The North Oregon Coast Symphony will begin its 2024-2025 season with two concerts in November.  Titled “Grand Openings,” this series offers several classical pieces that were originally intended as preludes to larger works such as operas, including Dvorak’s Hussite Overture, Rossini’s La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) Overture, and Poet and Peasant Overture by Franz von Suppé. In another grand opening, Dylan Morrow, a senior at Astoria High School this year, will be the soloist for the first movement of Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto, Op. 85.

The first concert will take place on Saturday, November 9, at St. Catherine Episcopal Church (36335 N. Hwy 101, Nehalem, OR) beginning at 3:00 pm.

The second concert will be on Sunday, November 10, at the Charlene Larsen Center for the Performing Arts (588 16th St., Astoria, OR) beginning at 3:00 pm.

Admission for both concerts will be: $10 Adults, ages 18 and under FREE (children 12 and under with adult supervision).  

Tickets will be available at the door only for the Nehalem concert.

Tickets for the Astoria concert will be sold online at charlenelarsencenter.org or by phone at 503 338 9132.  Cookies and refreshments will be available at both concerts during intermission.

This non-profit orchestra, under the direction of conductor Cory Pederson, brings together musicians from the north Oregon and south Washington coast to perform classical music for local audiences.  For more information, please visit the the NOCS website nocsymphony.org.