Season 96: Our Strengths
STEEL and INNOVATION
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center
October 19, 2024 · 7:30pm
Our dynamic season opener begins by honoring the industrial history of our region, featuring Stacy Garrop’s Forging Steel, premiered by the Pittsburgh Symphony and performed with a specially curated version of the 1992 Guggenheim film of the Mill workers of Bethlehem Steel. Next, we celebrate the role of technology and innovation in our region with Automation, a composition that places the cello soloist against an AI version of itself, blurring the lines of technology and human creativity. On the second half, we perform Rachmaninoff’s extraordinary Symphonic Dances, his final orchestral masterpiece, composed in America in 1940.
HERITAGE
Grand Halle / Broad St., Johnstown
November 16, 2024 · 7:30pm
We bring our popular candlelight series back to the Grand Halle, combining music that honors the cultural heritage of Johnstown. Reflective and energetic works by Quinn Mason and Music Director James Blachly, reflect music from Johnstown’s rich cultural heritage. To close the concert, the professional JSO strings join forces with our avocational Community Strings and the Johnstown Symphony Youth string quartet to perform Vaughan Williams’s beloved work Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, tracing lines of culture and melody across generations.
FAMILY HOLIDAYS
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center
December 14, 2024 · 3:00pm & 7:30pm
The Holidays would not be complete without the JSO’s Christmas Pops Concert, celebrating the magic of this season in this festive JSO tradition. Enjoy hearing the voices of the JSO Chorus, Directed by Jeffrey L. Webb and the Inclined to Sing Children’s Chorus, Directed by Emily Roy, as they perform alongside the orchestra!
Please note we have a 3pm matinee and a 7:30pm evening performance. Purchase your tickets early before they sell out!
COMMUNITY
Cochran Auditorium
January 19, 2025 · 3:00pm
The JSO Chorus, under the direction of Jeffrey L. Webb, along with local gospel choirs, will uplift and energize us with joyful melodies that resonate with the essence of Dr. King's legacy. Join us for an evening of inspiration and harmony as we unite to commemorate the profound message of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and celebrate the vibrant spirit of our community.
CREATIVITY
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center
February 8, 2025 · 7:30pm
Jeff Webb & Classic Vinyl Concert Series Band and the JSO will perform iconic hits from legendary bands like the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and many more! Join us for a night of excitement and nostalgia as we breathe new life into timeless melodies, ensuring an experience that will linger in your memory long after the final note fades away.
NATURE
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center
March 15, 2025 · 7:30pm
In a program celebrating the extraordinary beauty of this region, JSO Concertmaster Maureen Conlon Gutierrez performs a hidden gem for violin and horn, joining with one of the greatest hornists ever, the legendary Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s principal horn, Bill Caballero. On the second half is Sibelius’s nature-filled and triumphant Symphony No. 2, a beautiful journey through landscapes of space and time
HOPE
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center
April 26, 2025 · 7:30pm
Our season finale is a concert that celebrates the strength of this community in overcoming adversity, and the way that beauty and faith guide us forward. Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony is his last symphonic statement, a work that is stunningly beautiful and expressive. Fauré’s Requiem is one of the most beloved choral works ever written – songful, soulful, and bringing us to a place of peace. The central movement, the Pie Jesu, will feature a young singer from the Johnstown region.
HEROES
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center
May 10, 2025 · 7:30pm
We perform poignant and inspiring works by Jewish composers whose lives and careers were tragically affected by the Holocaust, while also extending our gratitude to WWII veterans for their bravery and sacrifices. This project brings together local and regional arts and community organizations, each contributing significantly to fostering understanding of this tragic time in world history and commemorating the enduring resilience of humanity.
To learn more about the music and composers, please click here.
All tickets begin at $20 to allow for a broader audience and increased accessibility to this performance. Attendees are welcome to contribute additional donations to support our education initiatives and ensure the continuation of events like this.
Heroes is a collaboration with “Hope Springs Eternal: The Holocaust Project” between The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies, Vision Together 2025, Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance, and the Arts Coalition of the Alleghenies. This unique educational initiative is supported by the generous backing of The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies Beerman Holocaust Education Fund.
To learn more about the “Hope Springs Eternal Project”, please click here.
Leaderships Sponsors of the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra
We are profoundly grateful to our generous leadership sponsors whose support is instrumental in enriching our community through the power of music
