Concert Theatre Works

29/05/2026

THE REVIEWS ARE IN! Swipe to read what Musical America Worldwide and Shepherd Express had to say after attending the premiere of COPLAND & TWAIN with Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra!

Next up…
June 26
Copland & Twain
Chelsea Music Festival
NYC

🔺For Tickets and Info: https://www.chelseamusicfestival.org

26/05/2026

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08/05/2026

WORLD PREMIERE! May 8-10 at Bradley Symphony Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

This exciting new theatrical concert from director Bill Barclay and Concert Theatre Works marries Aaron Copland’s stirring incidental music with Mark Twain’s poignant observations of a changing America. Copland’s compositions, including Music for Movies and Music for the Theatre, meet excerpts from Twain’s essays, apocryphal stories, speeches, and articles.

Music Director Ken-David Masur leads the full orchestral power of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, joined by six costumed actors and enhanced by projected visuals.

The merging artistry of two critical pillars of American identity provides a soothing & thought-provoking take on the polarizing questions vexing our body politic today using majesty, tolerance, wisdom, and humor.

🔺Purchase tickets: https://www.mso.org/concerts/copland-and-twain/

05/05/2026

In just a few days, SECRET BYRD tours to London! Featuring and

May 8-9, 2026
Smith Square Hall

🔺Purchase tickets through our website at the link in our bio!

This extraordinary immersive theatrical concert by candlelight is created and directed by Bill Barclay and produced by Concert Theatre Works.

Co-commissioned by Washington National Cathedral and The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

📷 by Daniel Cullen

30/04/2026

The Explorer Concert featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 was simply electric!

This concert series was created to make orchestral music more accessible—offering audiences a way to engage more deeply with what they’re hearing. The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s performance gave its multi-generational concertgoers a fresh way to experience a classic!

Photos by Hillary Scott

23/04/2026

Our hit touring production, The Chevalier comes to Indianapolis in 2026!

Discover the remarkable life and music of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges—composer, virtuoso violinist, champion fencer, military leader, and crusader for equality—through The Chevalier, a powerful musical play by Bill Barclay, presented the Madam Walker Legacy Center.

The Chevalier is played by violinist, Brendon Elliott

Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Matthew Kramer

Blending live orchestra, costumed actors, and solo violin, this production explores Bologne’s friendships with Mozart and Marie Antoinette, and his fight for justice during the French Revolution, drawing compelling connections to today’s pursuit of equality. Don’t miss this powerful meditation on race, revolution, and rediscovered genius—Bologne’s time is now.

🔺Tickets available at the link in our bio 🔗

21/04/2026

THIS WEEKEND! Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s dramatic opera reimagined with onstage period instruments at Boston’s restored Paramount Theatre!

April 24 & 26
Emerson Paramount Center
Boston, MA

🔺 Link in bio for info and tickets!

10/04/2026

SECRET BYRD tours to London May 8-9, 2026!

Featuring The Gesualdo Six and Fretwork

🔺Purchase tickets here: https://www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/gesualdo-six-and-fretwork/

This extraordinary immersive theatrical concert by candlelight is created and directed by Bill Barclay and produced by Concert Theatre Works.

Co-commissioned by Washington National Cathedral and The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

📷 by Daniel Cullen

09/04/2026

Want to learn more about orchestral music or want to introduce friends and family to the magic of the symphony while hearing one of the genre’s all-time greatest hits? The Explorer Concert was created just for you!

Composer, director, and writer Bill Barclay hosts this performance, taking audiences through the magic of Beethoven and one of the most famous pieces of music ever written: Symphony No. 5. Its iconic “da-da-da-dum” opens a world of drama and brings the audience on an unforgettable orchestral journey.

🔺For tickets and more information, click here: https://www.bso.org/events/explorer-concert-beethoven-5?performance=2026-04-14-18%3A30

April 14
630pm
Symphony Hall
Boston, MA

06/04/2026

A March 6 announcement from the Boston Symphony Orchestra is still ricocheting through the music world: Boston will lose its elite music director, Andris Nelsons, at the end of the Tanglewood season in 2027. Nelsons, beloved by musicians and widely in demand, will depart while the organization grapples with a 40 percent decline in classical-music audiences over the past 20 years.

Speculation surrounding the wisdom of this decision is flourishing. But that debate obscures a primary reason the decision was apparently made: the audience. And many people’s assumptions about it — graying and conservative — are out of date.

This is my 10th season with the BSO, mostly creating large theatrical concerts designed to attract new listeners. Those listeners are out there: According to a Classical Pulse study published this month, 55 percent of Americans have attended a classical concert in their lifetimes. Of the more than 4 million adults in the Boston metro area, that translates to a potential classical concert audience of more than 2 million people. Total attendance at Symphony Hall in a season, according to tax filings? About 160,000.

Among Americans who have ever attended a classical concert, the generational patterns are striking: 88 percent of these adults who are under age 45 have been to at least one performance in the past year, and nearly half have been to three. Compare that to concert attendees over age 55: 41 percent have not attended even once in the past year.

🔺Read the rest here: https://concerttheatreworks.com/8231-2/