Before selected concerts in its 2025-26 season, Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra organizes a virtual conversation with LSO’s Maestro Edward Polochick and guest artists or composers, hosted by Nebraska Public Media’s Genevieve Randall. The pre-recorded chat for each concert is available to view online as well as via podcast the Monday before the concert, and for most events is also screened in person in the Steinhart Room at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts 45 minutes before the concert begins. The chats are free to view online. The in-person screenings require the purchase of a ticket. Links to each pre-concert chat will be included in each event’s page listed below. The entire series to date may be viewed on the LSO YouTube Channel. PULSE & PANORAMA Concert Date: Friday, September 19, 2025 Pre-Concert Chat Available: Monday, September 15, 2025 Guests: Genevieve Randall (host), Edward Polochick Topics: Jesse Montgomery’s Coincident Dances, Bernstein’s West Side Story: Symphony Dances, Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, programing a themed concert (dances) EMOTIONAL TAPESTRY Concert Date: Sunday, October 19, 2025 Pre-Concert Chat Available: Monday, October 13, 2025 Guests: Genevieve Randall (host), Edward Polochick, pianist Michael McHale Topics: Franz Shubert’s Symphony in B minor (Unfinished), Sarah Gibson’s warp & weft, and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, what an “unfinished” symphony means EXPLORING THE EXPANSE Concert Date: Friday, November 7, 2025 Pre-Concert Chat Available: Monday, November 3, 2025 Guests: Genevieve Randall (host), Edward Polochick, trombonist and LSO Principal Trombone Scott Anderson Topics: Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres), David Ferdinand’s Concertino for Trombone in E-flat major, Holst’s The Planets, performing The Planets with multi-media images and videos of our solar system EXPERINCE THE INTRGIUE Concert Date: Friday, February 12, 2026 Pre-Concert Chat Available: Monday, February 9, 2026 Guests: Genevieve Randall (host), Edward Polochick, violist Rita Porfiris, composer Julia Adolphe Topics: Jean Sibelius’ Finlandia, Julia Adolphe’s Unearth, Release: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, the story of Scheherazade THE SPACE BETWEEN Concert Date: Friday, March 6, 2026 Pre-Concert Chat Available: Monday, March 2, 2026 Guests: Genevieve Randall (host), Edward Polochick, LSO principal harpist Katie Wychulis, harpist Julie Smith Phillips Topics: Zoltán Kodály’s Dances of Galánta, Marjan Mozetich’s “The Passion of Angels” (Concerto for 2 Harps & Orchestra), Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 (London), harp concerti and its performance practice POWERFUL PERSEVERANCE Concert Date: Friday, April 10, 2026 Pre-Concert Chat Available: Monday, April 6, 2026 Guests: Genevieve Randall (host), Edward Polochick, pianist Tony Siqi Yun Topics: Kenji Bunch’s Supermaximum, Lincoln Youth Symphony side-by-side rehearsing and performing, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 THE MUSIC OF HARRY POTTER Concert Date: Friday, April 24, 2026 Pre-Concert Chat Available: Monday, April 20, 2026 Guests: Genevieve Randall (host), Edward Polochick, composer and professor of music for film, theater, games and other media Damon Thomas Lee, Young Artist Competition Winner Topics: composing for film; the music of Harry Potter by John Williams and other composers; the similarities between film music and music for games and other media INSPIRATION & COURAGE Concert Date: Saturday, May 2,…
Before selected concerts in its 2024-25 season, Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra organizes a 20-30-minute conversation with LSO’s Maestro Edward Polochick and a featured soloist or composer, hosted by Nebraska Public Media’s Genevieve Randall. The pre-recorded chat for each classical concert is available to view online as well as via podcast the Monday before the concert, and for most events is also screened in person in the Steinhart Room at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts 45 minutes before the concert begins. The chats are free to view online. The in-person screenings require the purchase of a ticket. Links to each pre-concert chat are included in each event’s page listed below. The entire series to date may be viewed on the LSO YouTube Channel. Saturday, October 26, 2024 | 7:30pm – Melodies from Spain Sunday, November 24, 2024 | 6:00pm – Love, Loss & Eternity Saturday, January 25, 2025 | 7:30pm – French Impressions Friday, March 28, 2025 | 7:30pm – Star Wars: Return of the Maestro Friday, April 25, 2025 | 7:30pm – A Tightrope Across Time Friday, May 9, 2025 | 7:30pm – Light & Renewal
