The Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra opens its 48th season on October 19 at DeKalb – Shaw Local

DeKALB – The Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra opens its 48th concert season with “Symphonic Dreamscapes” featuring oboist William Welter.

The concert will be held Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Northern Illinois University Music Building, 550 Lucinda Ave., DeKalb.

The concert, conducted by music director Linc Smelser, includes George Gershwin’s “An American in Paris” and “Symphony No. 1,” arranged by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Welter will perform “Concerto in D Major for Oboe and Small Orchestra” by Richard Strauss. Smelser will also give a pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m

Welter has performed with Chicago’s Civitas Ensemble, the Rembrandt Chamber Musicians, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He is principal oboe of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Welter also teaches music at DePaul University and Roosevelt University and master classes at Oberlin Conservatory, Rice University and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for those 62 and older and $8 for children 12 and under or students with a valid school ID. Tickets are available at the concert or at kishorchestra.org.

For more information, visit kishorchestra.org or the orchestra’s social media pages.