Events

09.26.2026
AutochthonoUS: Stories of WE the People

Long Center for the Performing Arts

Autochthonous refers to peoples originating in the place where they are found presently – despite ancestral background or genetic origination. This program celebrates the many vibrant and multifaceted identities of the collective American spirit, but it was inspired by this single word that is a constant compass toward unity.

Featured works: Candide Overture (Leonard Bernstein), Symphony No. 4 “Authocthonous” (William Grant Still), Fanfare for Life (Kimo Williams), Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein)

10.24.2026
The Art of Jean Sibelius

Long Center for the Performing Arts

Explore the mastery of Finnish composer, Jean Sibelius, a visionary who carved a rugged, singular path through the landscape of modern music.

Featured works: an all-Sibelius program including Excerpts from Strings in A-minor,  “The Swan of Tuonela, No. 3 from “Lemminkäinen,” and Symphony No.5, op.82, E-flat major

11.13.2026
The B-Side, Track 1
Unframed: Art Out Loud

Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

Art meets music in this B-Side/Friday Night Live Collaboration with the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette!

12.04.2026
The B-Side, Track 2
Holiday Brass: Jingle Jamboree

The Arts Federation

Enjoy a festive concert featuring interactive brass and percussion performances spanning holiday favorites, inviting audiences to sing along and kick off the season with joy.

12.12.2026
Holiday Pops: Mistletoe & Magic

Long Center for the Performing Arts

Not just a concert; this evening will be a high-definition, live-soundtrack celebration of every memory that makes the holidays magic with LSO’s Principal Pops Conductor, José Valencia.

2.05.2027
Lollipop Family Concert
Symphonic Adventures: Rhapsody in Blue!

Long Center for the Performing Arts

Embark on a fun-filled musical adventure for all ages that explores the sounds of America through storytelling and exciting music inspired by jazz, folk, and classical traditions.

Join us before the concert for the Instrument Petting Zoo!

3.04.2027
The B-Side, Track 3
Celtic Connections

Rat Pak Venue

This March, we’re moving beyond the green beer to bring you the true, heart-thumping soul of the Emerald Isle and the Highlands. Celtic Connections is a guided chamber music journey that explores the deep, mist-covered roots of Celtic music and its surprising branches right here in our own backyard.

4.17.2027
Past & Presence

Long Center for the Performing Arts

This program explores the concept of “looking back to leap forward,” featuring four composers who reached into the musical or visual past to find a fresh, contemporary voice.

Featured Works: Symphony No. 49 “La Passione” (Franz Joseph Haydn),Out of the Silence (William Grant Still), Trittico Botticelliano, P.15 (Ottorino Respighi)

5.08.2027
Songs of the Sea
Keller Showcase

Long Center for the Performing Arts

This program captures the awe-inspiring presence of the sea – a force that has long served as a mirror for the human psyche. From the rugged, jagged coastline of Cornwall to the vast, impressionistic horizons of the French Atlantic, these works explore the ocean not merely as  a setting, but as a character in our story.

Featured Works: Kol Nidrei (Max Bruch) with Keller Competition winner Tiana Lin, The Wreckers: Overture (Ethel Smyth), La Mer (Claude Debussy)

5.20.2027
The B-Side, Track 4
An Evening with Tuffus Zimbabwe & Friends

MatchBOX

Join us for an exclusive performance featuring Tuffus Zimbabwe—renowned pianist for the Saturday Night Live Band—as he steps center stage for an intimate evening of world-class rhythm, rhyme, and storytelling.

6.12.2027
The B-Side, Track 5
Mischievous Musicale: A Night of Comic Operetta

Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette

The Lafayette Symphony Orchestra is joining forces with the Lafayette Civic Theatre for a one-of-a-kind collaboration that proves classical music has a wicked sense of humor. This isn’t your typical night at the opera; it’s a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud journey through the dramas, dilemmas, and “did-that-really-just-happen” moments of everyday life. Forget the subtitles and the stiff collars – we’re bringing the theater to life with a wink and a nod.