Relive your favorite fairy tales, get lost in the woods with Hansel and Gretel, fight the Mouse King with the Nutcracker and, see the Afternoon of a Faun and let it go with Frozen.
March 14, 2026 at 7:30pm
Tualatin Valley Academy
7405 E Main Street, Hillsboro, OR
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Fairy Tales, Fables, and Fanfares
Once Upon a Symphony:
Get ready for a whirlwind musical adventure as all three ensembles of the Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra take the stage for an unforgettable evening of rhythm and revelry! Audience members are invited to get up and dance.
April 24, 2026 at 7:30pm
Walters Cultural Arts Center
527 East Main Street Hillsboro, OR
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From Salsa to Lindy Hop
A World of Dance
Victory at Sea honors the navy forces that fought in World War II. Cornish Villagers are the opportunistic heroes of Ethyl Smyth's opera The Wreckers. Lastly, Beethoven's awe inspiring Symphony #3, Eroica, originally dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte.
This concert will be pay what you can. We will accept any donation amount as your admission at the door.
May 16, 2026 at 7:30pm
Hidden Creek Community Center
5100 NE Hidden Creek Dr, Hillsboro, OR
Defiant Hearts:
A Concert of Heroics, Havoc, and Hope
PLEASE BE AWARE, we have two concert venues:
November and May concerts are held at Hidden Creek Community Center:
Hidden Creek Community Center
5100 NE Hidden Creek Drive
Hillsboro, OR 97124
If needed, additional parking is available at 53rd Avenue Community Park, across NE 53rd Avenue from the community center, and there is a flashing-light crosswalk at the NE Hidden Creek Drive/NE 53rd Avenue intersection.
Your Visit
Our March performance will be at The Tualatin Valley Academy:
Tualatin Valley Academy
7405 E Main Street
Hillsboro, OR 97123
If needed, additional parking is available at the shopping center across East Main Street and there is a traffic light controlled crosswalk to safely cross East Main Street.
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Spring 2018:
The Music of Fantasia:
Dance of the Hours
Night on Bald Mountain
The Pastoral Symphony
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Selections from the Nutcracker Suite
Winter 2018:
Playing Favorites:
Adagio by Barber
Duel of the Fates
Poet and Peasant Overture
Yoda’s Theme
Fall 2017:
The Music of John Williams:
E. T.
Harry Potter
Indiana Jones
Schindler’s List
Superman
Star Wars
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Spring 2017:
Music for the Wild West
William Tell Overture
The Magnificent Seven
The Light Cavalry Overture
Hoedown
Winter 2017:
Music for the Generations
Beethoven
Brahms
Schubert
Tchaikovsky
Fall 2016:
Honoring Those Who Serve
Armed Forces Medley
Haydn’s Symphonie Militaire
Stars and Stripes Forever
‘True Survivor’ from Kung Fury
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Spring 2016: Pirates!
Pirates of the Caribbean
Robin Hood and His Merry Men
Over the Waves Waltz
An Outdoor Overture
Winter 2016:
Celebrating Shakespeare
Selections from West Side Story
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Romeo and Juliet
Autumn 2015:
Music to Celebrate America
American Salute – Morton Gould
Aura Lee – arr. David Robertson
Fanfare for the Common Man – Aaron Copeland
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 – Ludwig van Beethoven
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Spring 2015:
Movie Night
Themes from 007 – Norman/McCartney/Barry
2001: A Space Odyssey – Strauss
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic – Bratton
The Pirates of the Caribbean – Badelt
With special guests The Rose City Trombones
Winter 2015:
Violin Concerto – Saint-Saens
featuring Anthea Kreston
Foxbridge – Todd
L’Arlesienne Suite No. I – Bizet
featuring Carl Gutmann-soloist
Eine Kliene Nachtmusik – Mozart
featuring the Brass Section
Holiday 2014:
Star Spangled Banner – Key
The Faithful Shepherd Suite – Handel
Tarras Suite – arr. Olenick
Radetzky-Marsch – Strauss
Les Preludes – Liszt
L’Arlesienne Suite No. I – Bizet
Sleigh Ride – Anderson
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Batman Theme – Hefti
Band of Brothers – Kamen
Music from Apollo 13 – Horner
Harry Potter – Williams
Themes of 007 – Norton, Conti McCarney, Barry
Star Wars – Williams
Russian Easter Festival Overture – Rimsky-Korsakov
Italian Girl in Algiers – Rossini
Rhosymedre – Vaughan Williams
Symphony #83 – Haydn
The Water Music Suite for Brass – Handel
Naftule, Naftule – Brandwein arr./soloist Jeffery Olenick
Peer Gynt-Suite 1 – Edvard Grieg
Unfinished Symphony 8 – P. Shubert
La Belle Helene Overture – J. Offenbach
Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
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Teddy Bears’ Picnic – John Bratton
Symphonie Fantastique (4th mvt) – Hector Belioz
Symphony No. 8 in g Major – Antonin Dvorack
Unlock the story behind the music
The performance of Anton Dvorak’s Carnival Overture accompanied by the rarely performed romantic Roman Carnival Overture by Hector Berlioz. Carnaval - Thomas Stone, Allan Halbert. Two piano soloists by Dianne Davies and May Wong.
CDs of this concert are available for purchase at the next concert.
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Victory at Sea arranged by R. Rodgers; Titanic; Song of the Sea and more. Bernie Kuehn was our special guest conductor for Psalm and Fugue Opus40a for strings by Hovhaness. A Salute to the Big Bands, arranged by Calvin Custer, was dedicated to Cornell Estates in celebration of their 20th anniversary.CDs of this concert are available for purchase at the next concert.
