Wasatch Symphony Orchestra season opener celebrating America's 250th birthday with works by American composers.
Wasatch Symphony Orchestra opens its 2026-2027 season at Hillside Middle School on Sunday, October 25, with a concert titled America the Beautiful. It's their first performance of the new season, and the program is built around a specific anniversary: America's 250th birthday. The orchestra is celebrating the milestone by programming works by American composers, and they're pairing them with music composed 250 years ago, so you'll hear pieces from the late 18th century alongside more recent American writing. It's a bit of a time-traveling set, with the two eras running side by side.
That's the core of the night: American composers on one hand, and music from 250 years ago on the other. The orchestra is framing the whole thing as a celebration of the 250th anniversary, and the program reflects that by pulling from both ends of the timeline. If you're into how orchestral music has changed over two and a half centuries, this is a good way to hear it in one sitting.
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It's a Sunday evening show, and it's free. The concert starts at 7:30 PM at Hillside Middle School, 1825 South Nevada Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84108. Since it's the season opener, it's the first time the orchestra will be out for the 2026-2027 run.
