Rhythm, Grace, Passion
Oct
23

Rhythm, Grace, Passion

Free admission, no tickets required. Donations gratefully accepted (suggested amount: $15)

Concert repertoire to include:

  • Haydn - Symphony No. 52

  • Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6, Movement 1

  • Joplin - “Bethena”

Concert pieces subject to change.

Also don’t forget to bid for an opportunity to conduct the American West Symphony and Chorus this December!

In order to provide an enjoyable listening experience for all our audience members we welcome our guests 5 years of age, and older. Thank you!


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Rhythm, Grace, Passion
Oct
24

Rhythm, Grace, Passion

Free admission, no tickets required. Donations gratefully accepted (suggested amount: $15)

Concert repertoire to include:

  • Haydn - Symphony No. 52

  • Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6, Movement 1

  • Joplin - “Bethena”

Also don’t forget to bid for an opportunity to conduct the American West Symphony and Chorus this December!

Concert pieces subject to change.

In order to provide an enjoyable listening experience for all our audience members we welcome our guests 5 years of age, and older. Thank you!


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Holiday Concert
Dec
11

Holiday Concert

The American West Symphony & Chorus presents our annual holiday concert series, featuring Dvorak’s Gloria for Chorus and Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms (2nd movement), and Handel’s Hallelujah, alongside other popular seasonal tunes!

Free admission, no tickets required. Donations gratefully accepted (suggested amount: $15)

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Holiday Concert
Dec
12

Holiday Concert

The American West Symphony & Chorus presents our annual holiday concert series, featuring Dvorak’s Gloria for Chorus and Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms (2nd movement), and Handel’s Hallelujah, alongside other popular seasonal tunes!

Free admission, no tickets required. Donations gratefully accepted (suggested amount: $15)

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Winter Concert
Feb
5

Winter Concert

Join us for the music of Beethoven including his Symphony No. 6, and Violin Concerto No. 1, featuring Ruth Sherwood-Sadasivan on violin!

Free admission, no tickets required. Donations gratefully accepted (suggested amount: $15)

Concert pieces subject to change.

In order to provide an enjoyable listening experience for all our audience members we welcome our guests 5 years of age, and older. Thank you!

Soloist Ruth Sherwood-Sadasivan

Ruth Sherwood-Sadasivan, violin soloist

Ruth Sherwood-Sadasivan received a BMus in Music Education from the Conservatory of Music at Lawrence University in Wisconsin. She earned a MMus in Violin Performance, and has completed recitals and coursework toward a DMA in Violin Performance, both from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

At UMKC, Ruth was a Ford Foundation Fellowship recipient. This gave her the opportunity to perform throughout Missouri and Kansas with the Ford Foundation String Quartet. As winner of the Concerto-Aria Competition, she performed the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the UMKC Orchestra.

Ruth has been a member of the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, and is currently Associate Concertmaster with the Kansas City Civic Orchestra. She enjoys teaching and coaching chamber music at her studio, Heartland School of the Violin, in Overland Park, Kansas.

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Winter Concert
Feb
6

Winter Concert

Join us for the music of Beethoven including his Symphony No. 6, and Violin Concerto No. 1, featuring Ruth Sherwood-Sadasivan on violin!

Free admission, no tickets required. Donations gratefully accepted (suggested amount: $15)

Concert pieces subject to change.

In order to provide an enjoyable listening experience for all our audience members we welcome our guests 5 years of age, and older. Thank you!

Soloist Ruth Sherwood-Sadasivan

Ruth Sherwood-Sadasivan, violin soloist

Ruth Sherwood-Sadasivan received a BMus in Music Education from the Conservatory of Music at Lawrence University in Wisconsin. She earned a MMus in Violin Performance, and has completed recitals and coursework toward a DMA in Violin Performance, both from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

At UMKC, Ruth was a Ford Foundation Fellowship recipient. This gave her the opportunity to perform throughout Missouri and Kansas with the Ford Foundation String Quartet. As winner of the Concerto-Aria Competition, she performed the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the UMKC Orchestra.

Ruth has been a member of the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, and is currently Associate Concertmaster with the Kansas City Civic Orchestra. She enjoys teaching and coaching chamber music at her studio, Heartland School of the Violin, in Overland Park, Kansas.

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Spring Concert
Mar
19

Spring Concert

Free admission, no tickets required. Donations gratefully accepted (suggested amount: $15)

Featuring Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Elgar’s “Chanson de Matin”, and Haydn’s “Farwell Symphony” Symphony No. 45.

