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Evanston Symphony Orchestra

Lawrence Eckerling, Music Director

Make sure your holiday season starts with the best holiday event in Evanston!

Don’t miss enjoying these favorite Yule festivities with your family and friends … and you can take advantage of our special rates for a package of 2 adult tickets and 3 children’s tickets.

Holiday Concerts Venue:

Evanston Township High School Auditorium

1600 Dodge Avenue, Evanston
See map.

Tickets

All tickets are assigned seating.
Please call 847-864-8804 for wheelchair accessible tickets.

Advance Sales

$42 Adult, $36 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student

Children Free

Children 12 and younger are admitted absolutely FREE, but must have an assigned seat.
Please call 847.864.8804 or email tickets@evanstonsymphony.org for all orders with children’s tickets.

At the Door Sales

$47 Adult, $41 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student

2026–2027 SERIES SUBSCRIPTION

Three-concert Subscription

$111.75 Adults, $99.00 Seniors, $15 Students

Ticket Pricing and Box Office Info

Program

Program Notes

Evanston Symphony Announces Auditions for Principal Horn

The Evanston Symphony will hold auditions for principal horn of the Evanston Symphony Orchestra on September 8, 2022.

There are some important things to know before you audition.

We rehearse on Tuesday nights 7:30-10pm.  We expect attendance at all rehearsals.

Rehearsals of concert week are Tuesday, 7:15-10 pm, and Saturday, usually at 12:30-3:30 pm. These rehearsals are mandatory.

WANTED: Stage Equipment Mover

Seeking a Stage Equipment Mover for 10 small local moves!
WHERE?: Moves are in the Evanston/ Skokie/ Wilmette area

One of the fastest rising stars in the violin world, Indian-American Maya Anjali Buchanan, makes her belated ESO debut in the dazzling and difficult concerto by Tchaikovsky. The concert opens with a rousing French showpiece, Berlioz’ Roman Carnival Overture, and concludes with Mussorgsky’s monumental Pictures at an Exhibition in its resplendent orchestration by the Frenchman Maurice Ravel. The last of Mussorgsky’s pictures provides one of the ultimate climaxes in music—the “Great Gate of Kiev.”

Subscription Series Concerts Venue:

Pick-Staiger Concert Hall

50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston
See map.

Tickets

All tickets are assigned seating.
Please call 847-864-8804 for wheelchair accessible tickets.

Advance Sales

$42 Adult, $36 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student

Children Free

Children 12 and younger are admitted absolutely FREE, but must have an assigned seat.
Please call 847.864.8804 or email tickets@evanstonsymphony.org for all orders with children’s tickets.

At the Door Sales

$47 Adult, $41 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student

2026–2027 SERIES SUBSCRIPTION

Three-concert Subscription

$111.75 Adults, $99.00 Seniors, $15 Students

Ticket Pricing and Box Office Info

Soloist

Musical Insights

Free Pre-Concert Preview Series!

Musical Insights Icon

Enhance your concert experience with a sneak preview — Composers come alive and their passions take center stage when ESO Maestro Lawrence Eckerling takes you on an insider’s tour of the history and highlights behind the music.

Meet our soloist, Tierra Whetstone, Mezzo Soprano, at Musical Insights. She and our Maestro Lawrence Eckerling will explore the May concert program in depth.
May 21, Friday, at 1:30 pm

Merion’s Crystal Ballroom

529 Davis St, Evanston.
FREE and open to the public.

Please RSVP to 847-570-7815.

Light refreshments will be served and casual tours of apartments will be available after the program.

Subscription Series Concerts Venue:

Pick-Staiger Concert Hall

50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston
See map.

Tickets

All tickets are assigned seating.
Please call 847-864-8804 for wheelchair accessible tickets.

Advance Sales

$42 Adult, $36 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student

Children Free

Children 12 and younger are admitted absolutely FREE, but must have an assigned seat.
Please call 847.864.8804 or email tickets@evanstonsymphony.org for all orders with children’s tickets.

At the Door Sales

$47 Adult, $41 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student

2026–2027 SERIES SUBSCRIPTION

Three-concert Subscription

$111.75 Adults, $99.00 Seniors, $15 Students

Ticket Pricing and Box Office Info

Soloist

Musical Insights

Free Pre-Concert Preview Series!

Musical Insights Icon

Enhance your concert experience with a sneak preview — Composers come alive and their passions take center stage when ESO Maestro Lawrence Eckerling takes you on an insider’s tour of the history and highlights behind the music.

Meet our soloist, Adé Williams, violin, at Musical Insights. She and our Maestro Lawrence Eckerling will explore the April concert program in depth.
April 2, Friday, at 1:30 pm

Merion’s Crystal Ballroom

529 Davis St, Evanston.
FREE and open to the public.

Please RSVP to 847-570-7815.

Light refreshments will be served and casual tours of apartments will be available after the program.

ESO favorite Irina Muresanu returns in one of Prokofiev’s most lyrical inspirations, the Second Violin Concerto, which was composed while he was also working on his great ballet Romeo and Juliet. The program opens with Mozart’s effervescent Overture to The Marriage of Figaro and concludes with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, whose huge orchestra and triumphant finale have led many to believe that it is the greatest of all first symphonies.

Program

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Subscription Series Concerts Venue:

Pick-Staiger Concert Hall

50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston
See map.

Tickets

All tickets are assigned seating.
Please call 847-864-8804 for wheelchair accessible tickets.

Advance Sales

$42 Adult, $36 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student

Children Free

Children 12 and younger are admitted absolutely FREE, but must have an assigned seat.
Please call 847.864.8804 or email tickets@evanstonsymphony.org for all orders with children’s tickets.

At the Door Sales

$47 Adult, $41 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student

2026–2027 SERIES SUBSCRIPTION

Three-concert Subscription

$111.75 Adults, $99.00 Seniors, $15 Students

Ticket Pricing and Box Office Info

Soloist

Musical Insights

Free Pre-Concert Preview Series!

Musical Insights Icon

Enhance your concert experience with a sneak preview — Composers come alive and their passions take center stage when ESO Maestro Lawrence Eckerling takes you on an insider’s tour of the history and highlights behind the music.

Meet our soloist, Winston Choi, piano, at Musical Insights. He and our Maestro Lawrence Eckerling will explore the February concert program in depth.
February 12th, Friday, at 1:30 pm

Merion’s Crystal Ballroom

529 Davis St, Evanston.
FREE and open to the public.

Please RSVP to 847-570-7815.

Light refreshments will be served and casual tours of apartments will be available after the program.

Program Notes