Classic Series Subscriptions
$35.00 – $240.00
The talents of the Akron Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Christopher Wilkins will be center stage during our 2021-22 Classic Concert Series. This season will feature Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, Handel’s Water Music, Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, Haydn’s The Creation and a collaboration with Akron-based EarthQuaker Devices.
We will also continue our commitment to performing works from under-represented composers, including Florence Price, Julia Perry, William Dawson and Anna Clyne.
Order Classic Series season tickets – and choose if you prefer to sit upstairs or downstairs at the concert hall – online below.
Note: If you would like to add a parking pass to your subscription, please email Ticket Services Manager Sharon Smith at ssmith@akronsymphony.org.
The talents of the Akron Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Christopher Wilkins will be center stage during our 2021-22 Classic Concert Series. This season will feature Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, Handel’s Water Music, Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, Haydn’s The Creation and a collaboration with Akron-based EarthQuaker Devices.
We will also continue our commitment to performing works from under-represented composers, including Florence Price, Julia Perry, William Dawson and Anna Clyne.
The Classic Series includes:
Beethoven, Price, Ellington
November 13 @ 8 pm
Dvořák My Home
Perry Three Spirituals
Ellington The River
Price Ethiopia’s Shadow in America
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Baroque Virtuosos
January 15, 2022, @ 8 pm
Romero Fuga con Pajarillo
Stravinsky Concerto in Eb “Dumbarton Oaks”
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Needham Tuba Concerto
Handel Water Music (excerpts)
EarthQuaker Symphony
March 5, 2022, @ 8 pm
with EarthQuakerDevices
Jon Sonnenberg, guest artist
Haydn “Earthquake” from The Seven Last Words of Christ
Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus: Overture
Beethoven The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March
Sonnenberg/Walsh Commissioned Work
Dawson Negro Folk Symphony
Symphonic Dances
April 2, 2022, 2 8 pm
Alice Blumenfeld, flamenco dancer
Korean Three Drum Dancers
Clyne Masquerade
Price Dances in the Canebrakes
Newmaster Impressions of Cheonmachong
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
The Creation
April 30, 2022, @ 8 pm
Akron Symphony Chorus
Daniels Deep Forest
Haydn The Creation
The best way not to miss a note is to become a season subscriber. Patrons who subscribe enjoy steep discounts on a full season of concerts, guaranteed seats, a 10 percent discount on additional single ticket purchases, and a flexible ticket exchange program.
Subscription packages for the Classic Series start as low as $80.
Note: If you would like to add a parking pass to your subscription, please email Ticket Services Manager Sharon Smith at ssmith@akronsymphony.org.
All concerts take place at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, located on the campus of The University of Akron.