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With additional funding from the Ohio Arts Council

Live & Local

SATURDAYS @ 10AM and SUNDAYS @ 8PM

Every weekend, Discover Classical presents recorded concerts by many of the region's finest performing arts ensembles, like the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Bach Society of Dayton, Chamber Music Yellow Springs and others.

5/17

Wright State University Spring Semester Highlights

Enjoy a program of choral, piano, band and orchestra selections from Wright State ensembles, as well as performances by the Young Artists Competition finalists.

5/23

Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra

Keitaro Harada, conductor

Zulfiya Bashirova, violin

"An American Portrait"

Recorded in March 2026 at the Schuster Center

George Gershwin: An American in Paris

William Bolcom: Violin Concerto

Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings

William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

5/24

Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra

Keitaro Harada, conductor

Zulfiya Bashirova, violin

"An American Portrait"

Recorded in March 2026 at the Schuster Center

George Gershwin: An American in Paris

William Bolcom: Violin Concerto

Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings

William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

5/30

Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra

Maureen Hickey Haitch and Keitaro Harada, conductors

"Rhythms of Wonder: United by the Beat"

Recorded March 8, 2026, at the Schuster Center

Antonin Dvorak: Carnival Overture

Aram Khachaturian: Suite from Masquerade

Manuel de Falla: Danza from The Three Cornered Hat

"From Sea to Shining Sea"

Recorded May 3, 2026, at the Schuster Center

William C. White: Acadia Fanfare

Florence Price: Dances in the Canebrakes

Leonard Bernstein: Selections from West Side Story

Ferde Grofe: Mississippi Suite

Aaron Copland: Hoe-Down from Rodeo

5/31

Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra

Maureen Hickey Haitch and Keitaro Harada, conductors

"Rhythms of Wonder: United by the Beat"

Recorded March 8, 2026, at the Schuster Center

Antonin Dvorak: Carnival Overture

Aram Khachaturian: Suite from Masquerade

Manuel de Falla: Danza from The Three Cornered Hat

"From Sea to Shining Sea"

Recorded May 3, 2026, at the Schuster Center

William C. White: Acadia Fanfare

Florence Price: Dances in the Canebrakes

Leonard Bernstein: Selections from West Side Story

Ferde Grofe: Mississippi Suite

Aaron Copland: Hoe-Down from Rodeo

6/6

Chamber Music Yellow Springs

Annual Competition for Emerging Professional Ensembles

Recorded April 26, 2026, at First Presbyterian Church of Yellow Springs

Learn more about this concert

Trio Timia

Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66

Bohuslav Martinu: Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor

Trio Caspar

Igor Stravinsky: Selections from Histoire du Soldat

Libby Larsen: Slang

Robert Schumann: Marchenerzahlungen - III. and IV.

Paul Schoenfeld: Trio

6/7