Announcing our 2025/26 Season!
Marking seven decades of artistic excellence, Northshore Concert Band’s 2025/26 Season charts a vibrant journey through resilience, imagination, identity, and community. From timely reflections to joyful discoveries, experience a season shaped by connection, creativity, and the everlasting power of music.
Christopher Martin
Michael Martin
Our 70th Season Kicks Off With Two Exciting Guest Artists!
Christopher Martin, Principal Trumpet of the New York Philharmonic, and Michael Martin, Trumpet at the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Enduring Voices
The season opens with Enduring Voices, a powerful program tracing a path from darkness to light, featuring the world premiere of a new work by Henry Dorn, Adolphus Hailstork’s moving and thought-provoking American Guernica, and a virtuosic take on Bizet’s Carmen with acclaimed soloists Christopher Martin and Michael Martin.
November 2, 2025 @ 3:00 p.m. | Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston
In Good Company
Friendship takes center stage in a globe-trotting program that welcomes outstanding young musicians from across Chicagoland as part of the Band’s Lifetime of Music Initiative. Works by Reena Esmail, John Mackey, and Chen Yi, along with Edward Elgar’s landmark Enigma Variations, explore themes of connection, cultural exchange, and the lifelong bonds forged through music.
February 22, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m. | Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston
STORY TELLERS
Join us in April for Story Tellers, a program that captures the magic of childhood through Percy Grainger’s Children’s March and a delightful suite inspired by the stories of Hans Christian Andersen. Excerpts from My Neighbor Totoro and Far and Away invite you to experience the world anew — with curiosity, wonder, and soaring imagination. Adam Schoenberg’s Rise opens the program, juxtaposing propitious new beginnings with fond farewells.
April 12, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m. | Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston
American Dreams
Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, our season concludes with contemplations on the American Dream, expressed through the music of Kevin Day, Julie Giroux, William Schuman, and Fisher Tull. Together, these works reflect on themes of liberty, integrity, resilience, and hope — timeless ideals that have shaped our nation and continue to resonate today.
June 5, 2026 @ 7:30 p.m. | Niles North High School, Skokie
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📅 Subscription Deadline: October 29. Don’t delay — subscribe today and experience the season in full!