The Music of Studio Ghibli (Pops Season Opener)
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 Wilbur Lin.
Appalachian Spring & Pathétique (MainStage Season Opener)
Sunday, October 11, 2026
Hill Auditorium | 3:00 PM
Amaryn Olmeda violin
Earl Lee conductor & Music Director
Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring Suite
Samuel Barber Violin Concerto
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
Concertmaster Chamber Series: Berofsky & Friends
Saturday, October 17, 2026
First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor | 7:00 PM
Sunday, October 18, 2026
First Presbyterian Church of Ypsilanti | 7:00 PM
Programmed and led by A2SO Concertmaster Aaron Berofsky, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra’s Concertmaster Chamber Series features free, intimate performances in some of Southeast Michigan’s most enthralling and engaging spaces.
Free and open to the public with reservations.
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 | 7:30 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
Concertmaster Chamber Series: Berofsky & Friends
Friday, February 5, 2027
Northside Community Church | 7:00 PM
Saturday, February 6, 2027
First Presbyterian Church of Saline | 7:00 PM
Sunday, February 7, 2027
First Presbyterian Church of Ypsilanti | 3:00 PM
Programmed and led by A2SO Concertmaster Aaron Berofsky, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra’s Concertmaster Chamber Series features free, intimate performances in some of Southeast Michigan’s most enthralling and engaging spaces.
Free and open to the public with reservations.
Queens & Rach
Saturday, February 19, 2027
Hill Auditorium | 7:30 PM
Karen Slack soprano
Aristo Sham piano
Earl Lee conductor & Music Director
Blacknificent 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!
Sketches of Spring
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
Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces (Books 1, 3, 5, & 8)
Frederic 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
