October 26, 2025

Irving Arts Center - Carpenter Hall 3333 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving, TX, United States

FOLKTALES AND FOLKTUNES

A concert for all audiences. Be transported to Eastern Cultures with Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre and Brahms' Hungarian Dances. Leading to the great orchestral masterwork: Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.
With narrator, Kathleen Dennehy-Taylor.

Planned repertoire:

  • Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances 5 and 6
  • Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre, Op. 40
  • John Williams: Harry Potter Suite (arr. Jerry Brubaker)
  • Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

December 14, 2025

Irving Arts Center - Carpenter Hall 3333 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving, TX, United States

HOLIDAY CLASSICS WITH THE ARTS DISTRICT CHORALE

Celebrate the holidays with NPOI and our friends from the Arts District Chorale with holiday classics old and new.
Holiday classics with the Arts District Chorale - Blaire King, conductor.

February 15, 2026

Irving Arts Center - Carpenter Hall 3333 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving, TX, United States

SYMPHONIC MASTERWORKS

Our own Sheri Oestreich leads the way in a glorious evening culminating in Beethoven's indelible Symphony No. 5.
Masterworks for the Orchestra with principal flute, Sheri Oestreich.

Planned repertoire:

  • Carl Nielsen: Helios Overture, Op. 17
  • Jacques Ibert: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

April 12, 2026

Irving Arts Center - Carpenter Hall 3333 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving, TX, United States

FROM COMMON MEN

Titans of their countries, Aaron Copeland and Rimsky Korsakov bookend Rachmaninov's indelible Concerto No. 2.
Masterworks for the piano with pianist, Thiago Nascimento.

Planned repertoire:

  • Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff: Russian Easter Overture
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

May 17, 2026

Irving Arts Center - Carpenter Hall 3333 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving, TX, United States

PIÈCES DES RÉSISTANCE

Close out the NPOI season playing some of the greatest in music: Beethoven, Mozart, Weber, Wagner, and more!
Season finale with students of Irving ISD orchestras.

Planned repertoire:

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K. 621
  • Carl Maria von Weber: Jubel Overture, Op. 59
  • Severiano Briseño: El Sinaloense
  • Richard Wagner: Lohengrin Prelude (Act 3)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Wellington's Victory