August 13, 2026
Great River Park,
East Hartford, CT
Program Information
Key: Star Spangled Banner
Rogers and Hammerstein: The Sound of Music
Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Ward: America, The Beautiful
Rogers and Hammerstein: Oklahoma
Berlin: God Bless America
Sousa: The Thunderer
The Pride of America
Williams: Star Wars Saga
Sousa: Stars & Stripes
As one of Connecticut’s premier civic orchestras, the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra presents 4-5 classical concerts each year, in addition to popular holiday and summer pops concerts. Its repertoire is comprised of orchestral war horses like Beethoven, Brahms and Tchaikovsky, in addition to lesser known and contemporary works. In 2016 it presented William Perry’s The Silent Years, which accompanied three silent films projected above the orchestra.
Players come from a wide assortment of backgrounds and occupations mostly from Greater Hartford and the Farmington River Valley.
FVSO’s upcoming season features solo performances by Farmington High School alum and Julliard student Lillian Yim, Hartt School faculty Soyean Kim, as well as collaboration with the Farmington Valley Chorale. Read more about FVSO’s upcoming season