Yaniv Attar, Artistic Partner
Mei-Ann Chen, Artistic Partner
Jeffery Meyer, Artistic Partner
Flora & Fauna
2025-26 season
Experience the vibrant wonders of nature woven through our upcoming Flora & Fauna season. From the lush, whispering trees of Johann Strauss II's Tales from the Vienna Woods to the birdsong featured in Rautavaara's Cantus Arcticus, each concert transports you to a realm where the natural world comes alive in orchestral color. Join us for an unforgettable journey, as the orchestra celebrates life's delicate beauty—and the power of music to bring it into full bloom.
Subscriptions and single tickets for the 2025-26 season are on sale now!
Please join us
Saturday evenings at 7:30pm in Tacoma
or
Sunday afternoons at 2pm in Puyallup
Kinan Azmeh, clarinet
october 25 | 7:30pm foss waterway seaport museum, Tacoma
october 26 | 2pm pioneer park Pavilion
fest
Yaniv Attar conductor
Kinan Azmeh clarinet
Johann Strauss II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Schubert Symphony No. 2
Jacobsen/Aghaei Ascending Bird
Kinan Azmeh Suite for Improvisor and Orchestra
Join us in October for music and merriment! A mini Oktoberfest opens the concert—local beers from Camp Colvos paired with Viennese favorites by Schubert and Johann Strauss II, the Waltz King. The party continues on the second half with the radiant Ascending Bird, followed by acclaimed clarinetist Kinan Azmeh performing his own, electrifying Suite for Improvisor and Orchestra.
Concert sponsored by Concrete Technology Corporation
dec 20 | 7:30pm courthouse square ballroom, tacoma
dec 21 | 2pm pioneer park pavilion, puyallup
flora & fauna
Rachell Ellen Wong violin
David Belkovski haprsichord
Telemann Violin Concerto in A Major, The Frogs
Biber Sonata Representativa
Vivaldi Violin Concerto in D Major, Grosso Mogul
Audience favorites Rachell Ellen Wong and David Belkovski return to bring nature-inspired soundscapes from the Baroque era to life with Northwest Sinfonietta strings. With trilling birdsong, croaking frogs and even mewling cats, let Northwest Sinfonietta entertain you and your family with a magical concert this holiday season.
Rachell Ellen Wong, violin
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo soprano
jan 24 | 7:30pm schneebeck hall, tacoma
jan 25 | 2pm pioneer park pavilion, puyallup
wayfarer
Jeffery Meyer conductor
Michelle DeYoung mezzo soprano
Debussy/Lee Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Mahler/Lee Songs of a Wayfarer
Nokuthula Ngwenyama Primal Message
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, Italian
Journey with us to musical landscapes with Wayfarer. We'll delve into Debussy's sun-drenched Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, ride interstellar waves in Nokuthula Ngwenyama's Primal Message, and travel to Italy with Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4, brimming with the vibrant colors of the Mediterranean. Michelle DeYoung, one of the world’s great mezzo-sopranos, gives voice to Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer—a stirring journey through love and loss.
mar 14 | 7:30pm rialto theater, tacoma
mar 15 | 2pm pioneer park pavilion, puyallup
Sky & stone
Yaniv Attar conductor
Angelique Poteat Pebble Conglomerate (Working Title) (WP)
Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra
Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
We're bringing the wonders of the great outdoors inside the concert hall with Sky & Stone! This innovative and collaborative program opens with a newly commissioned piece by NWS clarinetist Angelique Poteat inspired by the famous Chuckanut Formation near Bellingham, Washington. Next we transform the hall into the bogs and frozen tundra of the Arctic with Rautavaara's concerto for birdsong and orchestra, Cantus Arcticus. Beethoven's pastoral Symphony No. 6 concludes the concert with its bubbling brook, thunder storm and joyful country gathering. Northwest Sinfonietta is partnering with Tacoma Tree Foundation, Tahoma Bird Alliance, NW Geological Society, Spaceworks Tacoma and Tacoma Youth Symphony for this performance.
Angelique Poteat, composer
Melissa White, violin
May 16 | 7:30pm asia pacific cultural center, tacoma
may 17 | 2pm pioneer park pavilion, puyallup
butterfly fantasy
Mei-Ann Chen conductor
Melissa White violin
Che-Yi Lee Dancing Strings
Chen/He Butterfly Lovers Concerto
Ravel Mother Goose (complete)
Artistic Partner Mei-Ann Chen joins us for this phenomenal East meets West program. Following Che-Yi Lee's dynamic and virtuosic Dancing Strings, violinist Melissa White brings us the beloved Butterfly Lovers' Concerto, a tale of love, longing and transformation. Ravel's Mother Goose closes our season, with magical spinning wheels, pagodas, princesses and enchanted gardens. This program includes a mini Taiwan Festival with food and activities provided by Asia Pacific Cultural Center.
