The WSO invites you to connect with us at our world-class performances and unique events. Explore: Your Community In Concert 2024-2025 Season

Upcoming Events

Apr
25
2025
She's Got Soul!

Capitol Theatre

WSO favorite Capathia Jenkins returns for She’s Got Soul!, a love letter to the women of soul and R&B.

Pops
May
03
2025
WSO Yoga: May

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church

Our monthly free yoga class, taking place the first Saturday of each month. A gentle workout with peaceful live music, performed by a WSO musician.

Community Concerts
May
14
2025
Travels with My Cello Documentary Screening

Capitol Ballroom

Join us to watch a new documentary created by Becky Billock that chronicles the global travels of WSO Principal Cellist Elisa Kohanski. In the documentary, you’ll see footage of Elisa performing on all seven continents.

Special Event
May
15
2025
95th Anniversary Celebration

Capitol Theatre

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WSO! Our 95th Birthday Bash will celebrate our rich history while eagerly looking towards the future, with performances from WSO Principal Cellist Elisa Kohanski, WSO Conductor Laureate André Raphel, and the new WSO community choir.

Capitol Series
Jun
20
2025
Pig and Swig

Haller Shelter

Cold beer, BBQ, and good times–don’t miss Pig & Swig, the Wheeling Symphony Auxiliary’s summer fundraiser!

Wheeling Symphony Auxiliary Event
Jul
03
2025
Celebrate America! - Clarksburg

Clarksburg, WV

Join us in Clarksburg, WV for our annual July 4 tour!

Community Concerts
Jul
04
2025
Celebrate America! - Wheeling

Wheeling, WV

Wheeling’s biggest July 4 celebration takes place on Heritage Port, starting at 8 pm.

Community Concerts
Jul
05
2025
Celebrate America! - Weirton

Weirton, WV

Join us for an evening of patriotic favorites as we head to Weirton for our annual Celebrate America tour.

Community Concerts
Jul
06
2025
Celebrate America! - Canaan Valley

Canaan Valley

For the final stop on our July 4 tour, we head south for the beautiful Canaan Valley Resort.

Community Concerts
Aug
31
2025
Music Under the Stars: Movie Magic!

Oglebay Park, Wheeling, WV

The WSO pays tribute to music from the silver screen with this free community concert.

Community Concerts
Sep
20
2025
Prohibition

Capitol Theatre

Dig out your flapper dress and practice the Charleston: the 2025-2026 season begins with Prohibition, featuring music from the roarin’ 20s!

Capitol Series
Oct
25
2025
Painted on the Sky

Capitol Theatre

Legendary director Doug Fitch brings lighting and visual design to the stage for Benjamin Britten’s suite from Peter Grimes, plus a performance from the WSO horn quartet, Oglebay Institute’s School of Dance, and closing it out with one of the seminal classical American compositions: Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. 

Capitol Series
Dec
04
2025
Symphony on Ice

Wesbanco Arena

Join the WSO alongside Ohio Valley high school and middle school choirs, champion professional figure skaters, and Pittsburgh and Wheeling figure skating clubs for the return of our beloved holiday tradition, Symphony on Ice!

Special Event
Jan
17
2026
All My Memories

Capitol Theatre

Pianist Maxim Lando returns for Prokoliev’s Piano Concert no. 2, and the WSO performs a piece they were initially scheduled to play in March of 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic shut the world down: Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.

Capitol Series
Feb
12
2026
Endless Love

Capitol Theatre

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with an evening of the best love songs of all time, performed live by the WSO.

Capitol Series
Mar
17
2026
Penelope

Towngate Theatre

See guest artist Shara Nova perform Penelope, a musical retelling of the Odyssey from Penelope’s perspective, in a new, intimate setting at Towngate Theatre. Seating is limited.

Special Event
Mar
20
2026
Her Voice

Capitol Theatre

Vocalist Shara Nova joins the WSO for The Blue Hour, a collaborative song cycle created by composers Rachel Grimes, Angélica Negrón, Shara Nova, Caroline Shaw, and Sarah Kirkland Snider,

Capitol Series
Apr
18
2026
Star Wars A New Hope: In Concert

Capitol Theatre

Experience the original Star Wars film like never before: projected on the big screen as the WSO performs John Williams’s score LIVE alongside the movie.

Capitol Series
May
08
2026
Take Me Home

Capitol Theatre

We close the 2025-2026 season with guest artist Tracy Silverman performing a WSO-commissioned concerto by composer DBR, as well as Antonín Dvořák’s New World Symphony. 

Capitol Series

2024-2025 Capitol Series Presenting Sponsor