NAU Concerto Competition Winners

NAU Symphony Orchestra

Sunday | May 3, 2026 | 3:00 PM

Ardrey Memorial Auditorium

Experience an afternoon of virtuosity and drama as the NAU Symphony Orchestra showcases its rising stars in the NAU Concerto Competition Winners concert.

Hear the vibrant rhythms of Emmanuel Séjourné’s Concerto for Marimba & String Orchestra and the electrifying energy of Takashi Yoshimatsu’s Saxophone Concerto, Cyberbird performed by this year’s outstanding student soloists.

The program culminates in the sweeping intensity of Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 4, The Tragic, delivering a powerful and unforgettable musical end to the 2025-26 season.

Featuring:

Emmanuel Séjourné: Concerto for Marimba & String Orchestra

Takashi Yoshimatsu: Saxophone Concerto, Cyberbird

Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Tragic, D. 417

Josiah de la Huerta, Saxophone

Corben Short, Marimba

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