The Phil

Welcome to The Phil's 2026-2027 Season!

We are delighted to welcome you back for another spectacular season of inspiring music. This season also marks a major milestone for The Phil as we launch a multi-season project to perform all nine of Beethoven's symphonies. We kick off this epic journey in October with his brilliant 7th Symphony and return to it in February for the monumental 9th Symphony.


In October, we'll also bring a touch of musical intrigue to the stage in honor of our Halloween performance date. In December, the ever popular Holiday Pops returns to fill your festive season with cheer. In April, our beloved Drawn to the Music series returns, featuring young artists' interpretations of Grofe's evocative Grand Canyon Suite. The program also features our own Principal Trumpet, Nathan Shower, taking center stage for Arutunian's thrilling Trumpet Concerto. In May, we close the season with a cinematic salute to the epic film scores of  Ennio Morricone and Hans Zimmer, alongside a special performance of the 1st movement of Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto by celebrated Steinway Artist, Everett Leigh.


New Concert Times - In response to feedback we received, we will return to Saturday concerts at 7:30 pm and Sunday afternoon concerts at 2:00 pm. Drawn to the Music performances will continue to be at 2:00 pm on both Saturday and Sunday.


We can't wait to share these incredible musical moments with you!

Drawn to the Music

This program journeys across vivid musical landscapes. John William's The Cowboys Overture opens with cinematic sweep, galloping rhythms, brass fanfares, and the heroic spirit of the American West. Arutunian's Trumpet Concerto places the soloist at center stage in a brilliant, lyrical, and dramatic work that blends virtuosity with Armenian-inflected color. Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite provides the perfect opporunity for our student artists to join the composer in expanding the canvas into five pictorial scenes: sunrise, desert stillness, a burro ride, sunset, and storm. Together, these works celebrate the orchestra's power to tell stories, paint landscapes, and evoke adventure, character, motion, and grandeur through richly colored, immediately engaging sound, with warmth and theatrical immediacy.

 

Williams - The Cowboys Overture

Arutunian - Trumpet Concerto. Nathan Shower, soloist.

Grofe - Grand Canyon Suite. Featuring artisitc interpretations by New Hampshire elementary students.

The Phil

April 17 and 18, 2027

Available Pricing Options

  • Adult : $35.00
  • Adult : $35.00
  • Senior : $30.00
  • Senior : $30.00
  • Streaming : $15.00
  • Student : $10.00
  • Student : $10.00
  • Salem Student : $5.00
  • Salem Student : $5.00

Events

Venue

Seifert Performing Arts Center

Genre

Classical , Music Concert