The holiday season will bring us a collaboration with one of the finest high school choirs in the state: the Republic High School Chorale. Join us on December 22nd at Redeemer Lutheran Church for our Winter Concert, ‘Brightest and Best’ featuring composers such as Gustav Holst, Ola Gjeilo, Shawn Kirchner, as well as some newer works! We’re so excited to connect with the next generation of choral arts enthusiasts and this concert is a perfect opportunity to live our mission out loud.

Springfield Ballet is excited to present the 2024-2025 season featuring the 39th annual production of The Nutcracker in December 2024.

The holidays come alive in Springfield with our annual production of The Nutcracker. The production will run December 19-23, 2024 at the Landers Theatre. Follow along as Clara and her Nutcracker Prince dash from an extravagant Christmas party to a fierce battle with the evil Mouse King, then on a magical journey through the Enchanted Forest of Snow and Land of Sweets. Families will celebrate this holiday tradition and share the magic of Springfield Ballet's The Nutcracker with the ones they love!

All Springfield Ballet tickets are only sold through the Landers Theatre Box Office. No third party ticket vendor sells valid Springfield Ballet tickets. Starting October 2, 2024 single tickets may be ordered by phone at 417.869.1334, via the web at www.LandersTheatre.org, or at the Box Office at 311 E. Walnut St in downtown Springfield.

Please join us as we share a beautiful snapshot of life on Commercial Street through the eyes, hearts, and minds of some of the friends and neighbors that live and work in this community. Through the powerful portrait photography of Randy Bacon, accompanied by raw and honest storytelling, we get a glimpse into the lives of some of the people who call Commercial Street their home.

"Love Your Neighbor" Portraits and Stories from Commercial Street, will have an exhibition opening reception on July 27th from 4-7pm, and the full exhibition will be on display at the Randy Bacon Gallery from July 27 - October 26, 2024.
This event is FREE and open to the public.

Join us in celebrating our local schools' winners in the Springfield Council of PTA's Reflections competition. Reflections is a National PTA (Parent Teacher Association) program that encourages students to explore the world around them by creating art in response to a theme. The Reflections theme for 2023-24 is "I am Hopeful Because..." with entries in the categories of literature, music composition, dance choreography, film, photography, and visual arts. The awards ceremony begins at 7:00 PM, but guests are welcome to browse the gallery starting at 6:30 PM.

International Opera Superstar Michael Spyres and his wonderfully talented family join us for a night of the best arias, duets, and ensembles from opera and Broadway. Don’t miss this spectacular night of love songs featuring Michael Spyres, Tara Stafford-Spyres, Sean Spyres, and Erica Spyres.

We are excited to announce a new collaboration between the Springfield Symphony and the St. Louis Ballet under the artistic direction of Gen Horiuchi for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s beloved Swan Lake. We welcome this celebrated ballet company to Hammons Hall for Horiuchi’s staging of this audience-favorite love story about Prince Siegfried and the beautiful Swan Queen.

The marriage of composer Robert Schumann and pianist Clara Schumann was filled with musical innovation and intellectual engagement, but it was also marked by tragedy. The arrival of young rising star Johannes Brahms brought joy to their household, and the deep bond that developed between Clara and Johannes has long been the subject of question and conjecture. The Springfield Symphony will present a unique evening of symphonic, chamber, and solo works by both Schumanns and Brahms, while actors illuminate the human story behind these towering figures of western music.

As far as lovers go, Romeo and Juliet need no introduction. Their ill-fated love story endures through the centuries, and Prokofiev’s score for the ballet is stormy, passionate, and full of the fervent feelings of young love. We are pleased to present Chinese composer Deqing Wen’s symphonic poem Nostalgia and our 2022 Hellam Competition Winner, Ilkhom Mukhiddinov, on Paganini’s virtuosic Violin Concerto No. 1.

The Springfield Symphony is delighted to offer the world premiere of Daijana Wallace’s beautiful Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra, featuring our own Principal Cellist Daniel Ketter. And we’ll play Sibelius’s Second Symphony, which Sibelius described as “a confession of the soul.” The symphony is grandiose, profound, and ecstatic, and its love themes range from love of country to a meditation on Don Juan, the notorious Italian lover.