Performances

On July 10, 2026, Festival Napa Valley’s Uytengsu Family Opening Night program, entitled From Beethoven to Getty to Dylan, will feature Stephanie Childress conducting the Festival Orchestra Napa, with guest artists Time for Three and the Young People’s Chorus of New York City. Gordon Getty’s Young America for chorus and orchestra is programed, along with Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, the premiere of a concerto by Michael Thurber, and a symphonic reimagining of songs by Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, and others.  

Chanticleer, the renowned male chorus from San Francisco, presents five concerts in the Bay Area devoted to San Francisco’s diverse musical heritage. Gordon Getty’s “All Along the Valley” from his choral work Victorian Scenes is included in a program that highlights music of Bay Area composers past and present. 

• March 22, 5:00 PM, St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1701 L Street, Sacramento, CA 95811
• March 23, 7:30 PM, First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
• March 24, 7:30 PM, Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church, 410 Sycamore Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941
• March 27, 7:30 PM, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306
• March 28, 2:00 PM, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Hume Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco CA 94102

Two pieces by Gordon Getty feature in a chamber music program at Caltech in Pasadena, CA. The string quintet versions of “The Fiddler of Ballykeel” and “Ewig Du,” two movements from Getty’s Four Traditional Pieces, along with Schubert’s String Quintet, will be performed by violinists Kin Lam and Sarah Worden, violist Franca Hoffmann, and cellists Jouni Susiluoto and Preston Geeting. The free concert will be presented at The Athenaeum on May 29, 2026, 8:30 PM.  No ticket is necessary.

On Friday, July 7, 2026, Festival Napa Valley presents their annual dance gala, A Night at the Ballet, featuring dancers Melanie Hamrick, Joanna DeFelice, Christine Shevchenko, and Nicholas Palmquist. Gordon Getty’s “Ewig Du,” a movement from his ballet Ancestor Suite, will be choreographed and performed on the program, which also includes highlights from Don Quixote, Diana & Acteon, and Le Corsaire, as well as the West Coast premiere of Can’t You Hear Me Knocking, set to the music of The Rolling Stones. 

On July 19, Festival Napa Valley closes its summer season with its Symphonic Finale with Festival Orchestra Napa Celebrating America 250! Conductor JoAnn Falletta leads the orchestra in a program celebrating American symphonic repertoire, including Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to Candide, Aaron Copland’s Rodeo Suite, George Gershwin’s An American in Paris, Gordon Getty’s Overture to Plump Jack, and John Williams’ Star Wars Suite.

The Young People’s Chorus of New York City, led by Founder & Artistic Director Francisco J. Núñez, presents its Annual Gala Concert and Benefit Dinner on March 16, 2026. The program, which includes five movements from Gordon Getty’s Young America, features a musical journey through American culture and song in celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary. 450 young choristers will sing alongside special guest, mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato, this year’s YPC Artistic Honoree.

Festival Napa Valley presents Festival Live! Forrest Eimold, with pianist-composer Forrest Eimold performing a program of Gordon Getty’s piano music. The program includes Four Traditional Pieces, selections from Ancestor Suite, First Adventure, Scherzo Pensieroso, the West Coast Premiere of Follow Me, and the World Premiere of Impenitent Ultima.

Des Moines Metro Opera, in partnership with Des Moines Film, presents two screenings of Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Gordon Getty’s opera reimagined for film. Directed by Brian Staufenbiel and conducted by Nicolle Paiement, the film stars Nathan Granner, Marnie Breckenridge, Lester Lynch and Kevin Short. 
View the “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” trailer here.