 at 7:00 and June 1 at 2:00 pmEast Salem community Center *Apocalisse by Gian Carlo Menotti is presented under
Concert Times
Join us for a Pre-Concert Presentation given by our artistic director.
Saturdays
Pre-Concert Talk at 6:15 PM
Concert starts at 7:00 PM
*Dec Concert starts at 2:00 PM
Sundays
Pre-Concert Talk at 1:15 PM
Concert starts at 2:00 PM
*Please Note: the December Family Concerts will start at 2:00 PM on both Saturday and Sunday to accommodate family bedtimes. Pre-Concert talk is replaced with an instrument petting zoo.
Concert Venue
All concerts will be held at:
East Salem Community Center
1850 45th Ave. NE,
Salem, OR 97305
Mailing Address
Salem Philharmonia Orchestra
PO Box 13804
Salem, OR 97309
About The Salem Philharmonia Orchestra
The Salem Philharmonia Orchestra provides an opportunity for musicians and audiences in Salem, Oregon and the surrounding communities to participate in affordable performances of high quality symphonic literature. The objectives of the Salem Philharmonia Orchestra are simple: to make live symphonic music easily accessible to the community at a low cost and to give community members an opportunity to play in a symphony orchestra.
