By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
A variety of music will be presented by the St. Joseph Symphony during its 2025-2026 season.
It kicks off on October 18th with Frankenstein…It’s Live. The symphony will perform a new score by Michael Shapiro to the 1931 Frankenstein movie starring Boris Karloff.
Conductor Chris Kelts says the first change of the new season is when it begins.
“We have often opened our season in September. We’re opening our season in October,” Kelts tells KFEQmmunity. “So, we’re going to jump on the bandwagon of the fall feeling and the festivities there. And I think people are going to be really interested in a pretty eclectic season that we have planned for next year.”
The Holiday Cheer concert will be held at the Missouri Theater on December 20th.
Kelts is excited about the new season and how it be received by St. Joseph area residents.
“The people in St. Joseph who come and hear us at the symphony, they are so appreciative. They’re excited,” Kelts says. “And I just really love that vibe that they give off.”
Kelts says a lot of planning went into this new season.
“It’s really easy to fall into the trap of, ‘We’ve got to program music that everyone’s going to like.’ That’s impossible to do. You can’t program music that everyone’s going to like,” according to Kelts. “So you’re mission has to be about setting up an experience for people. And everyone’s experience will be unique to their own, no matter what we’re playing.”
The season ends with a special finale. One of St. Joseph’s favorite “musical sons,” Anthony Glise, will perform his concerto for Guitar and Orchestra with the St. Joseph Symphony April 25th.
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