Before selected concerts in its 2023-24 season, Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra organizes a 20-30-minute conversation with LSO's Maestro Edward Polochick and a featured soloist or composer, hosted by Nebraska Public Media's Genevieve Randall. The pre-recorded chat for each classical concert is available to view online as well as via podcast the Monday before the concert, and for most events is also screened in person in the Steinhart Room at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts 45 minutes before the concert begins. The chats are free to view online. The in-person screenings require the purchase of a ticket. Links to each pre-concert chat are included in each event's page listed below. The entire series to date may be viewed on the LSO YouTube Channel. Friday, September 15, 2023 | 7:30pm – Mahler’s Resurrection Friday, October 20, 2023 | 7:30pm – LSO on the Double Friday, November 3, 2023 | 7:30pm – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Friday, February 16, 2024 | 7:30pm – Star Wars: The Orchestra Strikes Back (no Steinhart Room screening) Sunday, February 18, 2024 | 6:00pm & 8:00pm – LSO Chamber Orchestra (no Steinhart Room screening) Saturday, March 9, 2024 | 7:30pm – Béla Fleck in Concert Friday, April 5, 2024 | 7:30pm – Elena Ruehr & Brahms Sunday, May 5, 2024 | 6:00pm – Pictures at an Exhibition
Before selected concerts in its 2023-24 season, Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra organizes a 20-30-minute conversation with LSO's Maestro Edward Polochick and a featured soloist or composer, hosted by Nebraska Public Media's Genevieve Randall. The pre-recorded chat for each classical concert is available to view online as well as via podcast the Monday before the concert, and for most events is also screened in person in the Steinhart Room at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts 45 minutes before the concert begins. The chats are free to view online. The in-person screenings require the purchase of a ticket. Links to each pre-concert chat are included in each event's page listed below. The entire series to date may be viewed on the LSO YouTube Channel. Friday, September 15, 2023 | 7:30pm – Mahler’s Resurrection Friday, October 20, 2023 | 7:30pm – LSO on the Double Friday, November 3, 2023 | 7:30pm – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Friday, February 16, 2024 | 7:30pm – Star Wars: The Orchestra Strikes Back (no Steinhart Room screening) Sunday, February 18, 2024 | 6:00pm & 8:00pm – LSO Chamber Orchestra (no Steinhart Room screening) Saturday, March 9, 2024 | 7:30pm – Béla Fleck in Concert Friday, April 5, 2024 | 7:30pm – Elena Ruehr & Brahms Sunday, May 5, 2024 | 6:00pm – Pictures at an Exhibition
Before selected concerts in its 2023-24 season, Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra organizes a 20-30-minute conversation with LSO's Maestro Edward Polochick and a featured soloist or composer, hosted by Nebraska Public Media's Genevieve Randall. The pre-recorded chat for each classical concert is available to view online as well as via podcast the Monday before the concert, and for most events is also screened in person in the Steinhart Room at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts 45 minutes before the concert begins. The chats are free to view online. The in-person screenings require the purchase of a ticket. Links to each pre-concert chat are included in each event's page listed below. The entire series to date may be viewed on the LSO YouTube Channel. Friday, September 15, 2023 | 7:30pm – Mahler’s Resurrection Friday, October 20, 2023 | 7:30pm – LSO on the Double Friday, November 3, 2023 | 7:30pm – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Friday, February 16, 2024 | 7:30pm – Star Wars: The Orchestra Strikes Back (no Steinhart Room screening) Sunday, February 18, 2024 | 6:00pm & 8:00pm – LSO Chamber Orchestra (no Steinhart Room screening) Saturday, March 9, 2024 | 7:30pm – Béla Fleck in Concert Friday, April 5, 2024 | 7:30pm – Elena Ruehr & Brahms Sunday, May 5, 2024 | 6:00pm – Pictures at an Exhibition
Before selected concerts in its 2023-24 season, Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra organizes a 20-30-minute conversation with LSO's Maestro Edward Polochick and a featured soloist or composer, hosted by Nebraska Public Media's Genevieve Randall. The pre-recorded chat for each classical concert is available to view online as well as via podcast the Monday before the concert, and for most events is also screened in person in the Steinhart Room at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts 45 minutes before the concert begins. The chats are free to view online. The in-person screenings require the purchase of a ticket. Links to each pre-concert chat are included in each event's page listed below. The entire series to date may be viewed on the LSO YouTube Channel. Friday, September 15, 2023 | 7:30pm – Mahler’s Resurrection Friday, October 20, 2023 | 7:30pm – LSO on the Double Friday, November 3, 2023 | 7:30pm – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Friday, February 16, 2024 | 7:30pm – Star Wars: The Orchestra Strikes Back (no Steinhart Room screening) Sunday, February 18, 2024 | 6:00pm & 8:00pm – LSO Chamber Orchestra (no Steinhart Room screening) Saturday, March 9, 2024 | 7:30pm – Béla Fleck in Concert Friday, April 5, 2024 | 7:30pm – Elena Ruehr & Brahms Sunday, May 5, 2024 | 6:00pm – Pictures at an Exhibition
