Clinton Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, September 21, 2024– 7:30pm – Zion Lutheran Church – “Beethoven and Friends” forms the general outline of this season’s concerts. We begin with his Symphony No. 1, premiered at the turn of the 19th century. During that same decade,

Saturday, November 2, 2024– 7:30pm – Centennial Auditorium – Sterling High School – The Symphony No. 2 by Beethoven anchors this annual concert in Sterling’s Centennial Auditorium. The new discovery on this concert is an overture by Spanish Basque composer

Saturday, December 14, 2024– 7:30pm –Zion Lutheran Church – The Holidays are a time for family, friends and music. On this special evening we gather many of our friends to perform for you, and we hope you will bring your

Sunday, January 12, 2025– 2:00pm –Zion Lutheran Church – Warm a Sunday afternoon in January with this performance of chamber music. Composers, musicians, and listeners alike consider chamber music to be the music of friendships. Composers write it with specific

Sunday, February 23, 2025– 2:00pm –Morrison High School Auditorium – Gather the whole family for this special afternoon concert with Beethoven’s arguably most famous hit, his Symphony No. 5 (Da Da Da Dum….) An early overture by Anton Bruckner –

Saturday, April 26, 2025– 7:30pm –Durgin Performing Arts Center – Clinton High School – The Symphony will be joined by our friends in Clinton’s RiverChor for a performance of Mozart’s final work, his Requiem. Begun in late 1791, it was

December 16 – Applebee’s Partners with Friends of the Clinton Symphony
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November 20, 2024
Please mention this fundraiser, or show this flyer on your phone to your server, and Applebee’s will donate 25% of your order to the Clinton Symphony. Thank you for supporting us while you enjoy a delicious meal! [Click to read more…]
Clinton Symphony Features Beethoven’s 2nd Symphony on November 2
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October 20, 2024
Saturday, November 2, 2024– 7:30pm – Centennial Auditorium – Sterling High School – The Symphony No. 2 by Beethoven anchors this annual concert in Sterling’s Centennial Auditorium. The new discovery on this concert is an overture by Spanish Basque composer Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga. Nicknamed “the Spanish Mozart,” he was a child prodigy and accomplished composer who died [Click to read more…]
Where it Begins – Beethoven’s First
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September 16, 2024
Saturday, September 21, 2024– 7:30pm – Zion Lutheran Church – “Beethoven and Friends” forms the general outline of this season’s concerts. We begin with his Symphony No. 1, premiered at the turn of the 19th century. During that same decade, Étienne Nicolas Méhul was writing in France. We open with the overture to his opera Joseph. Moving a century ahead, we include a Concerto [Click to read more…]
Riverfront Pops
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July 31, 2024
6:30 p.m. — Sunday, June 2, 2024 Riverview Park Bandshell – Clinton, Iowa Join us for the annual Sunday Pops in Riverview Park concert! Enjoy a variety of music from light classical, Broadway, film, and television music. It is a free concert, open to the public and you are invited to bring along your whole family, friends and neighbors for this once-a-year festival of music. Program: Star [Click to read more…]

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