Artistic Director Matthew Aubin kicks off The Chelsea Symphony’s 20th anniversary season with Richard Strauss’s thrilling epic Ein Heldenleben.

This one-night-only performance features two contrasting clarinet concertos: Mozart’s luminous Clarinet Concerto, and Geraldine Green’s jovial Bass Clarinet Concerto. Artistic Director Mark Seto leads the orchestra in a sparkling Romantic gem, Louise Farrenc’s Third Symphony.

Celebrate the season with The Chelsea Symphony! Please note the Thursday date and the location on W. 86th St. Our annual holiday concert features wintry favorites by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, along with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s cheerful Bassoon Concerto.

Twenty years ago, The Chelsea Symphony’s inaugural season paired the complete Brahms symphonies with new works by up-and-coming composers. In this program, we revisit Brahms’s magisterial Fourth Symphony and present a premiere by a composer who has been with TCS since the beginning, Aaron Dai.

Matthew Aubin and TCS Conducting Fellow Valentina Paolucci lead a vibrant program of music from South America and the United States.

Matthew Aubin and Mark Seto conduct a special, one-night-only performance of contemporary American works for soloist and orchestra. The program features premieres by Adolphus Hailstork, Michael J. Miller, TCS Composition Fellow Aidan Gold, and more.

In commemoration of Juneteenth, TCS Conducting Fellow Nicolás Gómez Amín leads two exuberant works that celebrate the Black American experience: Florence Price’s Dances in the Canebrakes and Carlos Simon’s Four Black American Dances.