OLYMPIA SYMPHONY
ALEXANDRA ARRIECHE Music Director & Conductor
2026-27 SEASON KALEIDOSCOPE
THE KALEIDOSCOPE SEASON IS HERE!
Single Tickets will go on sale Tuesday August 11
EXPLORE KALEIDOSCOPE
LIFT
America has never had one sound.
LIFT opens Olympia Symphony’s 2026/27 season, Kaleidoscope, with music shaped by anthem, blues, jazz, stride, opera, joy, memory, resilience, and hope.
Hear Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with guest artist Calder Failla, plus Jessie Montgomery’s Banner, Wynton Marsalis’s Blues Symphony, Gershwin’s Catfish Row, and James P. Johnson’s Victory Stride.
Sun. Oct. 11, 2026 | 3:00pm
Washington Center for the Performing Arts
EMBRACE
Some music feels like a hand reaching back.
EMBRACE brings Olympia Symphony together with Seattle Symphony musicians Helen Kim and Katie Liu for Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, a beautiful conversation between violin and viola.
The program also features Peggy Glanville-Hicks’ Sinfonia Pacifica and Elgar’s Enigma Variations, a musical portrait of friendship, memory, and community.
Sun. Feb. 7, 2027 | 3:00pm
Washington Center for the Performing Arts
EVOLVE
A soldier. A violin. A devil. A world being born.
EVOLVE brings two theatrical works together in one intimate concert of story, rhythm, and transformation.
Hear Darius Milhaud’s jazz-infused The Creation of the World and Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale, featuring Aaron Lamb, Artistic Director of Harlequin Productions, as narrator.
Sun. Nov. 8, 2026 | 3:00pm
Capital High School Performing Arts Center
CONNECT
Olympia knows water.
Rain, mist, inlets, rivers, storms, and stillness.
In CONNECT, water has no frontiers. It becomes sound, movement, rhythm, and reflection in Tan Dun’s Water Concerto, featuring percussionist Svet Stoyanov. Paired with Iman Habibi’s Jeder Baum spricht and Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, this concert turns the natural world into a living presence.
Sun. Mar. 21, 2027 | 3:00pm
Capital High School Performing Arts Center
THE SNOWMAN
Looking for a holiday concert the whole family will enjoy?
Olympia Symphony’s The Snowman returns to the Capitol Theater with the beloved animated film shown with live orchestra, plus John Williams’ Somewhere in My Memory from Home Alone and Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme featuring local young artist Alex Chen.
Sun. Dec. 6, 2026 | 3:00pm
Capitol Theater
DREAM
The season began with LIFT, asking what American music sounds like when many voices rise together.
DREAM brings that question full circle, widening the lens from America as a nation to America as a continent.
Join Olympia Symphony for a sweeping season finale featuring Jimmy López’s América Salvaje, Kevin Puts’ Flute Concerto with Mary Jensen, and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.”
Sun. April 18, 2027 | 3:00pm
Washington Center for the Performing Arts
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
"Alexandra Arrieche has a unique ability to pick interesting modern orchestral works as well as classical pieces that make for an interesting experience. Demarre McGill's performance was truly transporting. The Q&A session was well worth staying to hear. I found the discussion enlightening."
"Mesmerizing, tremendous virtuosity, cohesive orchestra playing so well together with the soloist. Grand ensemble."
"I love the Olympia Symphony. I have been attending for over 20 years and I love how the Symphony has evolved and it becomes better year by year. I am thankful we have such an excellent symphony in Olympia."
"The three of us walked out of the theater talking about how wonderful that symphony concert was. The same discussion continued out on the sidewalk, into a restaurant, and during dinner. Fabulous!"
"My first OSO symphony event and I loved it. I was very impressed by Alex’s interactive approach with the audience. She commands with connection with the orchestra was amazing to watch. Everything felt so cohesive. The emotion she brought out in directing that piece really stayed with me."
"Absolutely delightful. We couldn't stop talking about it afterward. The orchestra is simply wonderful to listen to and watch."
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