2026-27 Concert Season:

LAUNCH: Determined. Future. Sky.

 After three years of building momentum - Upbeat → Prepare → Launch

Seattle Collaborative Orchestra arrives at a defining moment. This is the season where everything lifts. When access, mentorship, and opportunity align, talent doesn’t just develop—it takes flight.

DETERMINED

What holds us steady—so that we can rise?

Nancy Galbraith: A Festive Violet Pulse

Joe Jaxson: Anchored (Cello Concerto), with Jalayne Mitchell, cello (co-world premiere)

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

FUTURE

What kind of future are we willing to create?

Whose stories are we choosing to tell?

.Winston Schneider: Tarantula Tarantella (world premiere)

Leanna Primiani: Neither Man Nor Money Validate My Worth (Toulmin Prize)

Miguel del Aguila: The Giant Guitar

Claude Debussy: Fetes

Joe Hisaishi: World Dreams Suite – (Audience choice)

SKY

What becomes possible when we remove barriers?

Everything.

Jennifer Higdon: Skyline from Cityscape

Ming-HsiuYen: Flying Towards the Horizon

Nigel Westlake: Flying Dreams

Gustav Holst: Mars from “The Planets”