2026-2027 Season
Classical Roots: Mozart, Strauss & Schumann
October 1, 7:30pm
University Theatre
Tickets at ODUArtsTix: $6 ODU Students / $11 ODU Faculty / $17 General
Paul Sanho Kim, music director and conductor
Jacob Wilder, horn soloist
Discover or rediscover iconic musical treasures from the Austro-German classical orchestral tradition: Wolfgang Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro Overture, Richard Strauss’s First Horn Concerto, and Robert Schumann’s “Rhenish” Third Symphony. Featuring Virginia Symphony Orchestra Horn Principal and ODU horn professor Jacob Wilder as soloist. Paul Sanho Kim, conductor.
Repertoire:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro
Richard Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb Major
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major, Op. 97
America & Britain: ODU Symphony Orchestra & University Concert Choir
November 15, 2026, 3:00pm
Kempsville Presbyterian Church
Free Admission
Conducted by Nancy Klein and Paul Sanho Kim
Join the ODU Symphony Orchestra, University Concert Choir, and F. Ludwig Diehn Chorale as they present a joint performance of John Rutter’s Requiem and other works by American and British composers. Paul Sanho Kim and Nancy K. Klein, music directors.
Repertoire:
John Rutter – Requiem
Frederick Delius – Brigg Fair
Percy Grainger – Irish Tune from County Derry
American choral works by Billings, Whitacre, and others
Winter Reminiscences: ODU Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble
December 1, 7:30 PM
University Theatre
Tickets at ODUArtsTix: $6 ODU Students / $11 ODU Faculty / $17 General
Tyler Austin and Paul Sanho Kim, conductors
Orchestral Repertoire:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings
The Pirates of Penzance: ODU Opera and ODU Symphony Orchestra
Feb 12 & 13 @ 7:00 PM; Feb 14 @ 3:00 PM
University Theatre
Tickets at ODUArtsTix: $6 ODU Students / $11 ODU Faculty / $17 General
Paul Sanho Kim, music director and conductor
W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance is a comic operetta about a young man named Frederic whose accidental apprenticeship to a band of softhearted pirates creates a hilarious crisis of duty. Directed by Cristina Loyola and conducted by Paul Sanho Kim.
Musical Migrations
May 2, 3:00 PM
University Theatre
Tickets at ODUArtsTix: $6 ODU Students / $11 ODU Faculty / $17 General
Paul Sanho Kim, music director and conductor
What is made possible by the migration of musical ideas from one region to another? Explore some enthralling examples in this eclectic performance of musical treasures from all over the world.
Repertoire:
Ernesto Lecuona – Andalucía Suite
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Bamboula
Béla Bartók – Rumanian Folk Dances
Soon Hee Newbold – Han’gûl
Arturo Márquez arr. Moraes – Danzón No. 2
Also featuring winner(s) of the ODU Young Artists Competition