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Allentown Symphony Orchestra Series
2025-2026 ASO Season Subscriptions
FREE TICKETS available for everyone 21 and under for most Allentown Symphony Orchestra concerts* thanks to grants from PPL and The Century Fund. Stop by or call the Box Office to order at 610.432.6715.
Opening Weekend! A re-creation of the very first ASO concert in October 1951!
75th SEASON CELEBRATION:
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS & MORE
Diane Wittry, conductor
Mio Imai, violin
Saturday, October 11, 2025, at 7:30pm
Sunday, October 12, 2025, at 2:00 pm
Program to Include:
BEDRICH SMETANA The Moldau
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty
GEORGE GERSHWIN An American in Paris
CLAUDE DEBUSSY Clair De Lune
BEETHOVEN'S 8TH
Diane Wittry, conductor
Third Coast Percussion
Clarice Assad, composer & performer
Saturday, November 8, 2025, at 7:30pm
Sunday, November 9, 2025, at 2:00 pm
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Rondo in the Hungarian Style, Almost a Caprice
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN Andante from Symphony No. 94 “Surprise”
LEROY ANDERSON The Typewriter
CLARICE ASSAD Play! Percussion Concerto
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
EMANUEL AX PLAYS BEETHOVEN
Diane Wittry, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Saturday, February 14, 2026, at 7:30pm
Sunday, February 15, 2026, at 2:00 pm
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
MOZART'S REQUIEM
Diane Wittry, conductor
Allentown Symphony Chorus | Eduardo Azzati, chorus master
Jalayne Mitchell, cello
Saturday, April 25, 2026, at 7:30pm
Sunday, April 26, 2026, at 2:00 pm
AUTUMN MARIA REED Mental Health Suite: The Persistent Past & The Fearful Future
JOE JAXSON Cello Concerto (World Premiere)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Requiem
Season Finale
MAHLER'S TITAN
Diane Wittry, conductor
THE WILLIAM J. FENZA MEMORIAL CONCERT
Erik Ralske, principal horn of The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 2:00 pm
GRAZYNA BACEWICZ Overture
RICHARD STRAUSS Horn Concerto No. 1
GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 1 “Titan”
BROADWAY ROCKS — WICKED, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, & MORE
Diane Wittry, conductor
Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 7:30pm
This high energy evening brings together exciting vocalists from the Broadway stage performing selections from both Rock and contemporary Broadway hits. Featured in this show are selections from such popular musicals as Wicked, The Lion
King, and Phantom of the Opera and some of rock’s greatest hits currently on Broadway such as Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Bohemian Rhapsody, and Man in the Mirror.
HOLIDAY POPS
Diane Wittry, conductor
TWO SHOWS!
Saturday, December 20, 2025, at 2:00pm & 7:30pm
A sell-out every year and now an Allentown holiday music tradition! Enjoy classics, carols, sing-a-longs, plus special guest artists, dancers, spotlight high school chorus, and Santa!! Perfect for family, friends, and co-workers.
HAVANA NIGHTS — THE MAMBO KINGS WITH CAMILLE ZAMORA
Saturday, January 24 2026, at 7:30pm
Even in January, you can’t avoid the heat at Miller Symphony Hall. Join us for this sultry night of unforgettable Latin sounds featuring Camille Zamora, in her second appearance on our stage, and the Mambo Kings, one of the hottest Latin jazz ensembles anywhere. You’ll be transported by the passionate rhythms and fiery energy.
SPACE: THE FINAL FRONTIER — STAR WARS, THE PLANETS, & MORE
Diane Wittry, conductor
Jesse Posa, vocalist
TWO SHOWS!
Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm
With 300 orbital launches expected in 2025, the final frontier is in the news. Join us for this exploration of space including music from movies and television such as Star Wars and Star Trek, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and ET; classical and popular favorites favorites such as “Mars” and “Jupiter” from Holst’s The Planets, Moonlight Sonata, and Fly Me to the Moon.
DANCING QUEEN — THE MUSIC OF ABBA
featuring Jeans 'n Classics
TWO SHOWS!
Saturday, July 18, 2026, at 2:00pm and 7:30 pm
Perhaps a night of ABBA music is the ultimate “guilty pleasure” for us all. With hundreds of millions of albums sold, some fifty years after they first formed the music of ABBA can still be heard - and seen – everywhere.
Featuring four amazing Jeans ’n Classics vocalists and rock band performing the iconic songs of ABBA in all their pop, rock, dance, and evocative ballad glory, with symphony… Mamma Mia!!! Hear these top hits and more: Knowing Me Knowing You, Waterloo, SOS, Fernando, The Winner Takes It All and more!