Ensemble Performances

Delaware’s premier ensembles for children, teens and adults present family-friendly programs.
ORCHESTRAL ENSEMBLES

Delaware Youth Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, March 16, 2024 • 7pm • Wilmington Concert Hall and Live Streamed • Free

Saturday, June 8, 2024 • 7pm • Wilmington Concert Hall and Live Streamed • Free
Conducted by Maestro Simeone Tartaglione, the DYSO is coached by highly qualified artists from the Music School and major orchestras along the East Coast as well as guest conductors from renowned institutions. Simeone Tartaglione music director

Wilmington Community Orchestra

Vive la France!
Friday, March 8, 2024 • 7:30pm • Wilmington Concert Hall and Livestreamed • Donations appreciated Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess
Chausson Poeme
Franck Symphony in D Minor
Joseph Hodge, music director; Sofia Levchenko, guest violin
Delaware Concerto Competition for Young Musicians Winners
Friday, May 17, 2024 • 7:30pm • Wilmington Concert Hall and Livestreamed • Donations appreciated Dvořák String Serenade 1st movement
Amy Beach Symphony No. 2 "Gaelic", selected movements
Various Works selected by competition winners
Joseph Hodge, music director; Performances by Winners of the Delaware Concerto Competition for Young Musicians

Flute Choir
Saturday, June 1, 2024 • 2pm • Route 9 Library and Innovation Center (Rooms A and B), 3022 New Castle Ave, New Castle, DE 19720 • Free The Flute Choir performs a recital to kick off the Library’s summer reading program, “Adventure Begins At Your Library.” Music features themes of adventure, travel, and nature. Paula Nelson director
Suzuki Academy Orchestras
Saturday, January 20, 2024 • 4:30pm • Wilmington Concert Hall • Free
Saturday, May 18, 2024 • 4:30pm • Wilmington Concert Hall • Free
The Music School’s Suzuki orchestras perform rounds, traditional and folk songs, as well as age-appropriate transcriptions of major orchestral pieces. Jenny Lang conductor

CHORAL ENSEMBLES

DE ACDA Annual Treble Choir Festival
Thursday, November 9, 2023 • 6:30pm • The Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, 503 Duncan Road, Wilmington, DE • Free As part of an evening concert which culminates the daylong festival, Delaware Women’s Chorus will perform along with the Women’s Choir from Mount Pleasant High School, conducted by Kelly Hanson; University Singers, under the direction of Dr. Duane Cottrell; and the Festival Treble Chorus under the direction Chaequan Anderson.

Holiday Extravaganza
Sunday, December 10, 2023 • 4pm • St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, 1301 N Broom St, Wilmington, DE • Admission: Non-perishable food item to help support St. Stephen's Food Pantry Cantabile Women’s Chorus combined with The Delaware Women’s Chorus will perform along with Small Wonder Jazz Singers and a guest brass quintet, Blechblaser Aufnehman, for an afternoon of wonderful holiday music.

Cantabile Women’s Chorus:
Music at Christ Episcopal Church

Wednesday, December 13, 2023 • 7pm • Christ Episcopal Church, 523 S State St, Dover, DE • Free The Cantabile Women’s Chorus will perform a holiday concert at Christ Church, Dover, featuring both sacred and secular holiday music. Joanne Ward, conductor

Delaware Women’s Chorus:
Advent Vespers

Sunday, December 17, 2023 • 4pm • The Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, 503 Duncan Road, Wilmington, DE • Free will offering The Delaware Women’s Chorus is honored to have been invited to participate in the annual Advent Vespers Service at The Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, Wilmington along with professional soloists, a string quartet, and percussion. Joanne Ward, conductor

Small Wonder Jazz Singers
Thursday, December 21, 2023 • 7pm • Wilmington Branch • Free Join Delaware’s premier jazz choir in a program that’s sure to delight on the evening of the Winter Solstice. Martin Lassman conductor

Cantabile Women’s Chorus:
The Southern Delaware Chorale’s Black History Month Concert

Sunday, February 24, 2024 • 2pm • Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Rd, Rehoboth Beach, DE • Tickets $25 through Epworth UMC Cantabile Women’s Chorus is honored to be included in this concert featuring The Southern Delaware Chorale and select area choral ensembles. Joanne Ward, conductor

Cantabile at the Milford Museum
Thursday, April 25, 2024 • TBA • Venue TBA • Admission TBA Cantabile Women’s Chorus is excited to perform a concert benefiting The Milford Museum and Shipyard Preservation Project. Choral music with a maritime theme will be featured. Joanne Ward, conductor

New Castle Presbyterian Church Concert Series
Sunday, April 28, 2024 • 3pm • New Castle Presbyterian Church, 25 East 2nd St, New Castle, DE • Free New Castle Presbyterian Church has invited the Delaware Women’s Chorus to perform an afternoon concert of choral music featuring a wide sampling of styles and genres focusing on nature and the earth on which we live. Joanne Ward, conductor

Cantabile Women’s Chorus:
Groome Church Arts Series - Songs of the Heart

Sunday, May 7, 2024 • 4pm • Groome Church, 601 Savannah Rd, Lewes, DE • Proceeds will benefit an area charity devoted to women’s issues Cantabile is honored to have been invited to perform an afternoon concert of music highlighting uplifting music by women composers. Joanne Ward, conductor

Spring Choral Concert
Sunday, May 19, 2024 • 3pm • Avenue United Methodist Church, 20 N Church Street, Milford, DE • Free The Delaware and Cantabile Women’s Choruses will perform both separately and combined for an afternoon of great choral singing, covering a wide variety of choral genres. Joanne Ward, conductor




This organization is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on www.DelawareScene.com.

The Music School of Delaware is proud to be an active partner in the IN Wilmington Arts Campaign.