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Bremerton Symphony Association enriches the West Sound with excellent classical music through performance and education.

“We bring West Sound communities together sharing a passion for live music, preserving our rich history, and providing educational opportunities for all.”

Bremerton Symphony Association is the non-profit, umbrella organization including Bremerton WestSound Symphony, Bremerton Symphony Orchestra, Bremerton Symphony Chorale, Bremerton Youth Symphony, Bremerton Youth Jazz Ensemble, The League of Symphony Volunteers, and Bremerton Symphony Endowment Fund.

06/16/2026

WestSound Youth Jazz Band would like to invite you to see them perform for FREE at MAKE MUSIC DAY this Saturday, June 20th!

Check out the full line-up of bands/musicians here: Music Discovery Center

This wonderful celebration is put on by Music Discovery Center and will have live entertainment on the beautiful new stage at Quincy Square, an instrument drive, and an Instrument Touch-and-Try exhibit. Music Discovery Center takes old instruments, repairs them, and gets them into the hands of our local youth who may not otherwise be able to afford it. We at the symphony have donated instruments and even invited them to have put on an Instrument Touch-and-Try at our OrKIDstra concert this past March! We love working with them and supporting them in their mission to bring the magic of music to one and all.

Make Music Day
Quincy Square
4th Street
Downtown Bremerton
12-8 PM
FREE FOR ALL AGES!

Did you know?
WestSound Youth Jazz director and Bremerton WestSound Symphony bassist Derick Polk is on the Music Discovery Center Board of Directors! He also leads MDC’s Music Discovery Partnership at Catalyst Public School in Manette!

06/12/2026

Looking for a way to enjoy the beautiful sunshine tomorrow?

Look no further!

WestSound Youth Jazz Band will be performing at the Kitsap Juneteenth Freedom Festival at Evergreen Rotary Park in Bremerton tomorrow! The festival is FREE and runs from 11-4. Music, free food, vendors, culture, and community are what you can expect at this wonderful local festival. Go support these amazing kids and all of the other wonderful performers and vendors.

We'll keep you updated with all of their summertime performances, so stay tuned!

06/08/2026

We at the Bremerton WestSound Symphony and Chorale would like to extend a big, heart-felt THANK YOU to all of our patrons this season. We couldn't have done it without each and every one of you. Stay tuned here on social media this summer for announcements of summer performances and next season's line-up and subscription information!

See you next season!

06/05/2026

NOTES FROM THE PODIUM: Part 5
by Maestro Alan Futterman

How many times have you been to the symphony or the opera,
listening and sitting for long, interminable minutes until the
orchestra finally gets to the grand climax or the great tune that
you have been waiting all evening to finally hear. We have now
solved this problem for you. In our musicological second-half
journey, we will perform the greatest two minutes from a selection
of the biggest orchestral hits of three centuries. Most of these
works need no introduction. A mere listing should be enough to
whet your appetite.
Bach: Opening of the Christmas Oratorio
Haydn: Symphony #104 (his last)
Mozart: Requiem, Lacrimosa
Beethoven: Symphony #9, the thrilling chorale entrance
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, March to the Scaffold
Brahms: Symphony #1
The Nationalists:
Tchaikovsky: Fifth Symphony
Dvorak: New World Symphony
Sibelius: Second Symphony
The end of the symphonic line:
Mahler: Sixth Symphony
Other branches:
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Stravinsky: Firebird, Infernal Dance (of the evil Kastchei and his
Monsters)
Beethoven: Ninth Symphony, grand finale

*And so ends our Notes from the Podium series. We sincerely hope to see you Sunday for this one-of-a-kind concert!*

Three Centuries of Orchestra Hits
Sunday, June 7, 2026
3:00 PM
Central Kitsap Performing Arts Center
Silverdale, WA

Tickets and more info: https://www.bremertonwestsoundsymphony.org/three-centuries

06/03/2026

NOTES FROM THE PODIUM: Part 4
by Maestro Alan Futterman

The Chorale will rejoin us for the lyrical and then rousing
Polovetsian Dances from Borodin’s opera Prince Igor.

Igor has been captured by the Great Khan, leader of a strong
nomadic tribe from the East. However, he is held in great esteem
by the Khan and recognized as a valiant prince and warrior. In his
honor, a great feast is assembled at which the Khan’s slaves sing
nostalgic melodies from their homeland and the Khan’s tribesmen
sing a massive tribute to their leader’s power and glory. Alexander
Borodin’s melodies are so beloved that they were used to create
the 1953 Broadway hit musical Kismet.

