Be prepared for a season of spectacular music-making when the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Music Director and Conductor Stephen Alltop, opens its 58th season of exhilarating musical adventures on Sunday, October 7 at 3:00 p.m. at Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church with a concert of music that will make your heart sing. 

Soprano Michele Areyzaga joins the ESO in “Bernstein Spectacular” to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the legendary composer and conductor’s birth.  You will thrill to music from Mass, West Side Story, and Candide along with Aaron Copland’s Suite from Our Town. 

Also on the program is 2018 Stanger Young Artist Audition winner, violist Margaret O'Malley, playing Bruch's Romance in F major. Join us for this unforgettable afternoon of music. 

In keeping with its tradition of contributing to the community, the ESO will be accepting donations of non-food items for the Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food Pantry at the concert.  Concertgoers are invited to bring paper and cleaning products and personal care items for all ages of pantry clients.

For more information call the Box Office.


The 58th season of the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra is made possible in part by grants from the City of Elmhurst, the Illinois Arts Council (a state agency), the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, and 90.9FM WDCB, Chicago’s Home for Jazz.