Concerts are at Ames City Auditorium except when noted otherwise.
The August 1st Pops Concert is a FREE concert at Bandshell Park, Ames, IA.
August 1, 2024 – 8 PM: FREE Concert at Ames Bandshell Park
Ames Bandshell Park | Duff Ave & 6th St, 125 E 5th St, Ames, IA 50010
For this fun outdoor concert, you are invited to bring lawn chairs or blankets, relax, and enjoy a great outdoor performance!
Merry Widow Selections – Franz Lehar, arr. Richard Klugescheid
Serenade to Spring – Richard Rodgers, arr. John Warrington
Music from Up! – Michael Giacchino
Showboat Selection – Jerome Kern
Skater’s Waltz – Emile Waldteufel
Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, arr. Marty Gold
Orpheus in the Underworld Overture – Jacques Offenbach
October 5, 2024 – 7:30 PM: Dreams and Nightmares
Ames City Auditorium | 520 6th St. Ames, IA 50010
Featuring Chad Sonka, baritone
Humperdinck – Dream Pantomime from Hänsel und Gretel
Leigh – Selections from Man of La Mancha
Fauré – Après un rêve
Ravel – Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
Berlioz – from Symphonie Fantastique, Mvts 4 and 5
December 7, 2024 – 7:30 PM: Great P’s of Music
Ames City Auditorium | 520 6th St. Ames, IA 50010
Featuring Beau Henson, violin
Portman – Endangered
Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No. 1
Penderecki – Agnus Dei strings only
Puccini – Prelude to Edgar, Act I
Puccini – Intermezzo from Suor Angelica
Puccini – “La Tregenda” from Le Villi
March 2, 2025 – 3:00 PM: Young Artists Concert
Ames City Auditorium | 520 6th St. Ames, IA 50010
Featuring our January Young Artists Competition Winners
Schumann – Symphony No. 4 in D minor
plus selections to be determined from competition winners
May 3, 2025 – 7:30 PM: Magic and Mayhem
Ames City Auditorium | 520 6th St. Ames, IA 50010
Featuring Kevin Judge, bassoon
Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain
Weber – Concerto for Bassoon in F Major
Mozart – Overture to The Magic Flute
Dukas – L’Apprenti sorcier