York Symphony Orchestra

YSO Concerto Competition Finalists Notification
2026-04-23 12:00 (America/Toronto)
Three finalists will be notified by April 23, 2026.

ROMANTIC MASTERS
2026-04-18 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Toronto) | Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Programme
Beethoven……Piano Concerto No. 2, Naomi Wong, Piano
Dvorák…….Symphony No. 8

YSO Concerto Competition Deadline
2026-03-23 12:00 (America/Toronto)
Applications close at 11:59 p.m. on March 23, 2026.

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
2026-02-21 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Toronto) | Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Programme
Coming soon.

CHRISTMAS AT THE SYMPHONY
2025-12-20 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Toronto) | Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Programme
Coming soon

CHRISTMAS AT THE SYMPHONY
2025-12-20 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, Aurora, Ontario, Canada

MÁ VLAST (MY FATHERLAND)
2025-12-06 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Toronto) | Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Programme
Smetana…….Má Vlast
1. Vysehrad (The High Castle)
2. VItava (The Moldau)
3. Sárka
4. From Bohemia’s Woods and Fields
5. Tábor
6. Blaníc

A SYMPHONIC HALLOWEEN
2025-10-25 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Toronto) | Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Programme
Rachmaninoff………Piano Concerto #2, Elly Hung, Piano
Mussorgsky…………Night on Bald Mountain
Grieg………………….In the Hall of the Mountain King
Herrmann……………Theme from the picture “Psycho”
Prokofiev…………….Romeo & Juliet – The Montagues and the Capulets (Dance of the Knights)
Gounod……………….Funeral March of a Marionnette
Berlioz…………………Symphonie Fantastique – The Procession to the Stake and A Witches’ Sabbath

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
2025-05-31 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Experience the splendour of voice and orchestra as only opera can express! Join the YSO and our three guest artists (soprano, tenor and baritone) as we perform operatic orchestral works by Mozart, Bizet, Rimsky-Korsakov and Verdi and accompany them in arias by Bizet, Mozart, Verdi, Dvorak and Di Capua.x

The Music of John Williams, June 1, 2024
2024-06-01 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
The Music of John Williams
Saturday, June 1, 2024 – Trinity Anglican Church 8pm

Programme
Raiders March
Themes from Superman
Schindler’s List
The March from “1941”
Highlights from Harry Potter
Highlights from Jurassic Park

Intermission
Star Wars; Main Title
Star Wars; Princess Leia’s Theme
Across the Stars from Star Wars: Episode II
Star Wars; Imperial March
Star Wars; Yoda’s Theme
Star Wars; Throne Room and Finale

Classical Masterworks, April 20, 2024
2024-04-20 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Classical Masterworks
Saturday, April 20, 2024, 8pm – Trinity Anglican Church, Aurora
Programme
Schubert Rosamunde Overture

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3
Isabel Misquitta-Yip, Piano

Intermission
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”
Guest Artist: Isabel Misquitta-Yip, Piano

Christmas at the Symphony, December 23, 2023
2023-12-23 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Christmas at the Symphony
Saturday, December 23, 2023 – Trinity Anglican Church 3:30pm and 8pm

Programme
TBC
Guest Artist: Maria Milenic, Soprano

Romantic Masterworks, November 25, 2023
2023-11-25 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Romantic Masterworks
Saturday, November 25, 2023, 8 pm – Trinity Anglican Church, Aurora

Programme
Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla Overture
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2
Naomi Wong, Piano
Intermission
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Guest Artist: Naomi Wong, Piano

Heroic Brass - October 21, 2023
2023-10-21 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Heroic Brass
Saturday, October 21, 2023, 8 pm – Trinity Anglican Church, Aurora
Programme
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3
Sarah Bell, Horn
Intermission
Dvorak Symphony No. 9“From the New World”

Guest Artist: Sarah Bell, Horn

A Guide to the Orchestra
2023-06-03 20:00 - 22:00 (Asia/Karachi) | Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Vivaldi, Summer from The Four Seasons; Presto
Handel, Hornpipe from Water Music Suite No.2
Mozart, Symphony No.40
Schubert, Symphony No.9, Movement I
Dvořák, Symphony No.7, Scherzo
Saint-Saëns, Swan from Carnival of the Animals
Respighi ,Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No.1, Balletto
Ravel, Bolero

Symphonic Dances around the World
2023-04-22 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Dvořák, Slavonic Dances Nos. 3, 7 and 8
Offenbach, Barcarolle
Grieg, Norwegian Dance No.2
Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue – Talisa Blackman, Piano
Brahms, Hungarian Dance No.5
Strauss, Blue Danube Waltz
Strauss, Thunder and Lightning Polka
Bizet, Danse Bohéme from Carmen
Enescu, Romanian Rhapsody

An Evening at the Opera
2023-02-18 20:00 - 22:00 (Asia/Karachi) | Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
At this concert you will hear some of the most passionate music ever composed for the human voice; music that is justly famous for its ability to convey every aspect of human emotion. Come share this memorable performance featuring the greatest overtures and arias
from the world of opera. Experience the splendour of voice and orchestra as only Opera can express.
Join the York Symphony and our 4 guest artists (2 Sopranos, Tenor and Baritone) as we perform operatic orchestral works by
Mozart, Bizet, Rossini and Verdi and accompany them in arias by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, Gounod, DiCapua and Offenbach.
