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Director’s Message
Welcome to the 50th Anniversary 2026-2027 Concert Season of the Salt Lake Symphony, our 51st season of bringing music to the Wasatch Front! Jay Welch and the founding members started a lasting ensemble in 1976, when they first assembled a group of musicians. Within a year, the fledging ensemble started playing concerts, and here we are today, a full orchestra with a season of 8 performances, not counting our summer activities.
We are very excited for the season ahead, continuing our tradition of offering quality concerts at affordable prices. Much of the music you’ll hear on each concert was suggested by our players, representing what they want to play for or audiences. You can hear their love and enthusiasm in each performance.
This year we will present great orchestral standards by Brahms, Dvorak, Respighi, Mahler, Mussorgsky, Sibelius and others. Also noteworthy will be a focus on compositions by women composers, appearances by locally-based soloists, and our dedication to student collaborations. Every concert is a memory waiting to happen!
We are also proud to renew our commitment with our community partners, including the University of Utah School of Music, the VetTix Foundation, Zoo Arts and Parks, SLC Arts Council, Lawrence T. and Janet T. Dee Foundation, George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, and the Utah Division of Arts and Museums. We remain eternally grateful for their support as we are for all our patrons, donors, and grantors. Working together, we bring music to our community.
Audiences regularly leave our performances remarking on how moved they are with our performances. We are an amateur orchestra in the purest sense, performing for the love of music, yet we are also professional in our approach, maintaining high quality performances. The SLS are all serious musicians with a passion for what they do and is simply the most dedicated and friendly orchestra you’ll find anywhere. Come experience it for yourself as we launch our second half-century of music-making!
See you at the concerts!
Sincerely,
Robert Baldwin
Music Director/Conductor
The Salt Lake Symphony is a proud supporter of VetTix, an organization that provides free tickets for active-duty military, veterans, and their families to attend community events.