Note that concerts this season will be at
The High School of Fashion Industries
225 W 24th St., New York City
This Season’s Concerts
The Greenwich Village Orchestra’s 2024–25 Season kicks off on Sunday, October 6 with a program of beloved classics: Verdi’s dramatic Nabucco Overture, Dvořák’s joyfully bucolic Symphony No. 8, and Saint-Saëns’ thrilling Violin Concerto No. 3, featuring one of our favorite soloists and former Metropolitan Opera Orchestra violinist, Ming-Feng Hsin.
As always, the GVO will offer a season of inspiring symphonic programs, superb guest artists, and a total commitment to bringing the best possible performances of great music to our audience.
Our Sunday afternoon concerts include some of the greatest symphonic works ever written. Join us on November 17 for Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1; February 9 for Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 5; March 23 for Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, featuring transcendent young soprano Kresley Figueroa; and May 4 for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.
Concerts this season will also feature works by contemporary composers Valerie Coleman and Jennifer Higdon, as well as an array of stellar soloists: Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Clarinetist Michael Rusinek returns to perform Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, rising star Wilhelm Magner joins us for Bartok’s Viola Concerto, and Silkroad Ensemble’s Karen Ouzounian rounds out our season with Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1.
Finally, on December 8, we invite kids of all ages to join us for our annual Together in Music Family Concert.
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Tickets
Tickets will be offered for a suggested donation of $30, or $20 for seniors and students. Tickets may be purchased at the door on the day of the concert or at our online store using the “Buy Tickets” buttons when available below. Our online store now offers a discounted season ticket and will soon offer 20% off purchases of six or more tickets.
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Please Note
Together in Music Family Concert
Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 3pm
High School of Fashion Industries
This family friendly event will feature music by Verdi, Bach, Copland, Sullivan, Tchaikovsky & Stravinsky.
Music Director Barbara Yahr will be joined by the GVO’s new assistant conductor Christian Olson, guest conductor Patrik Gelbart, ballerina Mairead Moore, and pianist Ashton Turner.
And of course, we will have our Instrument Petting Zoo after the show!
Children under 12 attend for FREE!
Peace
Sun, Feb 9, 2025 at 3pm
High School of Fashion Industries
- Barbara Yahr, conductor
- Jérôme Chiasson, violin
- Celia Morin, viola
- Higdon blue cathedral
- Mozart Sinfonia Concertante
- Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5
Written in response to World War II, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fifth Symphony conveys the composer’s hope for peace. blue cathedral demonstrates Jennifer Higdon’s exploration of “our inner travels and the places our souls carry us, the lessons we learn, and the growth we experience.”
The Unanswered Question
Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 3pm
High School of Fashion Industries
- Barbara Yahr, conductor
- Kresley Figueroa, soprano
- Ives The Unanswered Question
- Mahler Symphony No. 4
Through the power of endless melody, Charles Ives explores humanity’s “perennial question of existence”. Gustav Mahler composed his Fourth Symphony only a few years before the Ives penned The Unanswered Question, and while they both address similar, profound questions about existence, their musical language could not be more different. While Ives leaves us hanging with the question exquisitely unanswered, Mahler delves into a more spiritual realm, offering—in the end—the serenity that only the voice of an innocent child can evoke. We welcome rising star Kresley Figueroa for the finale of this exquisite symphony.
Exuberance
Sun, May 4, 2025 at 3pm
High School of Fashion Industries
- Barbara Yahr, conductor
- Karen Ouzounian, cello
- Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1
- Beethoven Symphony No. 7
The GVO season wraps up our 2024–25 season with two brilliant works by Haydn and Beethoven. We are thrilled to collaborate with the New York based, multi-talented virtuoso cellist Karen Ouzounian, who makes her GVO debut with the Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major. Haydn was impressed enough with Beethoven’s talent to take him on as a student, though it is doubtful that Papa Haydn could have predicted his student would one day compose a symphony as maniacally energized as the Seventh.
Earlier this season…
Originals
Sun, Oct 6, 2024 at 3pm
High School of Fashion Industries
- Barbara Yahr, conductor
- Ming-Feng Hsin, violin
- Verdi Overture to Nabucco
- Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3
- Dvořák Symphony No. 8
This program of 19th century treasures begins with Giuseppe Verdi’s Overture to Nabucco, known for catchy melodies that helped ignite a nationalist movement in Italy. One of our favorite soloists, former Met Opera violinist Ming-Feng Hsin, returns for Camille Saint-Saëns’ brilliantly inventive Third Violin Concerto. We finish with Antonín Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony, a highly original work imbued with the musical heritage of the Czech composer’s homeland.
Resilience
Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 3pm
High School of Fashion Industries
- Barbara Yahr, conductor
- Michael Rusinek, clarinet
- Coleman Seven O’Clock Shout
- Mozart Clarinet Concerto
- Sibelius Symphony No. 1
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, New Yorkers cheered, banged pots, and sang to express their gratitude to healthcare workers every evening at 7pm. We open our program with Valerie Coleman’s Seven O’Clock Shout, which honors and celebrates this shared experience. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s principal clarinet Michael Rusinek joins us again for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, one of his last and most extraordinary works. Finally, we present Jean Sibelius’ First Symphony, a work that traverses triumph and turbulence as only Sibelius can.
This season is made possible, in part, by a generous bequest from Janet Whitt, a longtime violinist with the orchestra. We proudly dedicate the season in memory of Janet and are grateful for her generous support.
The Greenwich Village Orchestra is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.