If you haven’t yet experienced the MAC’s own professional orchestra conducted by renowned Maestro Kirk Muspratt, you don’t know what you’ve been missing! Proud to call the College of DuPage home for four decades, the New Philharmonic combines extraordinary talent with moving musical pieces that ignite the stage and leave audiences raving.

Throughout the season, you’ll find a diverse selection of orchestral programming from custom musical scores to timeless classics, Broadway favorites to ballets and operas, and solo performances to grand-scale events.

New Philharmonic is the winner of the 2020 Illinois Council of Orchestra’s Programming of the Year Award.

New Year’s Eve Concert

Tuesday, Dec. 31 | 1:30p, 5:00p & 8:30p

1:30p: Sold Out 5p: Limited Availability 8:30p: Best Availability Ring in 2025 with Maestro Muspratt as he conducts a fun and exciting New Year’s Eve pops concert featuring a variety of light classics, Strauss waltzes, arias, guest singer, champagne with surprises! A joyous night of reflecting back while looking ahead together through the music of…

The Elixir of Love by Gaetano Donizetti

Saturday, Jan. 25 | 7:30p
Sunday, Jan. 26 | 3p

Concert Opera A romantic comedy opera by Donizetti about a young villager who seeks a love potion from a traveling quack doctor to win the heart of the town’s wealthy owner. The opera is sung in Italian with English subtitles. Elixir is opera’s most heartwarming comedy, filled with delectable music that brings nonstop smiles. Adina…

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor

Saturday, April 12 | 7:30p
Sunday, April 13 | 3p

Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony is an intensely emotional journey and at times a battle with fate. Considered one of the most beloved symphonies of all time. Butterfly Lovers Concerto is an orchestral adaptation of a Chinese legend that tells the story of two lovers, who are separated by fate but are not…