PAPA 2025-2026 Orchestra Season Schedule

Regular and dress rehearsals take place at 7:30pm — rehearsal venue for this year remains

Immanuel Lutheran Church
1715 Grant Road
Los Alto, CA 94024 (click HERE for Google-map, HERE for zoom-in map)

Any sectional rehearsals will be announced. Dress rehearsals will be in the performance venue unless otherwise noted.

Family Concert: Theme “Music in Motion”: 3pm Sun. May 17. 2026; Cubberley Theatre, 4120 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306
dress rehearsal: Friday, May 15, 2026
Rehearsals at Immanuel Lutheran Church: 4/20, 27  5/4,
final Monday rehearsal at Cubberley Theatre: May 11
+ conducted by Music Director Lara Webber

Dvořák: Slavonic Dance no. 1 (4’)
    2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - timp+3 - str
Reena Esmail: Ram Tori Maya (6')
    2[1.2/pic].2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp+2, hp, str
Holst: Mars from “The Planets” (7')
    3.2.2.2 - 4.3.2.1 - timp+3 - str
Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances (6')
    2[1.2/pic].0.2.2 - 2.0.0.0 - str
Huang: Saibei Dance No. 2 (4')
    3[1.2.pic].2.2.2 - 4.3.3.1 - timp+3 - str
Gwyneth Walker: Raise the Roof (4')
    0.0.0.0 - 1.2.0.1
Beethoven: Symphony No 7, 2nd mvmt, excerpt (3')
    2.2.2.2 - 2.2.0.0 - timp - str
Actor: Circus Symphonicus (Symphony No. 2, 3rd mvmt) (6')
    3[1.2.pic].3[1.2.Eh].3[1.2.bcl].3[1.2.cbn] - 4.3.3.1 - timp+3 - str
Williams: Imperial March from Star Wars (3')
    3[1.2.3/pic].2[1.2/Eh].3[1.2.bcl].2 - 4.3.3.1 - timp+3 -hp - pf/cel - str

Summer Chamber Concert
7:30pm Sat. June 13, 2026; First Lutheran Church (600 Homer Ave., Palo Alto)
dress rehearsal: Fri. June 12, 2026

2026-2027 dates

Orchestra Start-of-Year PICNIC
12-2pm, Sunday. Sept. XX (TBA), 2026
”Sycamore” picnic area?, Blackberry Farm, Cupertino (see maps below)
We’ll bring (non-alcoholic) beverages, hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers and trimmings/toppings.
Musicians, Board Members and their family-members are welcome — please feel free to bring a side dish or dessert to share.
(While beer & wine are technically allowed by the venue, we would ask you to stick to non-alcoholic beverages.)
Google-map to the front entrance HERE.
Facility map showing the location of the “Sycamore” picnic area HERE.

Baroque Concert
concert: 7:30pm Sat. Sept. 19, 2026; First Lutheran Church (600 Homer Ave., Palo Alto)
dress rehearsal: Fri. Sept. 18, 2026

“Darkness to Light” orchestra concert
concert: 7:30pm Sat. Oct. 24, 2026; Cubberley Theatre, 4120 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306
dress rehearsal: 7:30pm, Fri. Oct. 23, 2026
Rehearsals at Immanuel Lutheran Church: 9/14, 21, 28 10/5, 12
final Monday rehearsal at Cubberley Theatre: 10/19
+ conducted by Music Director Lara Webber

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 (14’)
2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 timp str
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto [soloist Geoffrey Burr, clarinet] (25’) 
2.0.0.2 - 2.0.0.0 — str
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 (35’)
2[1.2/pic].2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - timp str

Fall Chamber Concert
7:30pm Sat. Nov. 7, 2026; First Lutheran Church (600 Homer Ave., Palo Alto)
dress rehearsal: Fri. Nov. 6, 2026

“Sounds of the Season” orchestra concert
concert: 7:30pm Sat. Dec. 12, 2026; Cubberley Theatre, 4120 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306
dress rehearsal: 7:30pm, Fri. Dec. 11, 2026
Rehearsals at Immanuel Lutheran Church: 11/2, 9, 16, 23, 30
final Monday rehearsal at Cubberley Theatre: 12/7
+ conducted by Music Director Lara Webber

Mozart:  “Sleigh Ride,” from Three German Dances, K605 (6’)
2.2.0.2 - 2.2.0.0 3pc (no violas)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves (4’)
2.0.0.0 - 0.0.0.0 hp
Barber: Die Natali (18’)
3[1.2.3/pic].3[1.2.Eh].3[1.2.bcl].2 - 4.3.3.1 timp+4 hp cel str
perc: bd, cym, td, tri, tamtam, glock, xyl, crot
Bizet: L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1 and 2 excerpts (35’)
2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 hp timp + 3

“Heroic Journeys” concert
concert: 7:30pm Sat. Feb. 20, 2027; Cubberley Theatre, 4120 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306
dress rehearsal: Fri. Feb. 19, 2027
Rehearsals at Immanuel Lutheran Church: 1/11, 18, 25  2/1, 8
final Monday rehearsal at Cubberley Theatre: 2/15
+ conducted by Music Director Lara Webber

Clyne, Anna: Restless Oceans (4’)
2.2.2.2 - 2.2.0.0 - timp+1 - str
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto [soloist: Ava Pakiam, violin] (33’)
2.2.2.2 - 4.2.0.0 timp
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) (47’)
2.2.2.2 - 3.2.0.0 timp

Spring Chamber Concert
7:30pm Sat. Mar. 6, 2027; First Lutheran Church (600 Homer Ave., Palo Alto)
dress rehearsal: Fri. Mar. 5, 2027

“Myths and Legends” concert
concert: 7:30pm Sat. Apr. 17, 2027; Cubberley Theatre, 4120 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306
dress rehearsal: Thursday, Apr. 15, 2027
Rehearsals at Immanuel Lutheran Church: TBA: 3/1, 8, 15, 22, 29 4/5
final Monday rehearsal at Cubberley Theatre: April 12
+ conducted by Music Director Lara Webber

Holst, Imogen: Persephone (13’)
3[3=picc].2[2=eh].2.2.cbsn - 4.3.3.1 - timp+2 BD/cym/tri cel hp str
Prokofiev: Lt. Kijé Suite (20’)
3[1.2.pic].2.2.2 - 4.3[1.2.opt crt].3.1 - t-sax 3perc hp pf/cel str
perc: sd, slgh-bells, cym, tambn, bd, tri
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 (43’)
2.2.2.2 - 4.3.3.1 timp - str

Family Concert: “Concerto Movement Competition Winners”: 3pm Sun. May 23, 2027; Cubberley Theatre, 4120 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306
dress rehearsal: Friday, May 21, 2027
Rehearsals at Immanuel Lutheran Church: 4/19, 26  5/3, 10
final Monday rehearsal at Cubberley Theatre: May 17
+ conducted by Music Director Lara Webber

Program TBA

Summer Chamber Concert
7:30pm Sat. June 19, 2027; First Lutheran Church (600 Homer Ave., Palo Alto)
dress rehearsal: Fri. June 18, 2027