Before selected concerts in its 2023-24 season, Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra organizes a 20-30-minute conversation with LSO's Maestro Edward Polochick and a featured soloist or composer, hosted by Nebraska Public Media's Genevieve Randall. The pre-recorded chat for each classical concert is available to view online as well as via podcast the Monday before the concert, and for most events is also screened in person in the Steinhart Room at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts 45 minutes before the concert begins. The chats are free to view online. The in-person screenings require the purchase of a ticket. Links to each pre-concert chat are included in each event's page listed below. The entire series to date may be viewed on the LSO YouTube Channel. Friday, September 15, 2023 | 7:30pm – Mahler’s Resurrection Friday, October 20, 2023 | 7:30pm – LSO on the Double Friday, November 3, 2023 | 7:30pm – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Friday, February 16, 2024 | 7:30pm – Star Wars: The Orchestra Strikes Back (no Steinhart Room screening) Sunday, February 18, 2024 | 6:00pm & 8:00pm – LSO Chamber Orchestra (no Steinhart Room screening) Saturday, March 9, 2024 | 7:30pm – Béla Fleck in Concert Friday, April 5, 2024 | 7:30pm – Elena Ruehr & Brahms Sunday, May 5, 2024 | 6:00pm – Pictures at an Exhibition
Before selected concerts in its 2023-24 season, Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra organizes a 20-30-minute conversation with LSO's Maestro Edward Polochick and a featured soloist or composer, hosted by Nebraska Public Media's Genevieve Randall. The pre-recorded chat for each classical concert is available to view online as well as via podcast the Monday before the concert, and for most events is also screened in person in the Steinhart Room at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts 45 minutes before the concert begins. The chats are free to view online. The in-person screenings require the purchase of a ticket. Links to each pre-concert chat are included in each event's page listed below. The entire series to date may be viewed on the LSO YouTube Channel. Friday, September 15, 2023 | 7:30pm – Mahler’s Resurrection Friday, October 20, 2023 | 7:30pm – LSO on the Double Friday, November 3, 2023 | 7:30pm – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Friday, February 16, 2024 | 7:30pm – Star Wars: The Orchestra Strikes Back (no Steinhart Room screening) Sunday, February 18, 2024 | 6:00pm & 8:00pm – LSO Chamber Orchestra (no Steinhart Room screening) Saturday, March 9, 2024 | 7:30pm – Béla Fleck in Concert Friday, April 5, 2024 | 7:30pm – Elena Ruehr & Brahms Sunday, May 5, 2024 | 6:00pm – Pictures at an Exhibition
Before selected concerts in its 2023-24 season, Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra organizes a 20-30-minute conversation with LSO's Maestro Edward Polochick and a featured soloist or composer, hosted by Nebraska Public Media's Genevieve Randall. The pre-recorded chat for each classical concert is available to view online as well as via podcast the Monday before the concert, and for most events is also screened in person in the Steinhart Room at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts 45 minutes before the concert begins. The chats are free to view online. The in-person screenings require the purchase of a ticket. Links to each pre-concert chat are included in each event's page listed below. The entire series to date may be viewed on the LSO YouTube Channel. Friday, September 15, 2023 | 7:30pm – Mahler’s Resurrection Friday, October 20, 2023 | 7:30pm – LSO on the Double Friday, November 3, 2023 | 7:30pm – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Friday, February 16, 2024 | 7:30pm – Star Wars: The Orchestra Strikes Back (no Steinhart Room screening) Sunday, February 18, 2024 | 6:00pm & 8:00pm – LSO Chamber Orchestra (no Steinhart Room screening) Saturday, March 9, 2024 | 7:30pm – Béla Fleck in Concert Friday, April 5, 2024 | 7:30pm – Elena Ruehr & Brahms Sunday, May 5, 2024 | 6:00pm – Pictures at an Exhibition
