2026 Summer Concert Series
Four Sundays…four brilliant concerts!
From the Courts, With Comedy
3:00 pm
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Omaha Conservatory of Music
7023 Cass Street, Omaha
Mozart: Ein musikalischer Spaß
Shaw: Plan and Elevation
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Mozart had a reputation as a prankster, as you’ll hear in his mischievous musical joke, where all the rules and regs come crashing down in the hilarious final chord. Then, off to the court of Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg, the unappreciative recipient of Bach’s incomparable Concertos, like the No. 1. But you’ll appreciate our two hornists strutting their stuff along with their fellow artists.
Featuring Alexandra Rock, Heather Baxter & Lindsay Wiley, oboe; Brett Hodge & Jacob Rensink, horn; Henry Jenkins, Mary Perkinson & Agatha Blevin, violin; Tyler Sieh, viola; Paul Ledwon, cello; Bobby Scharmann, bass; Christi Zuniga, harpsichord
Trompette Française
3:00 pm
Sunday, June 14, 2026
Omaha Conservatory of Music
7023 Cass Street, Omaha
Saint-Saëns: Septet in E-Flat Major
Martinů: La revue de cuisine
Schubert: “Trout” Quintet (Mvmt IV)
Ewazen: Concerto for Trumpet & Strings
Imagine lovelorn kitchen utensils dancing across the stage in Martinů’s charming soap opera/ballet suite, while Schubert tells a fish story in a sampling of his hummable Quintet. Then it’s all hands-on-deck in Saint-Saëns’s Septet and a concerto dear to the hearts of brass fans featuring the Omaha Symphony’s associate principal trumpet.
Featuring Federico Montes, trumpet; Henry Jenkins & Bozhidar Shopov, violin; Tyler Sieh, viola; Zachariah Reff, cello; Nate Olson, bass; Christi Zuniga, piano
The (Un)Usual Suspects
3:00 pm
Sunday, June 21, 2026
Omaha Conservatory of Music
7023 Cass Street, Omaha
Gibbons: In Nomine à 5
Françaix: Octet
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel (einmal anders!)
Dohnányi: Serenade in C Major
Meyer: String Quintet (Mvmt IV)
The double bass is front and center in a string extravaganza that features music from the 16th to the 20th centuries. We start off with a meditation for a consort of five voices and end with a string quartet by bass virtuoso/composer Edgar Meyer. In between, Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel (Different for once!) in which a pseudonymous arranger had loads of fun. And so will you!
Featuring Rosario Galante, clarinet; Nick Nelson, bassoon; Jordan Dinkins, horn; Agatha Blevin & Lucy Duke, violin; Juliet Yoshida, viola; Zachariah Reff, cello; Dani Meier, bass
Rhythms, Reverence & Revelry from Baroque Latin America
3:00 pm
Sunday, June 28, 2026
Omaha Conservatory of Music
7023 Cass Street, Omaha
It may come as a bit of a surprise, but Baroque music didn’t just happen in Italy or Germany or France. There also were composers native to Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, and Mexico (plus the occasional Anonymous), and their works spanned genres from the sacred to the worldly …lamentations to colorful dances. You’ll even get to hear our musicians perform on period instruments, like sackbuts and a theorbo!
Featuring Federico Montes, trumpet & flugelhorn; Patrick Pfister, Jason Stromquist & Jay Wise, sackbut; Sarah Cranor & Alejandro Gómez Guillién, violin; Micah Fusselman, cello; Bobby Scharmann, bass; Dušan Balarin, theorbo & guitar; Paul Matthews, percussion; Marie Rubis Bauer, portative organ
