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Notes from the Podium


June | Legends
Our finale, and the biggest orchestral work of the season, will be Ottorino Respighi’s colossal tone poem, The Pines of Rome...


May 2025 | Light
Planning for this concert began well over a year ago. Morten Lauridsen’s beautifully rich and compelling Lux Aeterna has always been a favorite of mine...


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


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.


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...


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


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...


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....


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...


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


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...


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....


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...


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


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’...


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...


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


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...
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