Napa Valley Chamber Orchestra
Bringing music to our community

Current Season

  • NVCO Current Season 2026-2027


    Welcome to the 6th season of the Napa Valley Chamber Orchestra.

    October 11, 2026, Jarvis Conservatory 1711 Main Street Napa 2pm

    Five-Year Anniversary Celebration and Benefit Concert

    Led by Alexander Kahn, assistant conductor of the Santa Rosa Symphony and conductor of the Napa Valley Youth Symphony, the strings of the NVCO join forces with woodwinds and French horn in the historic Jarvis Conservatory theater. Featured will be Ralph Vaughan Williams’ ravishing violin piece The Lark Ascending, performed by violin wunderkind Samuel Strong. Music by Britten, Holst, and Elgar rounds out the afternoon, which continues with a wine and finger-food reception serenaded by young musicians of the Napa Valley Youth Symphony. Enjoy exceptional music and meet the conductor, musicians, and board members while mingling with fellow NVCO patrons.

    Ticketing at Jarvis Conservatory Website:   https://www.jarvisconservatory.com 

    Program:

    Benjamin Britten:  Simple Symphony
    Edward Elgar:  Serenade for Strings
    Gustav Holst:   St. Paul’s Suite
    Ralph Vaughn Williams Lark Ascending with soloist Samuel Strong

    The remaining three concerts are free to attend.

    Concert 2:  November 22, 2026, 2pm
    Crosswalk Community Church 2590 1st Street, Napa

    Ann Krinitsky returns to lead the orchestra
    Soloist: Violist Jenny Douglass

    Program:
    Béla Bartók:  Rumanian Folk Dances
    Chen YI:  Shuo
    George Frideric Handel – Passacaglia
    Carl Maria von Weber – Andante e rondo ongarses (viola soloist)
    Clarice Assad – Três Pequenas Variações

    Concert 3:  February 21, 2027, 2pm
    Crosswalk Community Church 2590 1st Street, Napa

    Conductor/Leader: Daria Tedeschi Adams, Co-Artistic Director of Music in the Vineyards
    Soprano Soloist:  Tori Tedeschi Adams 

    Program:
    Benjamin Britten:  Sure on this shining night
    Caroline Shaw:  And So
    George Gershwin:  Lullaby
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:  Allelujah
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:   Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
    Astor Piazolla:  Oblivion and Libertango
    Teresa Carreño:  Serenade for Strings

    Concert 4:  April 25, 2027, 2pm
    Crosswalk Community Church 2590 1st Street, Napa
    Conductor:  Melinda Ellis

    Program:

    Peter Warlock:  Capriol Suite
    Antonio Vivaldi:  Spring
    Gustav Holst:  Brook Green Suite
    Leroy Anderson:  Plink, Plank,Plunk
    Reflection from Mulan, Music from Harry Potter, Music from Wizard of Oz