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2026–2027 Symphony Season

This season, we will be joined by four outstanding conductors, each of whom is a finalist to be the next Music Director of your Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra. Your feedback on their performances will shape the future of our symphony. Learn more about the candidates and the feedback process here.

In addition to our 5 season concerts, we have a variety of Community Concerts at free or reduced ticket prices and occasional pop-up performances through Symphony on Tap.

Bundle and save on tickets! Season subscriptions and Compose Your Own packages are now available. Whether you attend all five performances or pick three that fit your schedule, buying a package gets you the best rate on tickets for the programs you love.

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New this Season: Rehearsal Access!
Subscribers with any package get special access to the Friday rehearsal before each candidate’s concert. Experience the making of each concert and learn how our candidates lead your orchestra!

Upcoming Concerts This Season

Benoit Gauthier: Beethoven 8

September 19, 2026 | 7:30pm | Huff Concert Hall (Methodist University)

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Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony is a joyful and vital work, paired with folk dances from Kodaly and Dvorak, and a flashy overture by Strauss.
Conducted by Benoit Gauthier (Orchestre symphonique de la Côte-Nord).

Dirk Meyer: Brahms 1

November 14, 2026 | 7:30pm | Huff Concert Hall (Methodist University)

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Experience the orchestra across ages with classic and contemporary: Brahms’ powerful First Symphony, dramatic works from Beethoven and Korngold, and Caroline Shaw’s refreshing Entr’acte.
Conducted by Dirk Meyer (Augusta Symphony).

Duo Shen: Dvorak 8

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January 23, 2027 | 7:30pm | Huff Concert Hall (Methodist University)

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Dvorak’s Eighth Symphony is an exploration of nature and optimism, paired with coasts in Mendelssohn’s Hebrides and rivers in Smetana’s The Moldau.
Conducted by Duo Shen (Cincinnati Pops).

Ian Passmore: Tchaikovsky 5

February 20, 2027 | 7:30pm | Huff Concert Hall (Methodist University)

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Tchaikovsky’s triumphant Fifth Symphony, a symbol of fate and resilience, follows the mysterious folk story of Dvorak’s The Water Goblin.
Conducted by Ian Passmore (Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra).

5 Folk Songs in Counterpoint

April 10, 2027 | 7:30pm | St. John’s Episcopal Church

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Enjoy beautiful small ensemble music in a personal and intimate performance space. Featuring strings, winds, and even a guitar, there’s something for everyone with works from Haydn, Poulenc, Price, and more.

Past Concerts This Season

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Featured Musician

Dr. Clark Spencer – Principal Viola

Clark SpencerViolist and Violinist Clark Spencer is an active solo, chamber, and orchestral performer living in Wilmington, NC. He is currently assistant principal viola of the Oregon Mozart Players and a founding member of the Blue Box Ensemble. Clark has performed with the Fayetteville Symphony (NC), Long Bay Symphony Orchestra (SC), Eugene Symphony, Eugene Opera, the Corvallis Symphony, Newport Symphony, and the Oregon Bach Festival. He has had the privilege of performing under the batons of Andrew Linton, Marin Alsop, Jeffrey Kahane, Helmut Rilling, and Gunther Schuller.

Originally from Lancaster, PA, Clark earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in performance from Boston University, where he studied viola with Michelle LaCourse and violin with Peter Zazofsky. He recently completed his Doctorate in Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Oregon where he studied with Dr. Leslie Straka. His doctoral research on the Sonata in G by Paul Ben-Haim culminated in a new edition for solo viola. Clark has also studied with Martha Strongin Katz and Jeffrey Irvine. He has performed in masterclasses with Kim Kashkashian, Arnold Steinhardt, Roger Tapping, Pamela Frank, the Ying String Quartet, the American String Quartet, the Orion String Quartet, and the Muir String Quartet.

Clark is an experienced violin and viola teacher. He completed his long term Suzuki training with Karin Hallberg and Louise Scott during his studies at the University of Oregon. In addition to his own studio, Clark has taught for the University of Oregon’s Community Music Institute, where he taught group classes, coached chamber music and conducted a middle school string orchestra. He also coached violin and viola sections of the South Salem High School Chamber Orchestra and the Salem Youth Orchestra. During the summers of 2009 and 2010, Clark served on the faculty at the Vermont Youth Orchestra’s Summer Program, Reveille!

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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