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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

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

Quintin Mallette – Percussion

Quintin Mallette is a dynamic percussionist dedicated to exploring new and underrepresented voices in percussion through performance, commissioning and research. Quintin is currently a section percussionist with the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra and has performed with various orchestras and chamber groups across the southeast including the North Carolina Symphony, Carolina Philharmonic, Hilton Head Symphony, Savannah Philharmonic, and Verge Ensemble. As an educator, he has presented clinics at the Georgia Music Educators Association State Convention, NC Day of Percussion, Georgia College Day of Percussion, as well as various high schools and universities throughout Central and Eastern United States. As a strong supporter of new music, he has recently commissioned several new solo and chamber works by rising composers including Jonathan Bingham, Jennifer Jolly, Molly Joyce, Shruthi Rajasekar, Juri Seo, Finola Merivale, Aeryn Santillan, Susanna Hancock, and Emma O’Halloran through the Everybody Hits! and Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History Consortiums. Additional performing interests include electroacoustic music with a special interest in the vibraphone as highlighted through commissioning projects with Von Hansen and Paul Lansky, and Alex Dowling. Quintin is published in Percussive Notes, the official research journal of the Percussive Arts Society, as both an author and reviewer. He currently serves on the scholarly-research committee of the Percussive Arts Society, is co-chair of the research committee for the Vibraphone Project, and serves on the Racial Diversity sub-committee within the PAS Diversity Alliance. Quintin will be joining the faculty of East Carolina University in the Fall of 2022. Prior to this he has served on the faculties of Fayetteville State University, Barton College, and the University of Mount Olive. He received his DMA and MM from the University of Georgia and his BM from Howard University. His Primary teachers include Mr. Timothy Adams Jr, Ms. Kimberly Toscano Adams, Mr. William (Bill) Richards II, Dr. Janis Potter, Dr. Jonathan Wacker, and Mr. Chris Nappi. He currently resides in Greenville, NC with his wife Jacquelyn and three kids Cadence, Dorian, and Ellington. Quintin is a proud endorser of Pearl/Adams instruments and Vic Firth sticks and mallets.


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