Upcoming Performances

CYSO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (SO) FALL COMMUNITY CONCERT
October 29, 2025 7:00 PM
Benito Juarez Community Academy, Chicago
RESERVE TICKETS

CYSO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (SO) FALL CONCERT
November 9, 2025 7:30 PM
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
RESERVE TICKETS

Past Performances

CYSO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (SO) FEATURING PHILHARMONIC (PO)  05/18/2025
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Conductor: Allen Tinkham

OTTORINO RESPIGHI:
Pini di Roma
I. I pini della Villa Borghese
IV. I pini della Via Appia

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CYSO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SPRING CONCERT 05/10/2025
Pick-Staiger Hall, Northwestern
Conductor: Allen Tinkham

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK:
Carnival Overture

JESSIE MONTGOMERY
Hymn for Everyone

OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Pines of Rome: I., II., III., IV.

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VJA WIND SYMPHONY ILLINOIS SUPERSTATE BAND FESTIVAL 05/09/2025  
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign  
Conductor:  Mark Iwinski

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (TRANS DONALD HUNSBERGER):
Galop

BENJAMIN HORNE:
Deep River

FRANK TICHELI:
Over the Moon

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CYSO WINDY CITY QUINTET CHAMBERPALOOZA 04/13/2025
Curtiss Hall, Fine Arts Building
Coaches: Zach Good & Ben Roidl-Ward; Director: Scott Tegge

AUGUST KLUGHARDT:
Quintet, Op. 79
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Allegro vivace

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CYSO (PO) COMMUNITY CONCERTS: CLASSICAL KIDS LIVE!  3/16 & 3/20/2025
Chicago Public Schools, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
Conductor:  Allen Tinkham

The music and life of 
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Lives Upstairs 

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VJA WIND SYMPHONY, D230 FESTIVAL OF BANDS 03/12/2025
Wheaton College
Conductor:  Mark Iwinski

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VJA JAZZ BAND MIDWEST MUSICAL FESTIVAL 02/22/2025
Prairie State College
Conductor:  Mark Iwinski; Clinicians: Orbert Davis, Ernie Adams, Len'l Glenn-McKinney, Valerie Nicholson

Midwest Musical Festival Jazz Clinic

GORDON GOODWIN
Act Your Age

BRET ZVACEK
Hard Right 

IRVING BERLIN
How Deep Is the Ocean?

MIKE DANA
El Burrito Picante and the Chamber of Doom

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ILMEA ALL-STATE HONORS ORCHESTRA 02/01/2025
Peoria Civic Center
Conductor: Jean R. Perrault

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR:
La Bamboula

WILLIAM WALTON
Symphony No. 2 mvmt. 3

SMITH MOORE
Ring Game mvmt. 6 from: "Scenes from the Life of a Martyr"

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CYSO WINDY CITY QUINTET CHAMBERPALOOZA 12/15/2024
Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University
Coaches: Zach Good & Ben Roidl-Ward; Director: Scott Tegge

MALCOLM ARNOLD:
Three Shanties

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CYSO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA FALL CONCERT 12/08/24
Pick-Staiger Hall, Northwestern
Conductor: Kenny Lee

GABRIELA ORTIZ:
Kauyumari

MASON BATES:
Mothership

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH:
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH:
Symphony No. 5 in D minor: III. Largo, IV. Allegro non troppo

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ILMEA ALL-DISTRICT FESTIVAL, D1 SENIOR ORCHESTRA 11/09/24
Elmhurst University
Conductor: Mina Zikri

PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY:
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin

FLORENCE PRICE:
Symphony No. 3: III. Juba

THOMAS NICKELL:
Arctica

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
Danse Macabre

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VICTOR J. ANDREW WIND SYMPHONY  FALL CONCERT  10/29/24
VJA Performing Arts Center
Director: Mark Iwinski

ALFRED REED:
The Hounds of Spring

FRANK TICHELI:
Wild Nights!

