Massapequa Philharmonic announces 40th season

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The Massapequa Philharmonic announced its 40th season under the direction of music director David Bernard. The philharmonic, which said it was recently named the resident orchestra of the Tilles Center of the Performing Arts in Brookville, will ovver a season that includes performances at both Tilles and the Berner Auditorium in Massapequa.

The programs – eight concerts in all – feature music that spans four centuries, including works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Camille Saint-Saens, Gustav Mahler, Leonard Bernstein and John Williams as well as new works at each concert as part of a partnership with the Long Island Composer’s Alliance.

“I am so excited to help celebrate 40 years of the Massapequa Philharmonic with these incredible events and with our new relationship with the Tilles Center,” Bernard said in a news release about the upcoming season.

“These concerts will be a shared experience between the audience and the musicians, where we will explore how composers achieve music’s potential for expression,” he added. “Each event will be an unforgettable experience.”

The arts are an economic driver to the region, and contributed $330 million to the Long Island economy, according to a 2023 study by the Long Island Arts Alliance.

The season’s full program as well as details about the Massapequa Philharmonic, soloists and ticket information are featured on the orchestra’s website.

The season kicks off with Classical Mystery Tour: A Symphonic Tribute to the Beatles on Saturday, Sept. 21, at 8 p.m. at the Tilles Center, featuring original members of Broadway’s Beatlemania, performing live with the orchestra.

Another seasonal highlight includes Romeo and Juliet from the InsideOut, a patented concept where audience members sit alongside the musicians. This event takes place on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at 3 p.m., featuring music inspired by William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Bernstein.

The season concludes with Out of this World on Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 3 p.m. The performance features a multimedia exploration of the universe and solar system at the Tilles Center featuring imagery from space that have been curated and presented by Jackie Faherty, astrophysicist and senior scientist of the Hayden Planetarium and the American Museum of Natural History, alongside Gustav Holst’s “The Planets.”