Mostly Modern Festival

June 20, 2026 at 7:30 pm

Season Finale: Mostly Modern Orchestra & Gershwin's "American in Paris"

Aram Demirjian, conductor
Christopher Creviston, saxophone
Mostly Modern Orchestra

Brand-new composer work to be announced from the stage
ROBERT PATERSON: Cocktail Concerto for Saxophone & Orchestra
ARTURO MÁRQUEZ: Danzón No. 2
GEORGE GERSHWIN: American in Paris

Independence Day Concert

Disney’s Fantasia in Concert

Aram Demirjian, conductor
The Philadelphia Orchestra

Fantasia (complete with film)

America at 250

Aram Demirjian, conductor
Sterling Elliott, cello

SOHN: Is This the Happiest Place on Earth?
DVORAK: Cello Concerto No. 1
STILL: Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American)
GERSWIN: An American in Paris

Bach & Bluegrass

Aram Demirjian, conductor
Jeff Midkiff, mandolin

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
O’CONNOR: Appalachia Waltz
HIGDON: Mandolin Concerto

Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony

Aram Demirjian, conductor
Raquel González, soprano
Cierra Byrd, mezzo-soprano
Renée Tatum, alto
John Overholt, tenor
Stephen Salters, baritone

PERRY: Ye Who Seek the Truth
BERNSTEIN: Songfest
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5

Bartok & Bolero

Aram Demirjian, conductor
Jeremy Denk, piano

DEBUSSY: Clair de Lune (arr. Caplet)
BARTOK: Piano Concerto No. 2
MESSIAEN: L’ascension
RAVEL: Bolero

Classical Christmas: Handel’s Messiah

Aram Demirjian, conductor
Song Hee Lee, soprano
Emily Marvosh, alto
Brian Giebler, tenor
Kevin Burdette, bass
Knoxville Choral Society

Handel’s Messiah

Aram Demirjian, conductor
Charlotte Master Chorale
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra

Handel: Messiah

Immortal Beethoven

Aram Demirjian, conductor
Jonathan Biss, piano

CHIN: subito con forza
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3
BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture
SHAW: watermark
BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture

Valentine’s Romance

Aram Demirjian, conductor
Bella Hristova, violin

WAGNER: Tristan and Isolde
KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite from Swan Lake

Peter and the Wolf

Aram Demirjian, conductor
Rhea Carmon, narrator
Mike Anderson, tuba

SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals
WILLIAMS: Tuba Concerto
PROKOFIEV: Classical Symphony
PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf

Brahms’ Requiem

Aram Demirjian, conductor
Ashley Fabian, soprano
Ethan Vincent, baritone
Knoxville Choral Society

SCHACHTER: Four for Gideon
THOMPSON: Selections from Frostiana
BRHAMS: A German Requiem

Mozart & Shostakovich

Aram Demirjian, conductor
Ying Li, piano

BACEWICZ: Overture
MOZART: Piani Concerto No. 20
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5