The Music of Studio Ghibli
Friday, September 18, 2026
Pease Auditorium | 7:30 PM
Wilbur Lin guest conductor
Back by popular demand! Joe Hisaishi’s spellbinding scores to Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning films are brought to life by the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor Wilburn Lin.
Appalachian Spring & Pathétique
Sunday, October 11, 2026
Hill Auditorium | 3:00 PM
Maria Ioudenitch violin
Earl Lee conductor & Music Director
Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring Suite
Samuel Barber Violin Concerto
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
The Lord of the Rings Symphony
Friday, October 23, 2026
Hill Auditorium | 7:30 PM
Kaitlyn Lusk soprano
U-M Men’s Glee Club
U-M Women’s Glee Club
Robert Boardman guest conductor
Journey to Middle-earth as the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra brings Howard Shore’s unforgettable Lord of the Rings soundtrack to life at Hill Auditorium.
Holiday Pops
Saturday, December 19, 2026
Hill Auditorium | 7:00 PM
PRISM
Earl Lee conductor & Music Director
Experience a symphony of lights, sights, and sounds as the A2SO brings its beloved 16th annual Holiday Pops event to Ann Arbor’s Hill Auditorium.
Beethoven’s Pastoral
Saturday, January 23, 2027
Pease Auditorium | 7:00 PM
Aaron Berofsky violin & Concertmaster
Earl Lee conductor & Music Director
Iman Habibi Jeder Baum Spricht (“Every Tree Speaks”)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5, Turkish
Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Queens & Rach
Saturday, February 19, 2027
Hill Auditorium | 7:00 PM
Karen Slack soprano
Aristo Sham piano
Earl Lee conductor & Music Director
Backnificent 7 African Queens
Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3
Disney’s Frozen in Concert
Saturday, March 20, 2027
Michigan Theater | 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Jacob Joyce guest conductor
Experience Disney’s Frozen like never before with Christophe Beck’s GRAMMY-nominated score live to film!
Saturday, April 3, 2027
Hill Auditorium | 7:30 PM
Brooklyn Rider string quartet
Dane Lam guest conductor
Gioachino Rossini Semiramide Overture
Nico Muhly Concerto for String Quartet & Orchestra (Midwest Premiere)
Antonin Dvořák Symphony No. 8
In Recital: Nobu Tsujii
Sunday, April 18, 2027
Rackham Auditorium | 3:00 PM
Nobuyuki Tsujii piano
Frédéric Chopin Nocturn No. 7
Chopin Nocturn No. 8
Chopin Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante
Maurice Ravel Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn
Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel Jeux d’eau
Nicolai Kapustin 8 Concerto Etudes
Seascapes (Season Finale)
Saturday, May 1, 2027
Hill Auditorium | 7:30 PM
Eric Lu piano
Earl Lee conductor & Music Director
Vivian Fung AQUA
Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1
Tod Machover FLOW Symphony
Claude Debussy La Mer
