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 50 years, the New Philharmonic combines extraordinary talent with moving musical pieces that ignite the stage and leave audiences raving.
Get an exclusive preview of the highly anticipated 2026/27 season during our Backstage Buzz!
A Tribute to Scotland
Mendelssohn | Bruch | Davies
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”
Bruch Scottish Fantasy
Davies An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
Guest Artist: David Taylor, Violin
This is Scotland as you’ve never heard it! An orchestral jour....
Friday, Dec 18 | 7p Saturday, Dec 19 | 1p & 5p Sunday, Dec 20 | 1p & 5p
Salt Creek Ballet: The Nutcracker
The MAC welcomes back Salt Creek Ballet with a roster of guest artists for a beloved holiday tradition: Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker.” Enjoy this magnificent full-scale ballet accompanied by New Philharmonic – a ra....
New Year’s Eve Concert
Kate Tombaugh, mezzo-soprano
Ring in 2027 with Maestro Muspratt and a New Year’s Eve pops concert featuring beloved light classics, sweeping Strauss waltzes to showstopping arias. The concert is a nonstop musical delight....
Friday, Feb 5 | 7:30p Saturday, Feb 6 | 3p & 7:30p Sunday, Feb 7 | 3p
John Williams – 95th Birthday Celebration
Join New Philharmonic for a jubilant celebration of the music – and the birthday – of legendary American composer John Williams. New Philharmonic brings to life the unmistakable sound of cinema’s greatest mu....
New Philharmonic – 50th Celebration
Beethoven Symphony no. 9 in D minor “Choral”
Guest Artists: Katelyn Lee, AddieRose Brown, James Judd, Jonathan Wilson, NISO Chorus, Directed by Thomas McNichols
Copland Lincoln Portrait
Guest Narrator: Steve....
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