SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE 2026
A Musical Voyage

About the Concert
Doors open at 12:00 PM. Concert starts at 12:30 PM. Admission is free.
Experience the exhilarating sound of the 120-piece Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (Minnesota), led by Maestro Mark Russell Smith and the excellence of the Spokane Youth Symphony (Washington), under the direction of Dr. Philip Baldwin.
A Musical Voyage is an inspiring program spanning masterpieces by Wagner, Brahms, Haydn and Prokofiev, alongside music by Copland, John Williams and contemporary American composers.
Presented by the global Music Masters Concert Series, “A Musical Voyage” will include a moving tribute to Australia’s servicemen and women, with a special performance by one of Australia’s leading bagpipers and buglers, including The Ode, The Last Post, and a Lone Piper’s Lament.
And the best part : it’s completely free.
Tribute to Service Members
The concert will also include a special performance by Australia’s leading bagpiper and bugler who will be performing a tribute to Australia’s service men and women.
- “The Ode”
- “The Last Post”, Bugler
- “Lone Piper Lament”. Bagpiper
Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies
Conducted by Maestro Mark Russell Smith
Programming Snapshot
- Die Meistersinger: Prelude, Richard Wagner
- Music from Lincoln, John Williams
- With Malice Toward None
- Christian Garner, trumpet
- With Malice Toward None
- Delights & Dances, Michael Abels
- Lorelei Schoenhard, violin
- Layla Chakhvashvili, violin
- Emily Alexander, viola
- Sophia Alexander, cello
- An Overture: The Mouse and Its Shadow, Luke Soneral
- Romeo and Juliet, Sergei Prokofiev
- Montagues and Capulets (1891–1953)
- The Child Juliet
- Friar Laurence
- Dance
- Romeo at Juliet’s before Parting
- The Death of Tybalt
- Romeo at Juliet’s Tomb
- The Death of Juliet
Spokane Youth Symphony
Conducted by Dr. Philip Baldwin
Programming Snapshot
- Brahms, Serenade Op. 11, No. 1 in D (20’)
- Haydn, Symphony No. 82 “The Bear” (movement 1, 8’)
- Copland, Old American Songs (Flex Arrangement by Robert Longfeld) (5’)
- Copland, Down a Country Lane (‘2).
- Saint-Saens: A night in Lisbon (4’)