EarRelevant Staff | 3 JUN 2025
MARIETTA, Georgia— The Georgia Symphony Orchestra (GSO) will mark its 75th season with a wide-ranging slate of orchestral, choral, jazz, family, and sensory-friendly programs for 2025–26. The milestone season will be led by music director and conductor Timothy Verville and will include performances across metro Atlanta featuring guest artists, collaborative ensembles, and community engagement initiatives.
The season opens October 25 with Drama and Destiny: Opera Meets Broadway, combining operatic selections from composers including Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini with Broadway hits from Wicked, West Side Story, and a medley tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein. The GSO and GSO Chorus will be joined by internationally acclaimed soprano Indra Thomas.
Holiday programming continues with the orchestra’s Holiday Pops concerts on December 6 and 7, featuring classic holiday songs, a sing-along, and a visit from Santa Claus.
In February, the GSO collaborates with its jazz ensemble for Big Band and Beyond, a program blending orchestral and jazz styles. Saxophonist Sam Skelton will perform alongside the ensemble on February 7 in a concert that includes works by Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, and Louis Armstrong.
The GSO Jazz! series continues on February 28 with Mas Que Nada: The Music of Sergio Mendes, highlighting the Brazilian pianist and composer’s fusion of samba, bossa nova, and jazz.
The GSO Chorus, under the direction of Bryan Black, will present Anniversary Songbook on March 22. The program will reflect on the ensemble’s musical heritage while introducing newer works.
The season’s final concert, GSO 75: A Musical Celebration, will take place May 23 at Symphony Hall in Atlanta’s Woodruff Arts Center. More than 200 performers—including the Georgia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra, and several regional vocal ensembles—will perform selections from Holst’s The Planets and the final movements of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony.
The orchestra will also present two sensory-friendly concerts on October 11 and March 28, designed to accommodate individuals with sensory sensitivities and young children experiencing orchestral music for the first time. These concerts will include an instrument “petting zoo” and access to a quiet room.
The 2025–26 season also marks the 20th anniversary of the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra, one of the largest youth orchestra programs in the U.S. Details about youth ensemble performances will be announced later.
Season subscriptions are currently on sale, with individual concert tickets available starting August 4. More information, including concert times, locations, and tickets, is available at GeorgiaSymphony.org. ■
Georgia Symphony Orchestra 2025–26 Concerts
- October 11, 2025
Jennie T Anderson Theater (time TBA)
Sensory-Friendly Family Concert - October 25, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
Bailey Performance Center
Drama and Destiny: Opera Meets Broadway - December 6–7, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
Marietta Performing Arts Center
Holiday Pops - February 7, 2026 @ 7:30 pm
Bailey Performance Center
Big Band and Beyond (with GSO Jazz!) - February 28, 2026 @ 7:30 pm
The Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre
Mas Que Nada: The Music of Sergio Mendes (GSO Jazz!) - March 22, 2026 @ 3:00 pm
First Presbyterian Church Marietta
Anniversary Songbook (GSO Chorus) - March 28, 2026
Jennie T Anderson Theater(time TBA)
Sensory-Friendly Family Concert - May 23, 2026 @ 7:30 pm
Atlanta Symphony Hall
GSO 75: A Musical Celebration at Symphony Hall, Atlanta
EXTERNAL LINKS:
- Georgia Symphony Orchestra: GeorgiaSymphony.org
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