NEPA Philharmonic

09/29/2026

📰 A high note for Luzerne County’s 240th. 🎶

The Times Leader Editorial Board takes a look at Luzerne County’s 240 years of history, and the role Friday night’s celebration with your NEPA Phil played in telling that story.

💙 Thank you to the Times Leader for the kind words, and to everyone who helped make Luzerne County 240 happen.

🔗 Read the full editorial:

Maybe it’s a bit of bad timing that Luzerne County is celebrating its 240th anniversary the same year the nation marks birthday number 250, or maybe it’s a good way to help people appreciate just how closely tied our county is to the nation’s development. Either way, the commemoration of ou...

09/29/2026

🎶📚 Hundreds of local students spent Friday morning with your NEPA Phil!

We kicked off Luzerne County 240 with a special student performance at the F.M. Kirby Center, bringing 240 years of local history together through music, dance and storytelling.

📰 The Times Leader caught up with students afterward to hear what they thought.

🔗 Read Jennifer Learn-Andes’ story:

Northwest Area High School senior Nash Tutorow left Friday’s Luzerne County 240th anniversary performance with a greater awareness of the county’s past.

09/26/2026

09/24/2026

🎸 Meet Luzerne County 240 guest artist Gracie Jane Sinclair!

The Luzerne County singer-songwriter and 2026 NEPA Phil Battle of the Bands winner joins your NEPA Phil tomorrow!

🔵 Writing songs since age 5
🔵 Known for a soulful, rock-driven sound with Gracie Jane Sinclair & The Band
🔵 Has shared the stage with Pat Benatar, Jelly Roll & Craig Morgan

🎟️ See Gracie tomorrow: https://nepaphil.org/events

🇺🇸 Luzerne County 240
📅 Friday, September 25th | 7 PM
📍 F.M. Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre

Presented by The Luzerne Foundation, with Visit Luzerne County & Passan Foundation.

In collaboration with Luzerne County | Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce | Dance Theatre of Wilkes-Barre | Wilkes-Barré Preservation Society | WVIA | Knot Just Any Day | NotationAI | Canon

Thalenfeld Family Symphony Series | Dr. Seth W. & Carolyn Fisher Pops Series

2026–27 Season Sponsor: PNC

09/24/2026

🎭 Meet Luzerne County 240 guest artist Travis Taber!

Travis joins your NEPA Phil tomorrow, just weeks before celebrating 10 years with the Broadway company of Wicked!

🔵 Performs in Wicked and understudies Fiyero
🔵 National tours include Wicked, Mamma Mia! & Priscilla Queen of the Desert
🔵 Met his wife and castmate, Celia Hottenstein, through Wicked

🎟️ See Travis tomorrow: https://nepaphil.org/events

🇺🇸 Luzerne County 240
📅 Friday, September 25th | 7 PM
📍 F.M. Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre

Presented by The Luzerne Foundation, with Visit Luzerne County & Passan Foundation.

In collaboration with Luzerne County | Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce | Dance Theatre of Wilkes-Barre | Wilkes-Barré Preservation Society | WVIA | Knot Just Any Day | NotationAI | Canon

Thalenfeld Family Symphony Series | Dr. Seth W. & Carolyn Fisher Pops Series

2026–27 Season Sponsor: PNC

09/24/2026

🎭 Meet Luzerne County 240 guest artist Celia Hottenstein!

Born in Wilkes-Barre and a Wyoming Valley West alum, Celia returns home to perform with your NEPA Phil tomorrow!

🔵 Member of the Wicked Broadway company since 2019
🔵 Currently the standby for Glinda in Wicked
🔵 Previously toured North America with The Phantom of the Opera

🎟️ See Celia tomorrow: https://nepaphil.org/events

🇺🇸 Luzerne County 240
📅 Friday, September 25th | 7 PM
📍 F.M. Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre

Presented by The Luzerne Foundation, with Visit Luzerne County & Passan Foundation.

In collaboration with Luzerne County | Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce | Dance Theatre of Wilkes-Barre | Wilkes-Barré Preservation Society | WVIA | Knot Just Any Day | NotationAI | Canon

Thalenfeld Family Symphony Series | Dr. Seth W. & Carolyn Fisher Pops Series

2026–27 Season Sponsor: PNC

09/23/2026

🇺🇸 Luzerne County 240 is THIS FRIDAY!

Join your NEPA Phil at the F.M. Kirby Center for a celebration of 240 years of Luzerne County through music, local history, dance and multimedia.

🎶 Copland’s Appalachian Spring & Lincoln Portrait
🎭 Broadway performers Celia Hottenstein & Travis Taber
🎸 Gracie Jane Sinclair
💃 Dance Theatre of Wilkes-Barre
🏛️ Narrators Tony Brooks & Chris Norton

🎟️ Get your tickets: https://nepaphil.org/events

📅 Friday, September 25th | 7 PM
📍 F.M. Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre

Presented by The Luzerne Foundation, with Visit Luzerne County & Passan Foundation.

In collaboration with Luzerne County | Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce | Dance Theatre of Wilkes-Barre | Wilkes-Barré Preservation Society | WVIA | Knot Just Any Day | NotationAI | Canon

Thalenfeld Family Symphony Series | Dr. Seth W. & Carolyn Fisher Pops Series

2026–27 Season Sponsor: PNC

09/21/2026

🎙️ Meet Luzerne County 240 narrator Chris Norton!

Chris will lend his unmistakable radio voice to the words of Abraham Lincoln in Copland’s powerful Lincoln Portrait, performed with your NEPA Phil.

About Chris:
🔵 Former radio announcer at Rock 107 & Magic 93
🔵 Recently retired as Senior Vice President of WVIA, where he continues to volunteer
🔵 Past board member of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic

🎟️ Hear it this Friday: https://nepaphil.org/events

🇺🇸 Luzerne County 240
📅 Friday, September 25th | 7 PM
📍 F.M. Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre

Presented by The Luzerne Foundation, with Visit Luzerne County & Passan Foundation.

In collaboration with Luzerne County | Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce | Dance Theatre of Wilkes-Barre | Wilkes-Barré Preservation Society | WVIA | Knot Just Any Day | NotationAI | Canon

Thalenfeld Family Symphony Series | Dr. Seth W. & Carolyn Fisher Pops Series

2026–27 Season Sponsor: PNC

09/21/2026

🏛️ Meet Luzerne County 240 narrator Tony Brooks!

Tony has written brand-new narration highlighting 240 years of Luzerne County history, which he’ll present alongside Copland’s Appalachian Spring, performed by your NEPA Phil.

About Tony:
🔵 Executive Director of the Wilkes-Barré Preservation Society & curator of the 1793 Zebulon Butler House, Wilkes-Barre’s oldest house
🔵 More than 20 years in historic preservation and local history
🔵 Wyoming Valley roots stretching back to the pioneer settlers of the Susquehannah Company of Connecticut

🎟️ Hear it this Friday: nepaphil.org/events

🇺🇸 Luzerne County 240
📅 Friday, September 25th | 7 PM
📍 F.M. Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre

Presented by The Luzerne Foundation, with Visit Luzerne County & Passan Foundation.

In collaboration with Luzerne County | Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce | Dance Theatre of Wilkes-Barre | Wilkes-Barré Preservation Society | WVIA | Knot Just Any Day | NotationAI | Canon

Thalenfeld Family Symphony Series | Dr. Seth W. & Carolyn Fisher Pops Series

2026–27 Season Sponsor: PNC