The 2024-2025 season of the Orchestra of Northern New York marks the 37th year for the North Country’s only professional symphony orchestra. ONNY’s mission is to share the power of music to inspire, educate, and entertain.
The summer pops concert in July was the first concert this year. New Music Director Colonel Michael J. Colburn (USMC, Ret.) conducted An American Salute, which received rave reviews from all attendees. He will also conduct the other three concerts in the season.
The second concert of the season will be Spaced Out – A Musical Space Odyssey with concerts on October 19, 2024, at 7:30 pm in Hosmer Hall, SUNY Potsdam, and October 20, 2024, at 3 pm in First Presbyterian Church, Watertown.
Long before space travel became a reality, composers were motivated by what they could see – or imagine – in the heavens above. Whether it was the sun, the moon, planets, or stars, these celestial objects have been the source of some of the most inspiring and imaginative music ever heard. Join ONNY as it takes a musical interplanetary journey courtesy of composers ranging from Haydn to John Williams, with a little birthday sojourn in honor of the grandfather of all cinematic space music, Gustav Holst.
The concert includes John Williams’ music from the Star Wars Suite for Orchestra and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Back by popular demand is ONNY’s Holiday in Brass concert. ONNY once again rings in the holiday season courtesy of our virtuoso brass and percussion! We have lined up a new program of music that celebrates the traditions of Christmas and Hannukah with imaginative arrangements of all your holiday favorites. Selections to be performed include Victor Herbert’s March of the Toys, Phil Snedecor’s The Twelve Days of Christmas, Stephen Bulla’s Rhapsody for Hannukah, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Le Chocolat” from The Nutcracker, and Leroy Anderson’s A Christmas Festival, among others. We ho-ho-hope to see you there!
Finally, ONNY waltzes into spring 2025 with a program of music inspired by dance! Delights and Dances will be performed April 26, 2025, at 7:30 pm in Hosmer Hall, SUNY Potsdam, and Sunday, April 27, 2025, at 3 pm in Trinity Episcopal Church, Watertown
The program begins with Respighi’s imaginative and beloved orchestral setting of Renaissance lute music, Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1. African American composer Michael Abels, best known for his film collaborations with Jordan Peele, is the composer of Delights and Dances, a work for string quartet soloists and string orchestra. The work is heavily influenced by Blues, Bluegrass, and other popular styles, and will feature the members of the “Julia Trio + 1” as soloists. The concert concludes with Beethoven’s ultimate tribute to dance, his incomparable Symphony No. 7.
Season tickets offer up to a 15% discount on regular admission tickets. Single tickets are $30 for adults, $27 for seniors and military personnel, $10 for college students, and $ for teens (13-17). Children, 12 and younger, are always admitted free and require a ticket that must be issued in person.
For more information, visit onny.org, call 315-212-3440, or email info@onny.org.