Narragansett Bay Symphony Community Orchestra

Join the Narragansett Bay Symphony Community Orchestra (NaBSCO) for a Season Opener Concert on Sunday, November 8, 2026 at 3:00 pm in the auditorium of East Providence High School (2000 Pawtucket Avenue, East Providence, RI). The 2026-2027 season marks the orchestra’s 20th concert year, a major milestone for Rhode Island’s premier community orchestra.

The concert opens with the performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 21, which evokes the romantic, fantastical, and impish charaters in William Shakespeare’s beloved comedy. Following the overture, the orchestra will perform with soloist Jesse Holstein, a teacher and resident musician for Community MusicWorks and founding member of the Providence String Quartet. Holstein will perform Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto in G minor, written in 1912, which marries together virtuosity, drama, and sweetness in its melodies.

Following an intermission, the concert will end with Anton Dvorak’s lyrical and warm Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88. Written in 1889, the symphony indulges in an exciting optimism throughout four bright and lighthearted movements.

Visit www.nabsco.org/events  for more information about the 2026-2027 concert season and to purchase tickets.

Admission is pay-what-you-think-is-fair, and tickets can be purchased at the door or online in advance. Please also help support the RI Community Food Bank by bringing a non-perishable food item.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit NaBSCO’s website, www.nabsco.org,  email team@nabsco.org,  or call 401-274-4578.