Maestro Wardell leads your Ocala Symphony Orchestra in a season finale of awe-inspiring works!
Celebrate our nation’s 248th birthday with the Ocala Symphony!
Join us for a heartwarming afternoon of communal joy and musical splendor at our inaugural Handel's Messiah Community sing-along!
Join us for our 34th Annual Young Artist Competition Honors Recital!
Immerse yourself in the monumental grandeur of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, a towering masterpiece that continues to inspire and move audiences around the world!
Join us for an unforgettable journey through the realms of classical brilliance and cutting-edge compositions. Led by the incomparable Maestro Matthew Wardell, our 2024-2025 season promises to be an exhilarating fusion of timeless masterpieces and captivating new sounds.
Enjoy extra benefits by being an Ocala Symphony Subscriber!
Subscribers are an important part of the Ocala Symphony. Consider making a donation or becoming a member! Members at the $1,000 level and above receive a pair of tickets for the subscription season and tickets to use for other select-Reilly performances throughout the year!
The Subscription Concerts
Fate, Goblins, and the Mothership
Saturday, October 19, 2024 – 7:30 PM & Sunday, October 20, 2024 – 3:00 PM
Pops! Goes the Holidays
Saturday, December 7, 2024 – 7:30 PM & Sunday, December 8, 2024 – 3:00 PM
Vive La France!
Saturday, January 25, 2025 – 7:30 PM & Sunday, January 26, 2025 – 3:00 PM
Sound and Fury
Saturday, February 15, 2025 – 7:30 PM & Sunday, February 16, 2025 – 3:00 PM
Youth, Tricksters, and Metamorphosis
Saturday, March 8, 2025 – 7:30 PM & Sunday, March 9, 2025 – 3:00 PM
The West Meets Scheherazade (and Godzilla, too)
Saturday, April 12, 2025 – 7:30 PM & Sunday, April 13, 2025 – 3:00 PM.
Season support provided by Culture Builds Florida and WUFT Classic
The Special Concerts
Red, White and OSO Blue
Sunday, June 30, 2024 – 3:00 PM
Ocala Symphony Orchestra presents: Messiah Community Sing Along
Sunday, November 24, 2024 – 5:00 PM
Symphony Under the Lights
Friday, December 6, 2024 – 7:30 PM
Sponsored by Jenkins Auto Group / City of Ocala
Young Artist Competition: Honors Recital
Sunday, January 12, 2025 – 3:00 PM
Ode to Joy: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
with the College of Central Florida Patriot Singers and Ocala Symphony Chorus
Sunday, March 30, 2025 – 3:00 PM
Season support provided by Culture Builds Florida, WUFT Classic, TD Charitable Foundation and Bank of America Private Banking.
Current OSO subscribers may renew their subscription now. The deadline to renew with guaranteed same seats is July 1, 2024.
Renew today by logging into your patron portal account. You can also call the box office at 352-351-1606 Tuesday – Friday 10 AM – 2 PM and we can renew your subscription. Please leave a voicemail and a team member will get back with you.
Step-by-step guide to renewing via the patron portal:
If you experience trouble logging in please contact our box office at 352-351-1606 or via email at info@reillyartscenter.com.
Guests will hear from the conductor, watch our musicians up close, and can attend at their own speed! We encourage student groups and families to join us and take advantage of this unique event. During our season Friday night rehearsals begin at 7PM and the orchestra will begin rehearsing pieces they are playing for the upcoming concert. Guests are welcomed to stay for as long as they like. While Open Rehearsals are more relaxed than a formal orchestra performance, we do ask that all guests maintain concert manners and respect our musicians and conductor.
Open rehearsal are free and open to the public. While there are no tickets, we appreciate knowing that you plan to attend! We do serve snacks on a first come first serve basis, so if interested please email info@reillyartscenter.com and let us know you’ll be joining us.
6:30 PM – Lobby opens for snacks
7:00 PM – Symphony rehearsal begins in the auditorium
8:30 PM – Symphony rehearsal ends
Friday, October 20, 2023: Mahler and the Breath of Life
Friday, January 26, 2024: Hungarian Pictures
Friday, February 23, 2024: Rhythmic Tides
Friday, March 22, 2024: Bold Brahms
Friday, April 26, 2024: To The End of the Earth
Sponsored By
Enjoy a cup of coffee with Matthew Wardell, Ocala Symphony conductor, as he leads an in-depth discussion about the pieces and composers that will be featured at the Ocala Symphony subscription concerts. Coffee with the conductor is free, and you do not need a ticket to the concert to attend – but we think by the end of coffee you will want to be there to experience the music!
RSVP to info@reillyartscenter.com
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The Symphony for Schools program takes professional musicians into Marion County classrooms for a 30-minute fun and educational presentation. Our musicians demonstrate orchestral instruments, perform sections of pieces from Mozart to Moana, and get the students involved! The goal of the presentation is to give students an insight into the fun and empowering feelings that music and playing a musical instrument can bring. Are you interested in bringing Symphony for Schools to your school? Contact Margaret@reillyartscenter.com.
The Reilly partners with Vet Tix and Vets Helping Vets to provide complimentary tickets for Marion County veterans to performances that include rock, jazz, theatre, orchestra and more! Each July veterans are honored during our Red, White and OSO Blue: A Salute to Independence concert.
Each season, the OSO visits Marion County Elementary students for a curated music presentation. Students learn about the orchestra, hear instrument demonstrations and are welcomed to ask questions about music!
Through the Community ticket program, the Reilly gives tickets to local nonprofits so they can share the power of music with their clients and staff.
This competition invites promising young musicians from across the country to compete for the title of Young Artist Winner. Winners from the Junior and Senior categories go on to perform their concerto with the OSO at a Spring Subscription performance and receive a $1,000 cash prize.
Open rehearsals invite students and families to the Reilly Arts Center for free pizza, soda and an exciting behind-the-scenes experience as they join the OSO and Maestro Matthew Wardell during their final rehearsal before a weekend of concerts!
Support the Ocala Symphony Orchestra as a program ad sponsor! These programs are seen by the 6,000 guests that attend our subscription concerts starting this November and ending in April. When you purchase a spot in our program your ad will appear in all five of our programs along with the opportunity to be recognized in our pre-program slideshows. Your program ad can be used to promote your business and your support of the OSO, however it works for you! Discounts are always encouraged when applicable and we have various sizes available to fit all budgets! This donation to the OSO will not only positively impact our community, but will give your business the opportunity to partner with the arts in Ocala. Email savannah@reillyartscenter.com if interested.
