Upcoming events.
OVCO Online Auction
This year's Finale will again mark the opening of bidding in the Online Auction benefiting the orchestra. 2026 Online Auction bidding will be open for a week and will end on Sunday, May 3, 2026, at 3 p.m. This year’s auction items feature a newly created viola by OVCO Principal Violist Benjamin Kratchmer and Harmony, Minnesota Luthier Mason Weedman.
The items will be available for bidding on the GalaBid site at https://galabid.com/ovco-2026-auction.
Season Finale - Eroica
Finlandia - Jean Sibelius
Thunder and Lightning Polka - Johann Strauss Jr.
Symphony No. 3 in Eb “Eroica” - Ludwig van Beethoven
Winter Dreams
Drift - James Romig, Craig Hultgren - Ecello
Lieutenant Kijé Suite - Serge Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 in. G minor “Winter Daydreams”- Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky
Music of Animation feat. The Snowman
Video Games Live - arr Ralph Ford Featuring music from: Halo / Civilization IV / Bounty Hunter / Kingdom Hearts
How to Train Your Dragon Suite - John Powell
Nightmare Before Christmas Suite - Danny Elfman
The Snowman - Howard Blake (Orchestra w/ Film Screening)
Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Schumann
Season 12 opens with Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, and Schumann
Hungarian March from “The Damnation of Faust” - Hector Berlioz
Piano Concerto No.4 in c - Camille Saint-Saëns - David Severtson, Piano
Symphony No. 3 in Eb “Rhenish” - Robert Schumann