POTSDAM – The Orchestra of Northern New York’s 2024-2025 season opens Saturday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Hosmer Hall, SUNY Potsdam with Spaced Out – A Musical Space Odyssey. 

A second performance is planned for Sunday, Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church, Watertown.

Grandparents accompanied by a child will receive a $5 discount on either an adult or senior ticket. 

Children, 12 and under, are always admitted free, but require a ticket. Tickets for teens (13-17) are $5.

According to Music Director and Conductor Michael J. Colburn, “Long before space travel became a reality, composers were motivated by what they could see – or imagine – in the heavens above. Whether it was the sun, the moon, planets, or stars, these celestial objects have been the source of some of the most inspiring and imaginative music ever heard.”

“The public is invited to join ONNY as it takes a musical interplanetary journey courtesy of composers ranging from Haydn to John Williams, with a little birthday sojourn in honor of the grandfather of all cinematic space music, Gustav Holst,” Colburn added.

The first half of the program begins with Richard Strauss’s Fanfare from Also Sprach Zarathustra, continues with Franz Josef Haydn’s Overture to Il Mondo Della Luna, followed by Edvard Grieg’s “Morning Mood” from Peer Gynt, and concludes with Gustav Holst’s “Mars,” “Venus,” and “Jupiter” from The Planets.

The Star Wars Suite for Orchestra and Star Wars: The Force Awakens are two of the many brilliant scores composed by John Williams. Both will be performed in the second half of this program.

ONNY acknowledges with gratitude the generous donation of the Star Wars music by Mark Shatraw, Poughkeepsie, son of Philip and Mary Shatraw, Canton.

Tickets go on sale for Spaced Out, ONNY’s Holiday in Brass concert, and the spring Delights and Dances concert on Monday, September 9.

Tickets are $30 adults, $27 for seniors and military personnel, $10 for college students, and $5 for teens (13-17). 

Children, 12 and under, are always admitted free, but require a ticket, which must be issued in person at the box office before a performance.

For more information about ONNY or the upcoming concerts, email info@onny.org or call 315-212-3440.