2025/2026 Family & Community Concerts


Independence Concert

Friday, July 4, 2025 | Gates Open at 6pm, Concert Starts 7:30pm | Festival Park

This beloved family tradition is held in partnership with the City of Fayetteville. All are welcome to attend at no charge.


Nosferatu Movie Night

Saturday, October 25, 2025 | 8:00pm | Dirtbag Ales

Enjoy a spooky movie with your Fayetteville Symphony! A small ensemble will perform along with a screening of the silent 1922 classic, Nosferatu. All are welcome to attend at no charge.


Messiah with Cumberland Choral Arts

Saturday, December 13, 2025 | 7:30pm | Huff Concert Hall

Generously supported by the Ralph and Linda Huff endowment for Messiah. We are collaborating with Cumberland Choral Arts again this holiday season to perform Handel’s Messiah at Methodist University. We hope you can join us for this holiday tradition! This is a free concert, but reservations ARE REQUIRED.


Side by Side Concert

Sunday, March 15, 2026 | 4pm | Huff Concert Hall at Methodist University

Our mission to educate, entertain, and inspire our community will be on full display with our annual side-by-side concert, where the Fayetteville Symphony Youth Orchestra performs alongside our world-class musicians. To learn more about FSYO click here. Tickets are required. Learn more and purchase your tickets using the link below.


Featured Musician

Dennis Malloy – Viola

Dennis J. Malloy, violist, is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he studied with Sheila Browne. During his studies at UNCSA, Mr. Malloy was an active chamber and orchestral musician, playing in various large ensembles, such as the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra and the UNCSA Opera Orchestra, where he has sat principal under the direction of Jamie Allbritten, Chancellor John Mauceri and Ransom Wilson. Mr. Malloy has sat principal violist with The Little Symphony of Forsyth County and has substituted with the Salem Community Orchestra. Currently, Mr. Malloy is a member of the viola section in the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Stefan Sanders.

Mr. Malloy received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from UNCSA, after switching from violin to viola his sophomore year. Since switching to viola, Mr. Malloy has performed in masterclasses for artist such as Matthew Daline, Don McInnes, Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Carol Rodland, Ann Roggen, and the Emerson String Quartet and for Cho-Liang Lin of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. His former teachers include Sheila Browne, Ulrich Eichenhauer, Joseph Genualdi, Kevin Lawrence and Sally Peck.

To Educate. To Entertain. To Inspire.

The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1956 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is a professional, regional orchestra whose mission is to educate, entertain, and inspire the citizens of the Fayetteville, North Carolina region as the leading musical resource.  Praised for its artistic excellence, the Symphony leads in the cultural and educational landscape for Fayetteville and the southeastern North Carolina region.

The Fayetteville Symphony typically performs 8 concerts during any given season performing both at Methodist University and Fayetteville State University. Partnerships with other agencies include collaborative performances with Cape Fear Regional Theatre, chamber concerts at St. John’s Episcopal Church, as well as the city’s annual Independence concert with fireworks. The Symphony brings music to the schools and the community by performing educational concerts, as well as having its own Fayetteville Symphony Youth Orchestra, after school strings and summer music camps.

This organization is supported in part by a space grant from the BB&T Term Endowment of Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc.


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