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May 2025 | Gershwin & Blooming Brilliance
Our Blooming Brilliance performance on May 10th has turned into a wonderful concert with something for everyone.
7 days ago


April 2025 | Rising Stars Showcase
One of the great highlights of every season is meeting and hearing the winners and runners-up from our annual Young Artists Competition in two Spring concerts. These are the finest and most talented young musicians from Kitsap county.
Apr 23


March 2025 | Wine & Wolfgang
A simple arpeggio and a scale is all Mozart used as the building blocks for his first great symphony. Mozart was 17 years old when he...
Feb 4


December 2024 | Holiday Happenings
Handel’s Messiah is a perpetual audience favorite. No holiday season is complete without the unforgettable melodies, dramatic text and...
Dec 4, 2024


November 2024 | Women of Note
On November 17th we present Women of Note , a concert of works by four female composers. In historical terms, this is too little, too...
Oct 30, 2024


October 2024 | The Titan
Welcome to the 2024-2025 Orchestral Season! We start in grand style with Franz von Suppé’s rousing horserace, the Light Cavalry Overture....
Sep 25, 2024


September 2024 | New Season Begins!
Welcome to the 2024-2025 Season “Spirit of the Sound” and a huge welcome to our new Executive Director Juan Gallastegui! We start in...
Sep 6, 2024


June 2024 | Planets & Empowerment
Ever wonder what Hello Girls, Canaries, and the “Rose of No Man’s Land” had to do with World War One? To find out, join Tames Alan, known...
May 16, 2024


May 2024 | Blooming Brilliance
Some concert programs are meticulously planned for perfect, thematic continuity. Consider “On the High Seas” with Debussy’s La mer,...
Apr 26, 2024


April 2024 | Rising Stars
The Rising Stars concert on April 21st will feature phenomenal performances from some of the top musical talent in Kitsap County. These...
Apr 19, 2024


March 2024 | OrKIDstra
You are going to love this year’s OrKIDstra production of Little Red Riding Hood, from the Bremerton WestSound Symphony and Kitsap Opera....
Mar 7, 2024


February 2024 | Beethoven' Fifth
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is quite simply the most famous piece of classical music ever written. The opening four notes, commonly...
Feb 15, 2024


December 2023 | Messiah
Handel’s Messiah is a perpetual audience favorite. No holiday season is complete without the unforgettable melodies, dramatic text and...
Nov 30, 2023


November 2023 | Scottish Fantasy
For November, we visit the British Isles and completely dispel the myth that music from the U.K. is staid, stuffy, and soporific. Tam o’...
Nov 3, 2023


October 2023 | Harvest of Harmony
There is much excitement in the air as we begin our 81st season! Each of our concerts will feature something new for our audience. Look...
Sep 29, 2023


June 2023 | The Music of the Living
On Saturday, June 3rd at 7:30 PM at Silverdale Lutheran Church. The Bremerton Symphony Chorale, joined by the Olympic College Concert...
May 29, 2023


May 2023 | Pentecost Service
Members of the Bremerton WestSound Symphony plus guest artists Dr. Emerald Lessley, Chris Eisenberg, and Eliza Woodyard will perform at...
May 26, 2023


May 2023 | Opera on the Rhine
On Sunday, May 21st at 3:00 p.m. Bremerton WestSound Symphony and Bremerton Symphony Chorale, along with Seattle Opera star, Tess...
May 19, 2023


May 2023 | Rising Stars Showcase
All of the winners and runners-up from the Bremerton Symphony Young Artists Competition are already accomplished performers who will...
May 10, 2023


Apr. 2023 | Brahms and Blooming Brilliance
Join us for an evening of classical greats from the Kitsap area's brightest young talent and your local symphony orchestra. On Saturday,...
Apr 11, 2023
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