FLORENCE PRICE:
The Old Boatman

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CYSO CONCERT ORCHESTRA SPRING CONCERT 05/05/24
Pick-Staiger Hall, Northwestern
Conductor: Michael Mascari

ELENA ROUSSANOVA:
“The Great Chaplin” Orchestral Suite

ALAN HOVHANESS:
And God Created Great Whales

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS:
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor: I. Allegro non troppo

VASILY KALINNIKOV:
Symphony No. 1 in G minor: II. Andante commodamente

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK:
Symphony No. 9 in E minor:
IV. Allegro con fuoco

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VJA WIND SYMPHONY, D230 FESTIVAL OF BANDS 03/20/24
Orchestra Hall, Chicago    
Director: Mark Iwinski

OSCAR NAVARRO:
Downey Overture

JULIE GIROUX:
One Life Beautiful

ARTURO MÁRQUEZ:
Danzon No. 2

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA:
The Free Lance March

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CYSO CONCERT ORCHESTRA FALL CONCERT 12/03/23
Pick-Staiger Hall, Northwestern
Conductor: Michael Mascari

EFRAIN AMAYA:
Parasol

AVRIL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR:
Sussex Landscape

LEO DELIBES:
Prelude and Mazurka and Czardas from Coppélia

VASILY KALINNIKOV:
Symphony No. 1

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ILMEA ALL-DISTRICT FESTIVAL, D1 SENIOR ORCHESTRA 11/18/23
Elmhurst University
Conductor: Yvonne Davila-Cortes

GIUSEPPE VERDI:
Nabucco Overture

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR:
Overture to The Song of Hiawatha

RUTLEDGE:
Love is Love

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VJA WIND SYMPHONY FALL CONCERT 10/12/23
Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville
Director: Mark Iwinski

ERIC WHITACRE:
October

PINKZEBRA:
Fanfare for a New Era

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA:
The Free Lance March

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CYSO CONCERT ORCHESTRA SPRING CONCERT 05/06/23
Pick-Staiger Hall, Northwestern
Conductor: Michael Mascari

HENRY COWELL:
Old American Country Set I.,II., III., IV., V.

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR:
Danse Nègre, Op. 35, No. 4

ELENA KATS-CHERNIN:
Dance of the Paper Umbrellas

DMITRI KABALEVSKY:
Piano Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro molto

CÉSAR FRANCK:
Symphony in D minor: III. Finale

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VJA WIND SYMPHONY MUSIC FOR ALL FESTIVAL 03/31/23
Butler University, IN
Director: Mark Iwinski

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA:
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine

ROBERT W. SMITH:
Encanto

DAVID MASLANKA:
The Seeker

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VJA WIND SYMPHONY SHOWCASE OF BANDS  02/25/23
Western Illinois University
Director: Mark Iwinski

ROBERT W. SMITH:
Encanto

DONALD GRANTHAM:
Baron Cimetiere’s Mambo

CHRISTOPHER NELSON:
Wayfaring Stranger

DAVID MASLANKA:
The Seeker

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VJA WIND SYMPHONY WINTER CONCERT 01/26/23
Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville
Director: Mark Iwinski

ALFRED REED:
El Camino Real

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA:
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine

CHRISTOPHER NELSON:
Wayfaring Stranger

DAVID MASLANKA:
The Seeker

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CYSO CONCERT ORCHESTRA FALL CONCERT 12/04/2022
Pick-Staiger Hall, Northwestern
Conductor: Michael Mascari

ALEXANDER BORODIN:
Symphony No. 2 I. Allegro moderato

JULIA SCOTT CAREY:
Harvest

MORTON FELDMAN:
On Time and the Instrumental Factor

HOWARD HANSON:
Merry Mount Suite
III. Love Duet;
IV. Prelude to Act II and Maypole Dances
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CYSO DEBUT ORCHESTRA SPRING CONCERT 05/15/22
Pick-Staiger Hall, Northwestern
Conductor: Dana Green

ROSSANO GALANTE:
Genesis

GABRIEL MUSELLA:
Huapango Del Oso

FRANZ LISZT:
Les Preludes

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN:
Symphony No. 1: II. Menuetto, Allegro molto e vivace

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CYSO DEBUT ORCHESTRA FALL CONCERT 12/04/21
Harris Theatre, Chicago
Conductor: Conductor: Dana Green

JOHANNES BRAHMS:
Academic Festival Overture

PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY:
Cossack Dance from Mazeppa

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK:
New World Symphony: I. Adagio