VERBRUGGHEN HALL 2026
Mosaic at the Con
About the Concert
We are excited to present “Mosaic at the Con”, a true international concert and a mosaic of music. Four highly skilled youth orchestras will be performing in the 2026 Mosaic at the Con concert: The Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (USA), Northern Sydney Youth Orchestra, Spokane Youth Symphony (USA) and the Sunshine Philharmonic Orchestra. Learn more about each ensemble below.
Doors open at 5:30 PM, concert begins at 6:00 PM. Admission is free. Tickets coming soon.
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’)D
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
Sunshine Philharmonic Orhcestra
Conducted by Dr. Paul Terracini
Programming Snapshot
Symphony Group:
- Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550
- Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro Overture
- Bizet – L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2: Farandole
(If GTCYS chooses this as the exchange piece, we will perform it together with their students. If another piece is selected, we will perform this work independently.)
Chamber Group:
- Saint-Saëns – Danse Bacchanale, or
- Rimsky-Korsakov – Dance of the Tumblers
Northern Sydney Youth Orchestra
Conducted by David Griffin
Programming Snapshot
- TBD
