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Bienvenidos!  Welcome!

Cumpleaños Musicales means “musical birthdays” in Spanish.  This year we celebrate the rich Hispanic culture of Holyoke, Massachusetts, our hometown.  Each concert this season will include a work evoking the musical sounds of Spain or South America.  Each concert also celebrates the birthday of a major composer:  Samuel Barber’s centennial in October, and the bicentennials of Felix Mendelssohn in December, Frederic Chopin in March, and Robert Schumann in May.

No matter what your musical tastes are, I think you will find Holyoke Civic Symphony concerts to be both enjoyable and educational, with a consistently high level of musical excellence.  All of our concerts feature an entertaining mixture of exciting and accessible new music, along with fresh interpretations of familiar classics.  I invite you to share in all of our Cumpleaños Musicales!