Raleigh Community Orchestra

09/29/2026

Did you know Tchaikovsky found his music for The Nutcracker "infinitely worse than Sleeping Beauty" and complained he was completely dry of musical ideas? The audience disagreed - while the play itself was initially a flop in 1892, his concert suite was a huge success. Hear two movements from the suite November 14th.

Join Raleigh Community Orchestra Saturday, November 14th, at 7 pm at Sanderson High School's Fine Arts Center as we present It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. Fans of all ages will enjoy Christmas favorites as we kick off the holiday season. White Christmas Christmas at the Movies The Chr

06/08/2026

Did you know Mozart was only 17 when he wrote his 25th Symphony? (He was 8 when he wrote his first!). Hear No. 25's first movement, which opens the film Amadeus, this Saturday, June 13th at 7 pm. www.raleighcommunityorchestra.org/tickets

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