The Olympia Symphony Orchestra has four concerts remaining in its 2026-27 season, starting with a holiday program at the Capitol Theater on Dec. 6 and stretching through mid-April.
Music Director Alexandra Arrieche leads the 65-member orchestra through a season the group has titled KALEIDOSCOPE, according to the orchestra's website. The orchestra has played in the South Puget Sound region since 1947.
Two of six scheduled concerts have already taken place.
Here's what's still on the calendar.
The Snowman — Dec. 6, 3 p.m., Capitol Theater
The next concert pairs a live orchestra with the animated film The Snowman, scored by Howard Blake. The orchestra performs Blake's score while the film plays on screen, according to the orchestra's concert page.
The program also includes John Williams' Somewhere in My Memory from Home Alone and Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme. Local young cellist Alex Chen, winner of the Olympia Symphony's 2026 Young Artists Competition Junior Division, performs the Tchaikovsky. Children are welcome at concerts, according to the orchestra's website.
EMBRACE — Feb. 7, 2027, 3 p.m., Washington Center for the Performing Arts
Seattle Symphony musicians Helen Kim on violin and Katie Liu on viola join the Olympia Symphony for Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra. The program opens with Peggy Glanville-Hicks' Sinfonia Pacifica and closes with Elgar's Enigma Variations.
CONNECT — March 21, 2027, 3 p.m., Capital High School Performing Arts Center
The program features Iman Habibi's Jeder Baum spricht (Every Tree Speaks), Tan Dun's Water Concerto and Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, the "Pastoral."
DREAM — April 18, 2027, 3 p.m., Washington Center for the Performing Arts
The season finale opens with Jimmy López's América Salvaje and includes Kevin Puts' Flute Concerto featuring the orchestra's principal flute, Mary Jensen. Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World," closes the season.
All four concerts begin at 3 p.m. on Sundays. Doors open 60 minutes before curtain, and post-concert conversations with Arrieche and guest artists follow each performance.
