Gig Harbor Peninsula Civic Orchestra – Past Concerts
The Gig Harbor Peninsula Civic Orchestra (GHPCO) is a community of people who have enjoyed playing music together for over 21 years.
Our conductor, Matthew Underwood, shares his love of music with the orchestra and its audiences, revealing knowledge, curiosity, and what some would call humor.
Gig Harbor Peninsula Civic Orchestra: Harbor Holiday
Saturday, December 14, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Peninsula High School – Milton S. Boyd Auditorium, Gig Harbor, WA, United States
Giuseppe Verdi
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"Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Brindisi) from La traviata
Léo Delibes — Sylvia Ballet Suite
Edward Elgar — From the Bavarian Highlands (Three Bavarian Dances), Op. 27
TBA — Selected works (lots of Christmas music!)
Léo Delibes — Sylvia Ballet Suite
Edward Elgar — From the Bavarian Highlands (Three Bavarian Dances), Op. 27
TBA — Selected works (lots of Christmas music!)
Free
Gig Harbor Peninsula Civic Orchestra Season Finale Concert
Saturday, June 8, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Peninsula High School – Milton S. Boyd Auditorium, Gig Harbor, WA, United States
P.D.Q. Bach
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Howdy Symphony in D major, S. 67/8
Franz Joseph Haydn — Symphony No. 94 in G major, Hob. I:94 "Surprise" ("II. Andante")
Eddie Van Halen / Alex Van Halen / Victor Lopez / David Lee Roth — Van Halen Hits
Léo Delibes — Coppélia (Prelude & Mazurka)
Bob Lowden / Andrew Lloyd Webber — Highlights from Evita
Johann Strauss II — Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325
Franz Joseph Haydn — Symphony No. 94 in G major, Hob. I:94 "Surprise" ("II. Andante")
Eddie Van Halen / Alex Van Halen / Victor Lopez / David Lee Roth — Van Halen Hits
Léo Delibes — Coppélia (Prelude & Mazurka)
Bob Lowden / Andrew Lloyd Webber — Highlights from Evita
Johann Strauss II — Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325
Free
Gig Harbor Peninsula Civic Orchestra: Haydn, Chaminade, Jobim
Saturday, March 16, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Peninsula High School – Milton S. Boyd Auditorium, Gig Harbor, WA, United States
Program includes works by
Franz Joseph Haydn,
Bedřich Smetana,
Cécile Chaminade,
Dmitri Shostakovich,
Ralph Vaughan Williams,
Isaac Albéniz,
David R. Holsinger,
James Newton Howard, and
Antônio Carlos Jobim.
Free
Gig Harbor Peninsula Civic Orchestra's 20th Anniversary Concert
Saturday, December 16, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 8:45pm (PST)
Peninsula High School – Milton S. Boyd Auditorium, Gig Harbor, WA, United States
Matthew Underwood
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20
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — The Snow Maiden Suite
Peter Schickele — "Unbegun" Symphony
Bill Holcombe / Various — A Christmas Jazz Suite
Leroy Anderson — The Waltzing Cat
Bruce Chase / Various — Christmas Memories
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — The Snow Maiden Suite
Peter Schickele — "Unbegun" Symphony
Bill Holcombe / Various — A Christmas Jazz Suite
Leroy Anderson — The Waltzing Cat
Bruce Chase / Various — Christmas Memories
Free
Gig Harbor Peninsula Civic Orchestra: Representing the Future
Saturday, June 10, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Peninsula High School – Milton S. Boyd Auditorium, Gig Harbor, WA, United States
Ethel Smyth
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Overture to The Wreckers
Leonard Bernstein — Selections from West Side Story
Soon Hee Newbold — Alpha and Omega
Libby Larsen — Overture for the End of a Century
Molly Mason / Jay Ungar — Harvest Home Suite
Arcangelo Corelli — Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 12
Leonard Bernstein — Selections from West Side Story
Soon Hee Newbold — Alpha and Omega
Libby Larsen — Overture for the End of a Century
Molly Mason / Jay Ungar — Harvest Home Suite
Arcangelo Corelli — Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 12
Free
Gig Harbor Peninsula Civic Orchestra: Representing Women of Strength
Saturday, March 11, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Peninsula High School – Milton S. Boyd Auditorium, Gig Harbor, WA, United States
Rupert Gregson-Williams
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Wonder Woman
(selections)
Soon Hee Newbold — Pirate's Legend
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183
Arcangelo Corelli — Concerto grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6, No. 11
William Walton — Crown Imperial
Cécile Chaminade — Callirhoë Suite, Op. 37
Soon Hee Newbold — Pirate's Legend
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183
Arcangelo Corelli — Concerto grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6, No. 11
William Walton — Crown Imperial
Cécile Chaminade — Callirhoë Suite, Op. 37
Free
Gig Harbor Peninsula Civic Orchestra: Representing the Holidays
Sunday, December 11, 2022 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Lighthouse Christian School, Gig Harbor, WA, United States
Johann Strauss II
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Wein, Weib, und Gesang ("Wine, Women, and Song"), Op. 333
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — "Christmas Overture" from The Forest of Wild Thyme, Op. 74
Judith Bailey — Noel
Émile Waldteufel — Les patineurs ("The Ice Skaters"), Op. 183
Leonard Bernstein — Overture to Candide
Arcangelo Corelli — Concerto grosso in C major, Op. 6, No. 10
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — "Christmas Overture" from The Forest of Wild Thyme, Op. 74
Judith Bailey — Noel
Émile Waldteufel — Les patineurs ("The Ice Skaters"), Op. 183
Leonard Bernstein — Overture to Candide
Arcangelo Corelli — Concerto grosso in C major, Op. 6, No. 10
Free
Gig Harbor Peninsula Civic Orchestra – Spring Surprises
Saturday, March 7, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Peninsula High School – Milton S. Boyd Auditorium, Gig Harbor, WA, United States
Arcangelo Corelli – Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 7 in D major
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Scherzo in D minor
Felix Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture
Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"
Scott Joplin – TBA
Ron Goodwin – TBA
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Scherzo in D minor
Felix Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture
Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"
Scott Joplin – TBA
Ron Goodwin – TBA
Free (Free)