Fox Valley Orchestra

07/18/2026

TOMORROW - Sunday, July 19th! FVO presents
“Family Guide to the Orchestra”

Don't miss this FVO family concert! Concert is especially designed to nurture a love of music for all ages!!
Children 10 & Under Are Free!

Featuring these intriguing works conducted by Stephen Squires:

Prokofiev - “Peter & The Wolf”
Saint-Saëns - “Carnival of the Animals”
Peck - “Thrill of the Orchestra”

Kids! Enjoy our Instrument Petting Zoo during intermission and after the performance!!!

Sunday, July 19, 2026
3:00 PM
Crimi Auditorium, Aurora University
1347 S. Prairie Street
Aurora, IL 60506

Online ticket discounts available at FVO website until noon Saturday, July 18th. Tickets may also be purchased at the door.

07/06/2026

06/15/2026

Fox Valley Orchestra opens its Summer 2026 Pops Series with "Americana 250!"

Sunday, June 28, 2026
3 PM
Crimi Auditorium, 1347 Prairie St, Aurora

Great popular, folk, and patriotic music from the Revolutionary War era through the present day. Time travel with us through our founding, our great expansion west, and the myriad styles of the American eras. We place special honor to our military, our inventors, our thinkers, our leaders, and our artists! Our American music perfectly represents our history - challenges and triumphs. Freedom is 250! Happy Semiquincentennial, United States!

Stephen Squires, Conductor.

Purchase discount tickets online until noon June 27, and for Summer Pops 2-Concert Series! (Box Office: 630-891-2526) Prices higher at the door.

06/08/2026

Join us Saturday, June 13 at 2 for Fox Chamber Singers’ final concert of the season: Imagined Worlds.

06/05/2026

A free concert for you! Join us on Saturday, June 6 at 2pm for a fun afternoon of chamber music with some of our fabulous FVO Musicians and Maestro Stephen Squires accompanying.

St Mark's Lutheran Church
27 S Edgelawn Dr, Aurora
2:00pm

See you there!

03/23/2026

Consider spending your Saturday afternoon with us!

03/03/2026

Come and experience Handel’s Messiah parts 2 & 3, representing the Passion and Resurrection story, performed in the traditional format with the amazing voices of the Fox Chamber Singers combined with the Fox Valley Orchestra. This inspiring and uplifting classical music event for the Easter season is presented in the beautiful Marmion Abbey Church. Address: 850 Butterfield Rd, Aurora 60502.

Stephen Squires, FVO conductor. Lisa Fredenburgh, FCS conductor.

Come early! General seating only.

Purchase tickets online until 3/27/26 at https://www.foxvalleyorchestra.org/messiahpassion.php
All seats in advance: $13 +$1 fee. Day of, at the door, all seats $15.

02/05/2026

FVO's 2026 Youth Concerto Competition for high school students is OPEN!! - Deadline to apply is March 1st! Cash prizes for the top 3 winners and opportunity to perform with the FVO next January!

Round #1 is a video submission due by March 1st. Judges review all video submissions and select finalists for Round #2, the live audition. Round #2 date is Saturday, March 21, 2026.

Pictured here are our 2025 Winners (Youth Concerto and the Collegiate Voice.) Each performed as guest soloists at Crimi Auditorium on January 25 with the Fox Valley Orchestra.

For more info and to apply for the Youth Concerto Competition: https://www.foxvalleyorchestra.org/youthconcerto.php

01/23/2026

Fox Valley Orchestra & Chorus Present "The Future is Now" , Jan 25, 2026, 3 pm, Crimi Auditorium, Aurora. Winners of our Youth Concerto and Collegiate Voice Competitions will perform these selections with us!

Sibelius Violin Concerto - Leo Zupko, violin
Pale et blonde - Anne-Marie Atanga, soprano
Elgar Cello Concerto - Ella Wimbiscus, cello
Adele's Laughing Song - Audrey Esquivel, soprano
Ravel Tzigane - Romeo Vashishth, violin
O mio Babbino caro - Sophia Altamirano, soprano*
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01/18/2026

🎶 The Future is Now 🎶

Join the Fox Valley Orchestra for an inspiring afternoon of music that celebrates the next generation of extraordinary talent!

🗓 January 25, 2026
🕒 3:00 PM
📍 Crimi Auditorium, Aurora University

This special concert features our Concerto Competition and Voice Competition winners, showcasing brilliant young soloists alongside our full orchestra. Experience the excitement, passion, and promise of tomorrow’s musicians, today.

🎟 Tickets:
Purchase your tickets here:
👉 https://www.foxvalleyorchestra.org/order.php

✨ Mark your calendars and join us for an unforgettable musical afternoon!

Fox Valley Orchestra | Aurora, Illinois 60507