The Brookline Symphony Orchestra, led by acclaimed Music Director Andrew Altenbach, is thrilled to announce its 2025-2026 concert season – a vivid musical journey designed to inspire, delight, and connect our community.
This season, audiences will be swept away by iconic symphonies from Beethoven, Mozart, Sibelius, and Mendelssohn, alongside evocative works from Bizet, Wagner, Stravinsky, and the acclaimed contemporary composer Kaija Saariaho. The Brookline community will also welcome rising stars: 2025 Bouix Concerto Competition winners Emma Lee (violin) and Jonathan McGarry (horn)—as featured soloists, showcasing the future of classical music.
Brookline Symphony Orchestra opens the season with a night of Spanish-inspired music on Saturday, October 18, 2025 with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol, Georges Bizet’s Carmen Suites, and Manuel de Falla’s The Three-Cornered Hat Suite 2. Highlighting the evening is Pablo de Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen, featuring violinist Emma Lee.
Continuing into 2026, the winter concert is on Saturday, January 10 with two symphonies: Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 “Reformation” and Ludwig van Beethoven’s energetic Symphony No. 7. On Saturday, March 14, the orchestra will perform Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman Overture, and Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 3. Concerto Competition winner Jonathan McGarry will perform Richard Strauss’ Horn Concert No. 1. For the Saturday, May 20 concert, programming includes Kaija Saariaho’s Ciel d’hiver, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 28, “Prague”, and ends with the powerful Firebird by Igor Stravinsky. The 2025-2026 Season concludes on Sunday, June 14 with the Summer Pops Concert.
All Brookline Symphony Orchestra concerts will take place at All Saints Parish at 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02445. Tickets are $20-25 general admission, $15 seniors, $10 students, and free for children 12 & under. EBT, WIC, or ConnectorCare cardholders can purchase $5 admission to concerts for up to 4 people.
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About Brookline Symphony Orchestra
Created in the 1950s, the Brookline Symphony Orchestra thrived for many years, but went on hiatus in 2001.
In 2010, a group of friends dedicated to bringing classical music to the community revived theorganization to make it an integral part of the Brookline community and beyond.
We seek to presentconcerts of the highest quality. Our orchestra members are talented musicians — amateur, student, andprofessional — who volunteer their time to create an organization of which Brookline can be proud.
