Raleigh Community Orchestra

05/30/2026

Did you know Max Steiner had just twelve weeks to compose the score to Gone with the Wind? He completed 2.5 hours of music, including twenty separate themes, with the help of four orchestrators, working twenty hour days, and injecting prescription amphetamines. Hear the suite from this epic film June 13th. www.raleighcommunityorchestra.org/tickets

05/16/2026

Tickets are now on sale for our annual collection of Music from Stage and Screen. Please join us on Saturday, June 13, at Sanderson High School. Tickets are on sale at www.raleighcommunityorchestra.org/tickets. Special thanks to our friends at for their amazing support!

05/16/2026

Did you know Beethoven composed Coriolan Overture to impress his friend and playwright Heinrich Joseph von Collin, hoping von Collin would write the libretto for his next opera? They began their sketches for an adaptation of Macbeth, but von Collin passed away before it could be completed. Hear Coriolan Overture June 13th. www.raleighcommunityorchestra.org/tickets

05/10/2026

Did you know although The Jazz Singer film was a flop, Neil Diamond's soundtrack album was a smash? It featured Love on the Rocks, Hello Again, and America, which you can hear June 13th. www.raleighcommunityorchestra.org/tickets

05/05/2026

Did you know Steven Spielberg, the producer of An American Tail, was the one who thought Somewhere Out There had Top-40 hit potential and recruited Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram to record it for the closing credits? Hear it June 13th! https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/raleigh-community-orchestra/stagescreen2026

03/05/2026

Did you know lyricist Howard Ashman recorded a demo of himself as Ursula for Poor Unfortunate Souls and sent it to Pat Carroll to convince her to take the role for the film? She agreed and chose to use many of Ashman's original inflections in her version. Will you be there this Saturday? "True?....yes!"

Join Raleigh Community Orchestra Saturday, March 7th, at 7 pm at Sanderson High School's Fine Arts Center as we present The Sea. Fans of all ages will enjoy songs of the sea from classical repertoire, Broadway, the jukebox, and film. Scheherazade - The Sea and Sinbad's Ship Fingal's Cave Selections

02/28/2026

Did you know Styx formed the idea for "Come Sail Away" while sitting on the beach in Hawaii in 1977, wondering why their career hadn't progressed as quickly as they thought it should have? They had released six albums at that point with only a lone top-10 hit (Lady), and they were still opening for bands that had risen to stardom after them. That would all change with the release of this rock staple. Hear it March 7th

Join Raleigh Community Orchestra Saturday, March 7th, at 7 pm at Sanderson High School's Fine Arts Center as we present The Sea. Fans of all ages will enjoy songs of the sea from classical repertoire, Broadway, the jukebox, and film. Scheherazade - The Sea and Sinbad's Ship Fingal's Cave Selections

02/21/2026

Did you know Beyond the Sea started as French song "La Mer" written in 1945, a poetic description of the sea. One year later, Jack Lawrence wrote the English lyrics as a yearning for a distant lover. Hear Bobby Darin's big band version on March 7th.

Join Raleigh Community Orchestra Saturday, March 7th, at 7 pm at Sanderson High School's Fine Arts Center as we present The Sea. Fans of all ages will enjoy songs of the sea from classical repertoire, Broadway, the jukebox, and film. Scheherazade - The Sea and Sinbad's Ship Fingal's Cave Selections

02/15/2026

Did you know 1989's Under the Sea won Disney's first Oscar for Best Original Song in 25 years (Chim Chim Cher-ee from Mary Poppins in 1964)? Hear the newt play the flute, the bass play the brass, and that blowfish blow on March 7th!

Join Raleigh Community Orchestra Saturday, March 7th, at 7 pm at Sanderson High School's Fine Arts Center as we present The Sea. Fans of all ages will enjoy songs of the sea from classical repertoire, Broadway, the jukebox, and film. Scheherazade - The Sea and Sinbad's Ship Fingal's Cave Selections

02/03/2026

Did you know Christopher Cross's "Sailing" was inspired by teenage memories of escaping stress on a friend's boat? It topped the Billboard 100 in 1980 and helped Cross become the first artist to sweep the "Big Four" Grammy categories - Record and Song of the Year ("Sailing"), Album of the Year ("Christopher Cross"), and Best New Artist. Hear it on March 7th!

Join Raleigh Community Orchestra Saturday, March 7th, at 7 pm at Sanderson High School's Fine Arts Center as we present The Sea. Fans of all ages will enjoy songs of the sea from classical repertoire, Broadway, the jukebox, and film. Scheherazade - The Sea and Sinbad's Ship Fingal's Cave Selections