Concert pieces subject to change.

In order to provide an enjoyable listening experience for all our audience members we welcome our guests 5 years of age, and older. Thank you!

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Spring Concert
Mar
20

Spring Concert

Free admission, no tickets required. Donations gratefully accepted (suggested amount: $15)

Featuring Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Elgar’s “Chanson de Matin”, and Haydn’s “Farwell Symphony” Symphony No. 45.

Concert pieces subject to change.

In order to provide an enjoyable listening experience for all our audience members we welcome our guests 5 years of age, and older. Thank you!

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Late Spring Concert
May
21

Late Spring Concert

Free admission, no tickets required. Donations gratefully accepted (suggested amount: $15)

Featuring the music of Beethoven and Brahms.

Concert pieces subject to change.

In order to provide an enjoyable listening experience for all our audience members we welcome our guests 5 years of age, and older. Thank you!

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Late Spring Concert
May
22

Late Spring Concert

Free admission, no tickets required. Donations gratefully accepted (suggested amount: $15)

Featuring the music of Beethoven and Brahms.

Concert pieces subject to change.

In order to provide an enjoyable listening experience for all our audience members we welcome our guests 5 years of age, and older. Thank you!

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Stars, Stripes & Symphony
Jun
29

Stars, Stripes & Symphony

Join the American West Symphony & Chorus for our annual Pops Concert! This year we’re celebrating America’s 250th birthday with a wide selection of patriotic favorites, also featuring VoxSola and the Riverton Children’s Choir! This is a free event for the whole family at the Sandy Amphitheater, June 29th, 7:30 PM.

Repertoire selections include:

  • Noah Taylor’s “Fanfare 250”

  • George M. Cohan’s “Patriotic Fantasy”

  • Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America”

  • Aaron Copland’s “Hoe-Down from ‘Rodeo’”

  • Morton Gould’s “American Salute”

  • John Philip Sousa’s “Star’s and Stripes Forever”

  • Peter Wilhousky’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic”

  • and more!

Digital Concert Program

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Echoes of War & Faith
May
23

Echoes of War & Faith

Free admission, no tickets required. Donations gratefully accepted.

Concert repertoire to include:

  • Haydn - Mass in Time of War (Kyrie, Gloria, Agnus Dei)

  • Shostakovich - Symphony No. 1, Movement 1

  • Schumann - Symphony No. 3, Movements 1, 4, & 5

Concert pieces subject to change.

In order to provide an enjoyable listening experience for all our audience members we welcome our guests 5 years of age, and older. Thank you!

Concert Poster PDF

Concert Program PDF

Concert poster

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Echoes of War & Faith
May
22

Echoes of War & Faith

Free admission, no tickets required. Donations gratefully accepted.

Concert repertoire to include:

  • Haydn - Mass in Time of War (Kyrie, Gloria, Agnus Dei)

  • Shostakovich - Symphony No. 1, Movement 1

  • Schumann - Symphony No. 3, Movements 1, 4, & 5

Concert pieces subject to change.

In order to provide an enjoyable listening experience for all our audience members we welcome our guests 5 years of age, and older. Thank you!

Concert Poster PDF

Concert Program PDF

Concert poster.

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Beethoven!
Mar
28

Beethoven!

Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler (1820)

Free admission, no tickets required. Donations gratefully accepted.

Concert repertoire to include:

  • Beethoven: Egmont Overture

  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 4

  • and more!

Concert pieces subject to change.

In order to provide an enjoyable listening experience for all our audience members we welcome our guests 5 years of age, and older. Thank you!

Frost & Fire concert poster.

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Beethoven!
Mar
27

Beethoven!

Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler (1820)

Free admission, no tickets required. Donations gratefully accepted.

Concert repertoire to include:

  • Beethoven: Egmont Overture

  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 4

  • and more!

Concert pieces subject to change.

In order to provide an enjoyable listening experience for all our audience members we welcome our guests 5 years of age, and older. Thank you!

Frost & Fire concert poster.

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Moments to Savor
Feb
7

Moments to Savor

Concert poster

Free admission, no tickets required. Donations gratefully accepted.

Concert repertoire to include:

  • Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture

  • Mozart - Jupiter Symphony (Symphony No. 41)

  • Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in Eb (1st Movement)

  • and more!

Concert Program PDF (5.86 MB)

In order to provide an enjoyable listening experience for all our audience members we welcome our guests 5 years of age, and older. Thank you!

