Friday night, May 29 @7 West Islip High School Planetarium, West Islip
America: A Story in Three Acts
Friday night, June 5 @8 Beach Street Middle School, West Islip
Antonin Dvořák once claimed that the future of music in America must be "founded upon what are called negro melodies... These beautiful and varied themes are the product of the soil. They are the folk songs of America and your composers must turn to them." It was this idea that brought about his famous New World Symphony in 1893, a work rooted deeply in influeces from African American spirituals and Native American music.
Forty years later, America's future would become its now, with the premiere of Florence Price's Symphony No. 1 in 1933. It was Price's first major orchestral composition and the first symphony written by a Black woman to be performed by a major American orchestra.
Our Spring Concert will bring Price's vision to life, along with the sounds of two other aspects of America. Act One: The Old West, featuring the music from the classic Westerns of Ennio Morricone: Man With A Harmonica, and The Ecstasy of Gold Act Two: The Big City, featuring George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue Act Three: America's True Voice, featuring Florence Price's Symphony No. 1
Joining us on stage is world-reknowned harmonica virtuoso, Jiayi He. Jiayi has performed as a soloist across 3 continents and appeared on national television. Have you ever seen a harmonica play Rhapsody in Blue?
August 3, 6PM
Wohseepee Park
Summer Concert Series
Our Summer Concert Series begins with an appearance at the Mayor Joseph McNulty Ice Cream Social.
Ken Kopolovicz joins us for a throwback to the sounds of the 80s!
August 12, 7PM
West Islip Marina
Summer Concert Series
Our Summer Concert Series continues with our annual appearance at Madeline’s Playground, right next to West Islip Beach.
Ken Kopolovicz joins us for a throwback to the sounds of the 80s - and we have a few extra surprises up our sleeves...
September 21, 10AM
West Islip Public Library
Summer Concert Series
Our Summer Concert Series ends with our annual appearance at the West Islip Country Fair.
Enjoy the sights at the Fair, while we open the day with a fun morning of music!
November 7, 8PM
Udall Road Middle School
Fall Concert: "Flutes & Frights"
Our 2025-2026 Season kicks off with a program featuring some of the most chilling music ever written.
From Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre, to Bernard Hermann’s music from the classic film Psycho, this is a program sure to invoke images of terror!
December 13, 3PM
South Shore Mall, Bay Shore
Joyful Holidays
The West Islip Symphony returns to the South Shore Mall, bringing holiday cheer with us.
Linda Teixeira will join us with some holiday favorites, and YOU can sing along!
December 31, 2PM
Bay Shore-Brightwaters Public Library
Swingin’ Into the New Year
Join the West Islip Symphony as we count down to 2026 with the sounds of a toe-tapping jazz orchestra.
Ken Kopolovicz will join us to sing classic Sinatra favorites - and you’ll be home in time to watch the ball drop!
February 14, 3PM
Beach Street Middle School, West Islip
Back II The 90s
The sequel to our extremely popular rock orchestra trip back to the 1980s. This time, we’re returning to the era of Seattle grunge, boy bands, and the birth of the Internet!
March 28, 3PM
Beach Street Middle School, West Islip
Winter Concert: "Lisztomania"
Before Hulkamania and Beatlemania, there was Lisztomania! Join us for a program featuring the music of one of the first true phenoms.
June 5, 8PM
Beach Street Middle School, West Islip
Spring Concert: "America: A Story in Three Acts"
We're celebrating America with a performance of that celebrates America's musical voice
