2025/26 Cape Symphony Season

• Event dates: November 15 & 16, 2025
• Showtimes: Sat 4:00 PM, Sun 3:00 PM
• Featured Artists:

  Guillaume Pirard, Guest Conductor

  Location:
  Barnstable Performing Arts Center
  744 West Main Street, Hyannis, MA 02601

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Masterpiece 2 

This concert is a powerful tribute to veterans, honoring their courage and sacrifice through exceptional music that embodies the American spirit. Our stirring program opens with Dudley Buck’s 1879 Festival Overture on The Star-Spangled Banner followed by Morton Gould’s rousing An American Salute. Solemn trumpet fanfares frame Maurice Ravel’s elegant Le Tombeau de Couperin and Barber’s deeply moving Adagio for Strings. Following intermission, Aaron Copland’s grand Symphony No. 3 brings the afternoon to a triumphant resolution. Experience a concert filled with reflection, remembrance, and reverence for those who have served.

Ticketholders are invited to our "Musically Speaking" talk about the concert program. The talk begins one hour before the concert and will be led by George Scharr, Cape Symphony Orchestra trombonist from 1989 - 2025. 

Military Discount: Enter "Salute20" at checkout and receive 20% off individual ticket prices for patrons that serve or have served in the Armed Services. Limit of two tickets per concert weekend. Must have valid military ID for ticket pick-up.

• Event dates: December 5, 6, & 7, 2025
• Showtimes: Fri 4:00 PM & 8:00 PM; Sat 3:00 & 7:30 PM; Sun 1:00 & 5:00 PM
• Featured Artists:

  Alyssa Wang, Music Director, Conductor
  Patrice Tiedemann, Soprano
  Chatham Chorale
  Cape Symphony Dance Company
  Cape Symphony Youth Orchestra (at Saturday's concerts)

  Location:
  Barnstable Performing Arts Center
  744 West Main Street, Hyannis, MA 02601

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CapePOPS! 2

Bring on the sparkle and joy! Your Cape Symphony Orchestra plays all things merry and bright at our beloved Holiday on the Cape concert. We’ll have classic carols, spirited sleigh bells, holiday movie music, and brilliant performances by the Chatham Chorale, the Cape Symphony Dance Company, and, appearing specially at Saturday’s concerts, the Cape Symphony Youth Orchestra. Bring family, bring friends… there’s nothing like a Holiday on the Cape.

Alyssa Wang takes the podium for the first time as Cape Symphony's Music Director at these wonderful performances. 

• Event dates: January 24 & 25, 2026
• Showtimes: Sat 4:00 PM, Sun 3:00 PM
• Featured Artists:

  Alyssa Wang, Music Director, Conductor
  Awadagin Pratt, Piano

  Location:
  Barnstable Performing Arts Center
  744 West Main Street, Hyannis, MA 02601

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Masterpiece 3

Come with us to the heart and soul of Vienna, a stunningly beautiful city which over the centuries has given rise to boundless musical brilliance. Your Cape Symphony Orchestra will perform some of its finest. Our captivating program opens with Arnold Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 2, a rich and expressive work that bridges the gap between tradition and modernism. We are then honored to welcome celebrated pianist Awadagin Pratt to the stage, bringing his exceptional insight and intensity to Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23, a masterpiece of elegance and lyrical beauty. After an intermission, Beethoven’s exhilarating Symphony No. 7 closes the afternoon with its irresistible energy and triumphant spirit. Don’t miss this wonderful voyage through Vienna’s legendary soundscape, right here on Cape Cod. Music Director Alyssa Wang will conduct. 

Ticketholders are invited to our "Musically Speaking" talk about the concert program. The talk begins one hour before the concert and will be led by George Scharr, Cape Symphony Orchestra trombonist from 1989 - 2025. 

• Event dates: February 21 & 22, 2026
• Showtimes: Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 3:00 PM
• Featured Artists:

  Byron Striplng, Conductor, Trumpet
  Bobby Floyd, Keyboards

  Location:
  Barnstable Performing Arts Center
  744 West Main Street, Hyannis, MA 02601

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CapePOPS! 3 

Step into a world of toe-tapping rhythms as Byron Stripling returns to the Cape Symphony stage to take you on a high-spirited journey through these iconic American genres in signature style, with plenty of entertaining and humorous vignettes along the way. The program showcases ragtime master Scott Joplin, blues legend Muddy Waters, and more, with a rousing finale you won’t soon forget. Byron is joined by Bobby Floyd of the Ray Charles, Dr. John, and Count Basie Bands.

• Event dates: April 11 & 12, 2026
• Showtimes: Sat 4:00 PM, Sun 3:00 PM
• Featured Artists:

  Avi Stein, Guest Conductor, Harpsichord
  Jae Cosmos Lee, Violin

  Location:
  Barnstable Performing Arts Center
  744 West Main Street, Hyannis, MA 02601

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Masterpiece 4

Experience the beauty of nature through music in this evocative program celebrating the sounds of the natural world. From the mystical call of The Swan of Tuonela to the delicate avian portraits in Respighi’s The Birds, each expressive piece beautifully conveys the wonders of the wild. Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus weaves recorded birdsong into an orchestral tapestry, immersing listeners in the haunting soundscape of the Arctic.

Following an intermission, Concertmaster Jae Cosmos Lee will bring vivid depictions of nature’s changing moods to shimmering life in Vivaldi’s beloved The Four Seasons.

Ticketholders are invited to our "Musically Speaking" talk about the concert program. The talk begins one hour before the concert and will be led by Assistant Conductor Joe Marchio.