Clark State Performing Arts Center

January 27 at 7:30

Bruch Violin Concerto showcasing violinist Sarah Chang plus the Martinu Overture, and the sweet lyric grace of the Schubert Symphony No. 4.

Masterworks III
Bohuslav Martinu Overture
Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, op, 26 Sarah Chang, violin
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 4 in d minor D. 417

March 2 at 7:30

Video Games Live™ is an award-winning immersive concert event featuring lighting effects, images, and music from the most popular video games of all time, performed by your SSO.

NightLights I

Join Cary Elwes (Westley) for a behind-the-scenes look at life on and off the set of the classic film, The Princess Bride.

After a screening of the iconic movie, Elwes will engage in a moderated discussion revealing never before shared secrets and tales of inconceivable antics!

Journey back to the lands of Florin and Guilder in an adventure filled with fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, miracles, and of course, true love.

Elwes has been in a multitude of films and tv shows, including Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Saw, Twister, Liar, Liar, Stranger Things and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. He recently starred in Guy Ritchie’s “Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre”,  “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1” with Tom Cruise, Zack Snyder’s sci fi epic, “Rebel Moon, and his latest film “Sweetwater”, based on the true story of the first African American signed to the NBA. 

Now Elwes is hitting the road to share with fans the personal stories behind the making of this piece of cinematic history.

Don’t be a “Humperdinck”, make haste to see The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes for a night you will always “tweasure”.

A limited number of VIP packages are available and include the best seats in the house, a Meet and Greet with Cary Elwes, and a signed copy of Cary Elwes best-selling book, As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride. VIP Patrons may not bring personal items to be signed

April 13 at 7:30

The nationally acclaimed, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company joins your Springfield Symphony Orchestra blending past traditions into the future with our collective energies. il 13

Masterworks IV
American MO (Music by Duke Ellington)
And Each Day You Mean One More by Kevin Ward (Music by Derrick Skye)
William Grant Still Symphony No. 3 (Sunday Symphony)
Margaret Bonds movements from The Montgomery Variations

May 18 at 7:30

Béla Fleck, banjo virtuoso, centennial celebration of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with your SSO

NightLights II
Philip Glass: Symphony No. 4, “Heroes”
Bela Fleck: Juno Concerto Movement II
Philip Magnuson: ...From Alice
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue