Stratus Chamber Orchestra 2025-2026 season

This season, Stratus Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Adam Torres, explores the magic and madness of the human mind - from ingenuity to insanity, creativity to fantasy.

Explore the unending creativity of the human mind as the sun sets around you at a Stratus Signature Immersive concert. You’ll surround yourself with music written for film, video games, and the concert stage. This program will include:

  • World premiere of Three Pieces for Chamber Orchestra by Eric Lagergren

  • Music from The Legends of Zelda: Ocarina of Time by Koji Kondo

  • Starburst by Jesse Montgomery

  • Star Trek: Through the Years arranged by Calvin Custer

  • Symphony no. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven

This concert includes both immersive and picnic seating.

Saturday, September 13th | 6PM | Heritage Belmar Park Ampitheater

It’s the holiday season, and you’re in control this December with the world premiere of A Holiday Adventure by Stratus Chamber Orchestra’s Music Director Adam Torres. Alongside this choose-your-own-adventure story, you’ll celebrate the season with other holiday classics and festive singalongs.

Join us before the concert for hands-on music and holiday activities.

This concert is for the young and the young at heart.

Saturday, December 6th | 3PM | St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, Centennial

The human mind is extraordinarily complex and at this concert we’ll dive into some of the complicated and twisted conditions of the human mind, from insomnia to infatuation and beyond. This concert includes:

  • The world premiere of Symphony Insomnia by Joshua Decker

  • Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 54 featuring pianist Bryan Wallick

  • Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz

Saturday, March 7, 2026 | 7PM | Augustana Lutheran Church

Artists often look to the future in their art, obsessed with progress and inspired by technological advancements. In a world of AI, how will music change? Hear the future of music with the premiere of an audience-interactive piece, DarkRace for Orchestra, Electric Violin, and AI by Gregory Walker alongside works by other composers who pushed boundaries of their own:

  • Concerto Grosso No. [TBD], from L'estro Armonico, op. 3 by Antonin Vivaldi

  • Creation du Monde by Darius Milhaud

  • Prometheus (Symphonic Poem No. 5), S. 99 by Franz Liszt

Sunday, May 3, 2026 | 2PM | MSU King Center