Season and individual tickets are now available through the Lesher Center for the Arts Box Office. To RESERVE your favorite seat for the full season—and SAVE 18% off the regular adult price—click here!
For each subscription purchased before August 1, receive a voucher for one free ticket to any one of the season’s concerts!
An adult five-concert subscription is $185. Youth, senior, and child full-season tickets are five times the already discounted price for the respective category (youth: 5x$15=$75; senior group: 5x$35=$180; child 12 and under: free).
We look forward to seeing you at the symphony!
MESSAGE FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR
I’m so proud of all the many ways the Diablo Symphony brings musical excellence to our community, from our main stage performances to our education and outreach programs. Our concerts are a place to find inspiration and joy as well as moments of peace and reflection in an uncertain world. I invite you to join us in music and community this season, and we look forward to sharing these beautiful moments with you!.
— Matilda Hofman —
Northern Spirits: Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Sunday, October 25, 2025 – 2:00 p.m.
Lesher Center for the Arts
Featuring:
Leyla Kabuli, piano
Sibelius’s breathtaking Symphony No. 2 forms the heart of this program. Local talent Leyla Kabuli brings fire to Prokofiev.
Carlos Simon – Breathe
Sergei Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 1
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 2
Holidays: The Snowman Meets Vivaldi
Saturday, December 12, 2026 – 2:00 p.m.
Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church
Featuring:
San Ramon Valley Chorale
Bruce Koliha, director
This special holiday concert features Vivaldi’s iconic Gloria and the beautiful silent movie The Snowman—both in one afternoon of holiday celebration!
Antonio Vivaldi – Gloria
Howard Blake – The Snowman
Holiday favorites
Family Concert: Our Natural World
Sunday, February 21, 2027 – 2:00 p.m.
Lesher Center for the Arts
Featuring:
Yen Liang Young Artist Competition winner, strings
Fun for the whole family with music from Jurassic Park, Carnival of the Animals, and more!
Frank Duarte – Xhnisa
Antonín Dvořák – Legends
Ottorino Respighi – Pines of Rome
John Williams – Jurassic Park Medley
Camille Saint-Saëns – Selections from Carnival of the Animals
String concerto with Yen Liang Young Artist Competition winner
Sounds of the Americas: I Got Rhythm!
Sunday, April 4, 2027 – 2:00 p.m.
Lesher Center for the Arts
Featuring:
Natsuki Fukasawa, piano
Omari Tau, narrator
We celebrate African American composers alongside the words of Abraham Lincoln mediated through Copland’s musical vision.
Adolphus Hailstork – Fanfare on “Amazing Grace”
William Grant Still – Afro-American Symphony
Aaron Copland – Lincoln Portrait
George Gershwin – Variations on “I Got Rhythm”
Season Finale: Beethoven’s “Eroica”
Sunday, May 16, 2027 – 2:00 p.m.
Lesher Center for the Arts
Featuring:
Chase Spruill, violin
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Beethoven’s great “Eroica” Symphony and “Egmont Overture,” works in which Beethoven explores themes of liberty, betrayal, and political oppression.
Ludwig van Beethoven – Egmont Overture
Joseph Bologne – Violin Concerto Op. 3 No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”)