Undeniably human.
Olympia, Washington
Olympia Symphony Orchestra
Alexandra Arrieche Music Director
About
The sound of the South Sound.
Olympia Symphony is 65 professional musicians and Washington’s capital orchestra, playing for the entire South Puget Sound region since 1947.
An orchestra is about the most improbable thing a community can build, and this one exists because Olympia decided it should. You can stream this music. You can’t stream the experience: a couple of hours when orchestra and audience meet, live and never repeated. Join us in the concert hall soon.
When did you last feel this human?
2026/27 Season: KALEIDOSCOPE
Our Season
LIFT
October 11, 2026, 3:00 p.m.
Washington Center for the Performing Arts
Jessie MONTGOMERY: Banner
Wynton MARSALIS: Blues Symphony
George GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
George GERSHWIN: Catfish Row from Porgy and Bess
James P. JOHNSON: Victory Stride
EVOLVE
November 8, 2026, 3:00 p.m.
Capital High School Performing Arts Center
Darius MILHAUD: The Creation of the World
Igor STRAVINSKY: The Soldier’s Tale
The Snowman
December 6, 2026, 3:00 p.m.
Capitol Theater
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Howard BLAKE: The Snowman
John WILLIAMS (arr. Larry Moore): Somewhere in my Memory from Home Alone
EMBRACE
February 7, 2027, 3:00 p.m.
Washington Center for the Performing Arts
Peggy GLANVILLE-HICKS: Sinfonia Pacifica
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-Flat Major, K. 364
Edward ELGAR: Enigma Variations, Op. 36
CONNECT
March 21, 2027, 3:00 p.m.
Capital High School Performing Arts Center
Iman HABIBI: Jeder Baum spricht (Every Tree Speaks)
Tan DUN: Water Concerto
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”
DREAM
April 18, 2027, 3:00 p.m.
Washington Center for the Performing Arts
Jimmy LÓPEZ: América Salvaje
Kevin PUTS: Flute Concerto
Antonín DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
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