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DEFIANCE
Friday, October 16, 2026 – 7:30PM
Paramount Theatre, Oakland
Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
ANTHONY DAVIS “Prison Aria” from the opera Malcolm X
KARIM AL-ZAND Lamentations on the Disaster of War
Medley:
ELAINE BROWN And All Stood By
TRACY CHAPMAN Talkin’ Bout a Revolution
LAURYN HILL I Find It Hard to Say (Rebel)
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 11, The Year 1905
His music could celebrate Soviet glory. His subtext would suggest the subversive. Dmitri Shostakovich paid the price with his creative freedom. And nearly with his life.
SCHEHERAZADE!
Friday, November 20, 2026 – 7:30PM
Paramount Theatre, Oakland
Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Oakland Symphony Chorus
J. SEBASTIÁN CARDONA-OSPINA La forma de las Ruinas
JOHANNES BRAHMS Song of the Fates
HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS Chôros No. 10
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
with text by Dan Harder
Storytellers all, spanning centuries and continents, searching for truths, finding the deeper meaning.
LET US BREAK BREAD TOGETHER
Sunday, December 13, 2026 – 4:00PM
Paramount Theatre, Oakland
Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Oakland Symphony Chorus
An “inspired, multifarious, musical bash!” raves SF Classical Voice of the Oakland Symphony’s holiday party, Let Us Break Bread Together. Kedrick Armstrong and the Orchestra are joined by the Bay Area’s hottest artists for this annual seasonal celebration; this edition celebrating the legacy of Quincy Jones.
TO THE BRINK
Friday February 19, 2027 – 7:30PM
Paramount Theatre, Oakland
Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Nathan Amaral, violin
Oakland Symphony Chorus
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN Te Deum
JOHN ADAMS Doctor Atomic Symphony
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Violin Concerto
MAURICE RAVEL La Valse
History refracted through music, to the very brink and back again.
BLACKNIFICENT
Friday, March 19, 2027 – 7:30PM
Paramount Theatre, Oakland
Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Clayton Stephenson, pianist
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU Music from the opera, Les Boreades
DAMIEN GETER Piano Concerto No. 1, Nina
A BLACKNIFICENT 7 COMMISSION
IRENE BRITTON SMITH Sinfonietta
GEORGE GERSHWIN Catfish Row (Suite from Porgy & Bess)
See those oppressed and marginalized, and there one will see faith.
LIGHT AND HOPE
Friday, May 14, 2027 – 7:30PM
Paramount theatre, Oakland
Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Ana María Martínez, soprano
Oakland Symphony Chorus
CLARICE ASSAD Ode to Carmen Miranda
PAUL HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler Symphony
JIMMY LOPEZ Dreamers Oratorio
Victories fought hard and won large.