Tualatin Valley Symphony
Making Beautiful Music Since 2007We have a great 2022-2023 season in progress:
June 4, 2023, 3PM: Tales from the Middle East
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Bloch Schelomo Rhapsodie Hebraique, Jerry Bobbe, cello soloist
Saint-Saens Bacchanale from Samson and Delila
stories narrated by Margaret Bloomfield
Location:
Northwest Christian Church, 13405 SW Hall Blvd, Tigard, OR 97223 – Google Maps Directions
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR OR BUY ONLINE HERE
(CHILDREN 12 & UNDER, FREE)
General Audience: $15
Seniors & Students (13+): $10
Ways to Support the Orchestra:
- Make a donation to Tualatin Valley Symphony by following the donation link – http://www.tvsymphony.org/
contribute/ - Add Tualatin Valley Symphony to your Fred Meyer Community Rewards – https://www.fredmeyer.com/i/
community/community-rewards - Add Tualatin Valley Symphony to your Amazon Smile account at smile.amazon.com – https://
smile.amazon.com/gp/chpf/ about/ - Spread the word with the new YouTube videos from the 21-22 season: Pines of Rome, Cascadian Concerto
Past Concerts
April 2, 2023, 3PM: “For the Birds”:
Stravinsky Firebird
Rossini Thieving Magpie
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake
Sibelius Swan of Tuonela
Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus
February 5, 2023, 3pm
FAMILY CONCERT featuring STAR WARS
and a WORLD PREMIERE!
Our program theme is Animals Wild and Magical, including a world premiere of an original narrated story for children by our Composer in Residence!
Program
- John Williams – Star Wars
- Arthur Breur – Amber the Ambitious Spider (WORLD PREMIERE), Red Wolf Quartet
- Andrew Poole Todd – Foxbridge
- Ravel – Mother Goose Suite
- Leroy Anderson – The Waltzing Cat
- Fucik – The Old Grumbling Bear
December 4, 2022, 7pm: a winter concert from the northland: Brahms and Sibelius
Program
- Mozart Magic Flute Overture
- Brahms Double Concerto – Anthea Kreston and Jason Duckles
- Sibelius Symphony No. 2
October 9, 2022, 3pm – Celebrating Black Composers
- William Grant Still’s Afro-American Symphony
- Florence Price
- Jessie Montgomery
- Joseph Bologne
- S. Coleridge-Taylor
June 5, 2022, 3pm – SPRING CONCERT
Northwest Christian Church, Tigard, Oregon
- Bax – Tintagel Tone Poem
- Ewazen – Cascadian Concerto for Wind Quintet and Orchestra YouTube recording with slides
- Respighi – Pines of Rome
April 3, 2022, 3pm – FAMILY CONCERT: “A WESTERN CONCERT”
- John Williams – The Cowboys Overture
- Copland – Saturday Night Waltz and Hoe-Down from Rodeo
- Theme from film Silverado
- Grofe – Grand Canyon Suite YouTube recording with slides
- Arthur Breur – Comeback Fanfare for brass and percussion (callback from intermission)
December 5, 2021, 3pm
Northwest Christian Church, Tigard, Oregon
- Arthur Breur – Comeback Fanfare for brass and percussion (world premiere)
- Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
- Brahms – Tragic Overture
- Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 2
Virtual Concert, 3pm, December 6, 2020
A select bunch of Tualatin Valley Symphony musicians performed online, so you can stay healthy!
2019-2020 Season (partial)
October 27, 2019, 7pm
- Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 1
- Brahms – Symphony No. 3
- Chabrier – Scherzo-Waltz from Suite Pastorale
- Dvorak – In Nature’s Realm
ANNUAL FAMILY CONCERT!

Babar, the Little Elephant.
Artwork by Amanda Volk
February 23, 2020, 3pm
SPECIAL LOCATION:
Sherwood Center for the Arts
22689 SW Pine St, Sherwood, OR 97140
- Poulenc: The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
- Strauss: The Blue Danube Waltz
- Beardsworth: Suite from the Blender 3D Movie “Sintel”
- Rossini: Overture to La Gazza Ladra
- Gerald Finzi: Forlana and Fughetta from Five Bagatelles for Clarinet and Chamber String Orchestra
Dick Boberg, clarinet - Ippolitov-Ivanov: Procession from Caucasian Sketches Suite No. 1
Including our much-beloved “Instrument Petting Zoo!”
2018-2019 Season:
October 28, 2018, 7pm
Feb. 24, 2019, 7:00pm, 2nd Concert of the 2018-2019 Season
& Silent Auction
Featuring Diane Chaplin, Cello Soloist
- Bizet – “Patrie: Ouverture”
- Copland – “Appalachian Spring” and “Hoedown” from Rodeo
- Korngold – Cello Concerto – Diane Chaplin, cello
- Bloch – Prayer for Cello and Orchestra (arrangement by Diane Chaplin)
April 7, 2019 – FAMILY CONCERT 3:00pm
- Music from the Movies:
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- Black Panther, and…
- Pink Panther!
- Winston of Churchill by Mark Fish
- Bach – Piano Concerto 1 – 13-year-old Meiling Larsen, piano
- Camille Saint-Sans – Danse Macabre
June 9, 2019, 7:00pm – Oregon Composers Concert (& Annual Raffle)
- Ernest Bloch – Concerto Grosso No. 1 for Piano and Strings
- Arthur Breur – Tualatin Overture
- Nicole Buetti – Odyssey Overture
- Andrew Poole Todd – Music for Strings
- Bill Whitley – Bonzai Down
- Kevin Walczyk – Celebration Fanfare