2026-2027 Concert Season

Join the Prescott Symphony Orchestra at any of our six performances during 2026-2027 Concert Season!

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Sunday, July, 12 2026, 3:00 PM

Jim & Linda Lee Performing Arts Center

“America the Beautiful”

This concert will celebrate the beauty of the places and culture of America, together with a stirring tribute to the veterans of our armed forces.

Sunday, August 16, 2026, 3:00 PM

Jim & Linda Lee Performing Arts Center

“The Music of Gilbert and Sullivan”

YOUR Prescott POPS Symphony, Prescott Symphony Chorus and solo vocal artists present classic Gilbert and Sullivan favorites. Get your tickets now! This one will sell fast!

Sunday, September 13, 2026, 3:00 PM

Jim & Linda Lee Performing Arts Center

“The POPS take flight!”

This concert will feature music inspired by aerospace, both fiction and non-fiction. Music of the air, music of the stars and planets, and epic space sci-fi!

Sunday, December 20, 2026, 3:00 PM

Jim & Linda Lee Performing Arts Center

“Home for the Holidays”

Back for our 34th season, our December POPS concert is a Prescott holiday tradition. Start your holidays out right with YOUR Prescott POPS Symphony and Chorus in Arizona’s Christmas City. Always a sell-out!

Sunday, February 21, 2027, 3:00 PM

Jim & Linda Lee Performing Arts Center

“Hits from the Screen (Film and Television)”

Enjoy epic and entertaining pieces from the big screen (and the small screen). We will include music from popular film, television, and cartoons. There are sure to be some surprises in this one! 

Sunday, May 30, 2027, 3:00 PM

Jim & Linda Lee Performing Arts Center

“The Prescott Symphony Orchestra presents “Classic Crossovers””

The Prescott Symphony and the Prescott Youth Orchestra present classical and traditional orchestral music that has crossed over into popular culture. This concert will include pieces like Ride of the Valkyries by Wagner, and the William Tell Overture, by Rossini. Hold onto your seats! This will be a ride!

Joseph D. Place

Joseph D. Place

Executive Director / Conductor

A fifth generation Arizona native, Joseph has conducted orchestras and ensembles and played trumpet throughout the Southwest for over 25 years. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree...

Ryan Gastonguay

Ryan Gastonguay

Associate Conductor

Born and raised in the Prescott area, Ryan began piano lessons at the age of four and later picked up the French Horn in middle school when he noticed there was a need in the concert band. He...

Darrell Rowader

Darrell Rowader

Pops Choral Director

Darrell is certainly no stranger to the concert stage here in Prescott as well as the world. The musical world first encountered him as an apprentice operatic tenor with the Santa Fe Opera, after...