The Brookline Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Andrew Altenbach are excited to announce their 2024–2025 season, celebrating its 15th anniversary. The season’s repertoire features three collaborative performances with the Metropolitan Choral of Brahms’ German Requiem, symphonies by Beethoven and Fibich, and works by Vaughan-Williams, Copland, Fauré, Mazzoli, and Prokofiev. Additionally, concertos will be played by 2024 Bouix Concerto Competition winners Johnny Mok (cello) and Bryan Tyler (viola).
Created in the 1950s, the Brookline Symphony Orchestra thrived for many years but went on hiatus in 2001. In 2010, a group of friends dedicated to bringing classical music to the community revived the organization to make it an integral part of the Brookline community and beyond. Over the last 15 years, amateur, student, and professional orchestra members have volunteered their time to present affordable, high-quality concerts. In addition to these traditional concerts each season, Brookline Symphony Orchestra musicians also perform free outreach events throughout the community.
As part of the season’s celebrations, and after a year-long search and audition process, the orchestra is thrilled to introduce its new Concertmaster, Jean Huang. Taiwanese violinist Jean is equally passionate about all three of her career roles: performer, music scholar, and educator. She holds a Doctoral of Musical Arts degree in Violin Performance from the New England Conservatory, and her active performing career impacts listeners throughout the United States while bringing her to concert halls worldwide.
Brookline Symphony Orchestra opens the 2024-2025 season on Saturday, October 19, with Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade and Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Additional repertoire includes Ralph Vaughan-Williams’ The Lark Ascending, featuring Concertmaster Jean Huang and Ernest Bloch’s Schelomo with cellist Johnny Mok. Following that is the winter concert on Saturday, December 14, with violist Bryan Tyler playing Joseph Jongen’s Suite for Viola and Orchestra. Also on the program are Gabriel Fauré’s Masques et Bergamasques et Pavane and Symphony No. 8 by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Continuing into 2025, Brookline Symphony Orchestra hosts another exciting collaboration with the Metropolitan Chorale, one of Boston’s premier vocal ensembles. On March 8, 9, and 15, the combined sounds of vocalists and a full symphony orchestra present a captivating performance of Johannes Brahms’ A German Requiem.
For the Saturday, May 17 concert, programming includes Sergei Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé, Missy Mazzoli’s Orpheus Undone, and Symphony No. 2 by Zdenêk Fibich. The 2024-2025 Season concludes on Sunday, June 15, with BrSO’s second annual Summer Pops Concert.
As of October 2024, Brookline Symphony Orchestra concerts will take place at a new concert venue: Michael Driscoll School (725 Washington St, Brookline, MA 02446). Tickets are $20-25 for general admission, $15 for seniors, $10 for students, and free for children 12 & under. EBT, WIC, or ConnectorCare cardholders can purchase $5 concert admission for up to 4 people.
Learn more: https://www.brooklinesymphony.org/20242025-concert-season
About Brookline Symphony Orchestra:
Created in the 1950s, the Brookline Symphony Orchestra thrived for many years but went on hiatus in 2001. In 2010, a group of friends dedicated to bringing classical music to the community revived the organization to make it an integral part of the Brookline community and beyond. We seek to present concerts of the highest quality. Our orchestra members are talented musicians — amateur, student, and professional — who volunteer their time to create an organization of which Brookline can be proud.