*Stay tuned over the next week to read the rest of Maestro Futterman's notes on this one-of-a-kind concert.*

Three Centuries of Orchestra Hits
Sunday, June 7, 2026
3:00 PM
Central Kitsap Performing Arts Center
Silverdale, WA

Tickets and more info: https://www.bremertonwestsoundsymphony.org/three-centuries

06/02/2026

NOTES FROM THE PODIUM: Part 3
by Maestro Alan Futterman

To give our chorale a rest, the orchestra will carry on with one of
the thorniest, thickest, and most tantalizingly seductive passages
in all of music with Salome’s Dance of the Seven Veils by Richard
Strauss. As Salome performs her erotic dance, she slowly drops
each veil until she has not a stitch of clothing left. And who is she
trying to seduce … her father King Herod. (Play by Oscar Wilde
based on the Bible. See Matthew 14:3-11 and Mark 6:17-28)

*Stay tuned through the rest of the week to read the rest of Maestro Futterman's notes on this one-of-a-kind concert.*

Three Centuries of Orchestra Hits
Sunday, June 7, 2026
3:00 PM
Central Kitsap Performing Arts Center
Silverdale, WA

Tickets and more info: https://www.bremertonwestsoundsymphony.org/three-centuries

06/01/2026

NOTES FROM THE PODIUM: Part 2
by Maestro Alan Futterman

The first half of our program was not conceived as a chronological
journey and yet contains music from three different centuries.
We open with Zadok the Priest, the coronation anthem that has
been sung for the investiture of every British monarch since it was
written in 1727 for King George the Second. From the 19 th
Century, we feature the ladies of our chorale in the dramatic
Witches Chorus from Verdi’s opera Macbeth of 1847.

*Stay tuned through the rest of the week to read the rest of Maestro Futterman's notes on this one-of-a-kind concert.*

Three Centuries of Orchestra Hits
Sunday, June 7, 2026
3:00 PM
Central Kitsap Performing Arts Center
Silverdale, WA

Tickets and more info: https://www.bremertonwestsoundsymphony.org/three-centuries

05/29/2026

NOTES FROM THE PODIUM: Part 1
by Maestro Alan Futterman

Our June program is one of the most interesting collections of
repertoire we have ever presented. After intermission we will
present excerpts of orchestral hits to illustrate the development of
the orchestra from the small instrumental ensembles that Johann
Sebastian Bach put together in the early 18h Century, to the
massive orchestral forces assembled by Igor Stravinsky to
entertain and shock the Parisian audiences before World War
One at Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe. Our Bremerton Symphony
Chorale will accompany us at various points along this journey.

*Stay tuned over the next week to read the rest of Maestro Futterman's notes on this one-of-a-kind concert.*

Three Centuries of Orchestra Hits
Sunday, June 7, 2026
3:00 PM
Central Kitsap Performing Arts Center
Silverdale, WA

Tickets and more info: https://www.bremertonwestsoundsymphony.org/three-centuries

05/22/2026

The orchestra is already back in rehearsal for our next concert, Three Centuries of Orchestra Hits! Prepare for an extraordinary musical journey through three centuries of orchestral and choral masterpieces. This is going to be a one-of-a-kind concert that you definitely won't want to miss!

Sunday, June 7, 2026
3:00 PM
Central Kitsap Performing Arts Center
Silverdale, WA

Tickets and more info can be found at www.bremertonwestsoundsymphony.org/three-centuries

05/19/2026

NEXT UP:
🌟Three Centuries of Orchestra Hits🌟

Prepare for an extraordinary musical journey through three centuries of orchestral and choral masterpieces. The program opens with the regal grandeur of Handel’s Zadok the Priest and the haunting intensity of Verdi’s Witches’ Chorus from Macbeth, followed by the seductive mystery of Strauss’ Dance of the Seven Veils and the vibrant rhythms of Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances. After intermission, the spiritual warmth of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio sets a contemplative mood, leading into the classical brilliance of Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 and Mozart’s majestic Jupiter Symphony. The evening deepens with the emotional weight of Mozart’s Requiem: Lacrimosa and Beethoven’s transcendent Ninth Symphony. Journey continues with the dramatic flair of Berlioz’s March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique, Brahms’ monumental Symphony No. 1, and Tchaikovsky’s passionate Fifth Symphony. The energy swells with Dvořák’s evocative New World Symphony and Sibelius’ stirring Second Symphony finale, culminating in the profound intensity of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony. Delicate colors emerge in Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, followed by the fiery brilliance of Stravinsky’s Firebird and the ultimate conclusion of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. This sweeping program promises an unforgettable celebration of the development, diversity, and emotion of orchestral music’s greatest treasures.

Three Centuries of Orchestra Hits
Sunday, June 7
3:00 PM
Central Kitsap Performing Arts Center
Silverdale, WA

Tickets and more info:
https://www.bremertonwestsoundsymphony.org/three-centuries

Address

645 4th Street, Suite 206
Bremerton, WA
98337

Telephone

+13603731722

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http://www.bremertonwestsoundsymphony.org/

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