Concerts

On May 31st, the Dundas Valley Orchestra will perform Gustav Mahler’s beautifully lyrical Fourth Symphony. This is the first Mahler symphony that the DVO has performed in its 48-year history and the orchestra is excited to bring this wonderfully charming work to our stage. Soprano soloist Jocelyn Fralick will join the DVO in the final movement of the work singing, “Das himmlische Leben” (“The Heavenly Life”).

Also on the program, we will be featuring our Principal Trombone Dan Grieve in Launy Grøndahl’s Trombone Concerto and the winning submission for the DVO’s 2026 Student Composer Competition, Smokey Hills, by David Archibald.  Raised in Penticton, BC, Mr. Archibald is now a student at the Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University. The DVO Student Composer Competition is supported by Dr. Peter Banting.

Programme:

1. David Archibald: Smokey Hills
2. Launy Grøndahl: Trombone Concerto (Dan Grieve, trombone)
3. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (Jocelyn Fralick, soprano)

The concert will be held at St. Paul’s United Church, 29 Park St. W., Dundas (corner of Cross and Park Streets) in Dundas, starting at 3 p.m. on May 31. There will be a reception following the concert.

The concert is supported by the City of Hamilton Enrichment Fund and Dougher Fund at the Hamilton Community Foundation.

Admission to our concert is free, but we need your support. Donations are always welcome and deeply appreciated. Give $10 or more and a charitable donation tax receipt will be provided.

The venue is wheelchair accessible. Please remember that St. Paul’s is a fragrance-free facility.

Join the DVO in the opening concert of our 2026-27 season! We will be partnering with the Bruce Trail Conservancy for a concert celebrating nature. The concert will include music by Smetana, Vivaldi, Delius, and Leroy Anderson. DVO Concertmaster Naomi Dore Brown will be a featured soloist.

The DVO presents our Nancy Cassels Chamber Music Concert with an eclectic mix of music from the Celtic highlands, Parisian salons, and the palaces of Vienna. Music by Mendelssohn, Mozart and others performed by DVO musicians, our Salon Orchestra, and Celtic Cadence.

The DVO and the Grand River Chorus combine forces to present a concert of music celebrating Black history and culture. The featured work will be John Rutter’s “Feel the Spirit”, a cycle of seven spirituals for choir and orchestra. The program will also include music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Nathaniel Dett.

In honour of the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death, the DVO will present a concert celebrating the legacy of one the most influential and pivotal composers in the history of Western music. The program will feature music inspired by Beethoven by Canadian composer Larysa Kuzmenko, the DVO trombone quartet performing music by Beethoven, and the great “Eroica” Symphony #3.