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The Western University Symphony Orchestra’s repertoire is representative of works from the symphonic repertoire, opera, oratorio and contemporary compositions. The orchestra also collaborates with Opera Workshop and the university’s choral ensembles. The annual Maritsa Brookes Concerto Competition allows student performers to present a full concerto with orchestra.

Conductor: Simone Luti
Auditions: Audition required. Open to all Western University students. Audition information
Rehearsals: Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:30-5:30 p.m. Rehearsal information
Strings Division
Winds, Brass & Percussion Division

2026-27 Performances

Please read the Audience Information page before joining us on campus.
Concert programs are available for download up to a week in advance.
Durations are estimated.

The titles for this year's Western University Symphony Orchestra concerts are taken from Walt Whitman's poem "Darest Thou O Soul.", put in music by Vaughan Williams.

Friday, November 6, 2026 7:30pm Paul Davenport Theatre (1.5 hours)

Toward the Unknown Region

Music by Vaughan Williams, Dvořák & Mozart

Featuring Western University Singers choir performing Williams' "Toward the Unknown Region" and 2025-26 Maritsa Brookes Concerto Competition finalist Abigail Greenland, cello.

Saturday, November 28 at 3pm Paul Davenport Theatre (1.5 hours)

Maps and Guides for Time and Space

Music by Beethoven & Brahms

Friday, February 12, 2027 12:30pm Paul Davenport Theatre (1 hour)

III

No Darkness. No Gravitation.

Music by Rachmaninov, Ibert & others

Featuring 2025-26 Maritsa Brookes Concerto Competition finalists Andrea He, piano and Evan Cheng, saxophone

Friday, April 9, 2027 7:30pm Paul Davenport Theatre (1.5 hours)

Equipt at Last

Music by Tchaikovsky & others

Performance Excerpts

Excerpts from Gershwin's An American in Paris
Conductor: Simone Luti, March 2025

Halloween Concert - Excerpt from Klaus Badelt's Pirates of the Caribbean Suite (arr. Ted Ricketts)
Conductor: Simone Luti, November 2024