• Hebrides Overture, Op. 26, by Felix Mendelssohn
• Concerto in E Minor for Violin, Op. 64, by Felix Mendelssohn, Mathias Tacke, violin.
• Symphony No. 5, Op. 107 “Reformation," by Felix Mendelssohn.

The KSO will present a FREE concert of music with a Halloween theme and appropriate for children and adults. There will be trick-or-treating a half hour before the 5:30 concert.

• Rosin Eating Zombies from Outer Space, by Meyer
• In the Hall of the Mountain King, by Grieg
• The Dark Knight, by Howard and Zimmer
• Phantom of the Opera, by Lloyd Webber
• Danse Macabre, by Saint-Saens.
• Darth Vader's Imperial March, by Williams
• A Night on Bald Mountain, by Mussorgsky

These performances are supported in part by Prairie View Dental of Sycamore.

Each year, the KSO presents a concert, not open to the general public, that is specifically for 3rd-, 4th, and 5th-grade students and their teachers from elementary schools in our region.

Let the KSO warm your hearts with the music of the holiday season.  Many holiday favorites including Haydn's Toy Symphony and a seasonal sing-a-long are included in this traditional family concert.  Who knows, maybe the “Big Guy in Red” will make an appearance…..?

This concert is sponsored in part by WNIJ.

Be spellbound by the amazing talent found among Illinois young musicians. The winners of the KSO’s annual Young Artists Competition will perform with the orchestra. They are Ryan Murphy from Maine South High School in Park Ridge, and Nathan Noh, from Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire.

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 by J.S. Bach

Lynn Vogl and Lynn Cook, Flutes

Ann Montzka-Smelser, Violin

Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47, by J. Sibelius

Ryan Murphy, Violin

Piano Concerto in Bb Minor, Op. 23, by P.I. Tchaikovsky

Nathan Noh, Piano

Symphony No. 5 in Bb Major, Op. 100, by S. Prokofiev

This concert is supported in part by the Mary E. Stevens Concert Trust.

Find information on the concerto competition winners here.

• Symphony No. 25, K.183 - W.A. Mozart
• Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld - J. Offenbach
• Symphony No. 5, Op. 64 - P. I. Tchaikovsky

Sponsored in part by Ideal Industries and a generous gift of Jean Juday.