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Capital City Symphony

Music that connects the city.

Season 2026-27
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About Us

Capital City Symphony is a vibrant volunteer orchestra that provides a variety of opportunities for talented musicians and diverse audiences to engage with great music in the nation’s capital.

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Force of Nature
2026–27 Season

Music with the power to move mountains.

Nature doesn't ask permission, and neither does music. Capital City Symphony's 2026–27 season, Force of Nature, harnesses the elements: mountains that reach past the clouds, a spring that will not be stopped, oceans that stomp and sing, rivers that carry everything home—and a Requiem that lifts a whole community to its feet.

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Your support helps us build a joyful, inclusive, and inspiring musical experience for everyone.

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Upcoming Performances

Upcoming Events
Mysterious Landscapes
Oct 4
Mysterious Landscapes

Every journey starts with a single step. Or in Doreen Carwithen’s case, One Damn Thing After Another. Her exhilarating concert overture ODTAA opens our season at full stride, all momentum and mischief. Then the spotlight turns to the newest voice on our stage: Caroline Su, the winner of CCS’s Novik Competition, performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto in Bb Major, No. 15, K450 with Capital City Symphony, under the baton of Maestra Gau.

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The Mighty Pines: An Orchestral Forest Adventure
Nov 15
The Mighty Pines: An Orchestral Forest Adventure

What happens when an orchestra becomes a forest? Find out at The Mighty Pines, our family concert for every generation. But the adventure starts before the lights dim.

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A Vintage Holiday
Dec 12
A Vintage Holiday

Capital City Symphony teams up with DC’s own swing-and-cocktail-jazz favorites Chaise Lounge for a holiday celebration like no other. Lush strings, velvet vocals, and your favorite songs of the season, served with a twist. Two performances only. It’s a perfect gift for the whole city.

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Restless Seas
Apr 4
Restless Seas

No element shapes us like water, and no concert moves quite like this one. Anna Clyne’s Restless Oceans opens with a wave: the musicians of CCS don’t just play this music, they stomp and sing it, an orchestra becoming a force of nature in real time.

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A German Requiem
May 22
A German Requiem

Force of Nature reaches its destination: each other. A German Requiem closes the season with music Brahms wrote not for the dead, but for those left living.

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Subscribe to the 2026–27 Season

Explore Capital City Symphony’s 2026–27 Force of Nature season—a journey through mysterious landscapes, orchestral forests, vintage holiday sounds, restless seas, and the enduring power of the human voice. Subscribe to the season package and join us at the Atlas Performing Arts Center and beyond.

Please note: A German Requiem is presented separately and is not included in the 2026–27 season subscription.

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Capital City Symphony is a vibrant volunteer orchestra that provides a variety of opportunities for talented musicians and diverse audiences to engage with great music in the nation’s capital.

We envision Washington, D.C., and the broader capital region as a community filled with opportunities to create and access music of all kinds through participation and collaboration for diverse players and audiences.

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Our programming - a resident arts partner at the Atlas Performing Arts Center for 20 years, CCS presents programming designed to engage people of all ages and background including through:

  • Annual subscription series concerts with free admission for patrons 16 and under 

  • Family concerts, community outreach performances, and a Composers’ League featuring music composed by members of the orchestra 

  • A chance to experience both classic and contemporary repertoire

  • Collaborations with guest artists and organizations that enrich the cultural fabric of Washington.

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