Upcoming Concerts & Performances
4 upcoming concerts and performances from Merrimack Valley Philharmonic Orchestra, with dates, venues and ticket links taken from the organization’s own pages and refreshed weekly. All classical in Greater Boston →
Oct 16/18 · 7:30pm/2:30pm
Fri Oct 16 · 7:30pm / Sun Oct 18 · 2:30pm
Broadway singers Christine Dwyer and Matt DeAngelis front the orchestra under guest conductor Andrew Cote in a programme of show songs. The Friday performance is the orchestra's gala, with receptions beforehand; the same programme repeats on Sunday afternoon without them.
Sat Dec 5 · 2:30pm
The Merrimack Valley Philharmonic's annual Christmas concert is built on film music, including scores from Home Alone, Frozen, Elf, The Polar Express and The Grinch. Guest conductor Neal Hampton leads the 75-piece orchestra with soprano Kristen Watson and the Merrimack College Concert Choir, directed by Hugh Hinton. The programme includes an audience sing-along, and the afternoon doubles as a fundraiser with holiday basket raffles.
Sun Mar 7 · 2:30pm
Guest conductor David Scott leads the orchestra with singers Sandra Piques Eddy, Mara Bonde and Neal Ferreira in an afternoon of arias, duets and orchestral excerpts — the Ruslan and Lyudmila overture, the Carmen Habanera, O sole mio and the Lakmé Flower Duet among them.
Sun May 2 · 2:30pm
Andrew Cote conducts the orchestra and the Merrimack College Concert Choir in symphonic arrangements of ABBA — Dancing Queen, Waterloo, Mamma Mia, Money, Money, Money, Chiquitita, The Winner Takes It All, Thank You for the Music — and other 1970s material.