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Moments to Savor
Feb
6

Moments to Savor

Free admission, no tickets required. Donations gratefully accepted.

Concert repertoire to include:

  • Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture

  • Mozart - Jupiter Symphony (Symphony No. 41)

  • Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in Eb (1st Movement)

  • and more!

Concert Program PDF (5.86 MB)

In order to provide an enjoyable listening experience for all our audience members we welcome our guests 5 years of age, and older. Thank you!

Concert Poster

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Music & Wonder
Oct
18

Music & Wonder

The American West Symphony , presenting Music and Wonder. Joel Rosenberg conducts the first movement from Mahler’s symphony no. 4, Ancient Airs and Dances by Respighi, and more. There will also be a silent auction for the opportunity to conduct the symphony at their Christmas concert.  October 17th and 18th, 7:30 pm at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Sandy. No tickets are required.

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Music & Wonder
Oct
17

Music & Wonder

The American West Symphony , presenting Music and Wonder. Joel Rosenberg conducts the first movement from Mahler’s symphony no. 4, Ancient Airs and Dances by Respighi, and more. There will also be a silent auction for the opportunity to conduct the symphony at their Christmas concert.  October 17th and 18th, 7:30 pm at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Sandy. No tickets are required.

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Pops Concert
Jul
5

Pops Concert

Join the American West Symphony & Chorus for our annual, free Pops Concert at the Sandy Amphitheater!

Experience exciting popular movie music, and patriotic themes including:

  • Overture to “West Side Story”’

  • Music of MGM

  • Highlights from WICKED

  • Themes from Harry Potter (all eight movies!)

  • Video Games Live (including, Halo, Civilization IV, Bounty Hunter, and Kingdom Hearts)

  • Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka

  • Tico Tico no Fuba

  • Saltaire Charleston (Utah, We Love Thee)

  • Battle Hymn of the Republic

  • Armed Forces Salute

  • Stars and Stripes Forever

Concert Poster PNG

Concert Program PDF

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Awaken the Senses
May
24

Awaken the Senses

Repertoire subject to change.

  • Caccini - Ave Maria

  • Dvorak - Symphony No. 8 (Mvmt. 1, 3, & 4)

  • Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine

  • Haydn - Symphony No. 104 in D Major

  • Haydn - The Creation: Achieved is the Glorious Work

  • Kabalevsky - Colas Breugnon

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Awaken the Senses
May
23

Awaken the Senses

Repertoire subject to change.

  • Caccini - Ave Maria

  • Dvorak - Symphony No. 8 (Mvmt. 1, 3, & 4)

  • Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine

  • Haydn - Symphony No. 104 in D Major

  • Haydn - The Creation: Achieved is the Glorious Work

  • Kabalevsky - Colas Breugnon

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Across the Vast, Eternal Sky
Mar
25

Across the Vast, Eternal Sky

Complimentary admission! Donations appreciated to support future concerts!

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Symphonie Fantastique
Mar
22

Symphonie Fantastique

Complimentary admission! Donations appreciated to support future concerts!

  • Verdi: Overture to La Forza Del Destino

  • Brahms: Symphony No. 4 1st Movement

  • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique 1st, 3rd, and 5th Movements

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Symphonie Fantastique
Mar
21

Symphonie Fantastique

Complimentary admission! Donations appreciated to support future concerts!

  • Verdi: Overture to La Forza Del Destino

  • Brahms: Symphony No. 4 1st Movement

  • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique 1st, 3rd, and 5th Movements

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Music, Myths, Magic
Oct
19

Music, Myths, Magic

American West Symphony of Sandy

Joel Rosenberg, Music Director

Free Formal Concert

Repertoire

  • Scheherazade, Mvmt 2 & 3 - Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

  • Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose Suite) - Maurice Ravel

  • Symphony No. 5, Mvmt 2 (Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza) - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  • Overture to The Magic Flute - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • and more!

Free Admission! No tickets required!

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Music, Myths, Magic
Oct
18

Music, Myths, Magic

American West Symphony of Sandy

Joel Rosenberg, Music Director

Free Family Concert

Repertoire

  • Scheherazade, Mvmt 2 & 3 - Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

  • Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose Suite) - Maurice Ravel

  • Symphony No. 5, Mvmt 2 (Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza) - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  • Overture to The Magic Flute - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • and more!

Free Admission! No tickets required!

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