Before each concert in its 2022-23 season, Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra organizes a 20-30-minute conversation with LSO's Maestro Edward Polochick and a featured soloist or composer, hosted by Nebraska Public Media's Genevieve Randall. The pre-recorded chat for each classical concert is available to view online before the concert, and is also screened in person in the Steinhart Room at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts 45 minutes before the concert begins. The chats are free to view online. The in-person screenings require the purchase of a ticket. Links to each pre-concert chat are included in each event's page listed below. The entire series to date may be viewed on the LSO YouTube Channel. September 30, 2022; concert at 7:30pm – Symphonie Fantastique October 14, 2022; concert at 7:30pm – The Future of Music February 10, 2023; concert at 7:30pm – Mozart and Mendelssohn April 21, 2023; concert at 7:30pm – DBR & The New World May 7, 2023; concert at 6:00pm – International Voices
Before each concert in its 2022-23 season, Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra organizes a 20-30-minute conversation with LSO's Maestro Edward Polochick and a featured soloist or composer, hosted by Nebraska Public Media's Genevieve Randall. The pre-recorded chat for each classical concert is available to view online before the concert, and is also screened in person in the Steinhart Room at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts 45 minutes before the concert begins. The chats are free to view online. The in-person screenings require the purchase of a ticket. Links to each pre-concert chat are included in each event's page listed below. The entire series to date may be viewed on the LSO YouTube Channel. September 30, 2022; concert at 7:30pm – Symphonie Fantastique October 14, 2022; concert at 7:30pm – The Future of Music February 10, 2023; concert at 7:30pm – Mozart and Mendelssohn April 21, 2023; concert at 7:30pm – DBR & The New World May 7, 2023; concert at 6:00pm – International Voices
Before each concert in its 2022-23 season, Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra organizes a 20-30-minute conversation with LSO's Maestro Edward Polochick and a featured soloist or composer, hosted by Nebraska Public Media's Genevieve Randall. The pre-recorded chat for each classical concert is available to view online before the concert, and is also screened in person in the Steinhart Room at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts 45 minutes before the concert begins. The chats are free to view online. The in-person screenings require the purchase of a ticket. Links to each pre-concert chat are included in each event's page listed below. The entire series to date may be viewed on the LSO YouTube Channel. September 30, 2022; concert at 7:30pm – Symphonie Fantastique October 14, 2022; concert at 7:30pm – The Future of Music February 10, 2023; concert at 7:30pm – Mozart and Mendelssohn April 21, 2023; concert at 7:30pm – DBR & The New World May 7, 2023; concert at 6:00pm – International Voices
Before each concert in its 2022-23 season, Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra organizes a 20-30-minute conversation with LSO's Maestro Edward Polochick and a featured soloist or composer, hosted by Nebraska Public Media's Genevieve Randall. The pre-recorded chat for each classical concert is available to view online before the concert, and is also screened in person in the Steinhart Room at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts 45 minutes before the concert begins. The chats are free to view online. The in-person screenings require the purchase of a ticket. Links to each pre-concert chat are included in each event's page listed below. The entire series to date may be viewed on the LSO YouTube Channel. September 30, 2022; concert at 7:30pm – Symphonie Fantastique October 14, 2022; concert at 7:30pm – The Future of Music February 10, 2023; concert at 7:30pm – Mozart and Mendelssohn April 21, 2023; concert at 7:30pm – DBR & The New World May 7, 2023; concert at 6:00pm – International Voices
Before each concert in its 2022-23 season, Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra organizes a 20-30-minute conversation with LSO's Maestro Edward Polochick and a featured soloist or composer, hosted by Nebraska Public Media's Genevieve Randall. The pre-recorded chat for each classical concert is available to view online before the concert, and is also screened in person in the Steinhart Room at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts 45 minutes before the concert begins. The chats are free to view online. The in-person screenings require the purchase of a ticket. Links to each pre-concert chat are included in each event's page listed below. The entire series to date may be viewed on the LSO YouTube Channel. September 30, 2022; concert at 7:30pm – Symphonie Fantastique October 14, 2022; concert at 7:30pm – The Future of Music February 10, 2023; concert at 7:30pm – Mozart and Mendelssohn April 21, 2023; concert at 7:30pm – DBR & The New World May 7, 2023; concert at 6:00pm – International Voices
