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2025-2026 Season Schedule | 2026 Summer Pops

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All performances will be held in the Masquerade Dance Theater at the Ames Center in Burnsville unless otherwise noted.

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A Family Costume Party Concert

Sunday, October 5, 2025 2:00 PM
Featuring the Dakota Valley Symphony

Come in costume and join us!

Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice, with narration
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
John Williams: Superman Theme
Richard Audd: Concert Fanfare for Orchestra
James Newton Howard: Music from Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
John Powell: How to Train Your Dragon

Tickets go on sale for our Wall of Beer drawing at our December 7 concert! See below for details.

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Handel's Messiah

Sunday, December 7, 2025 2:00 PM
Featuring the Dakota Valley Symphony & Chorus

Wall of Beer drawing:

Two lucky people will win a Wall of Beer, 50 bottles of craft beer...each! The drawing will take place following intermission at this concert. Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased from any DVSC member or in the lobby before the concert and during intermission. You do not need to be present to win, however, you must be at least 21 years of age to purchase drawing tickets.

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American Masterworks

Sunday, February 8, 2026 2:00 PM
Featuring the Dakota Valley Symphony & Chorus

Randy Stokes: The American Dream (World Premiere)
Florence Price: Violin Concerto No. 2, featuring Erika Hoogeveen, Violin
Hanson: Song of Democracy, with the Dakota Valley Symphony Chorus, Austin Meyer, Chorus Master
William Grant Still: Festive Overture

Tickets go on sale for our Wall of Wine drawing at our April 19 concert! See below for details.

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String Works V

Date and Time TBD

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Young Artists' Concert and Dvorak: New World Symphony: A Festival Finale

Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Featuring the Dakota Valley Symphony and the annual Young Artists Competition winners.

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in e minor (From the New World)

Wall of Wine drawing:

Two lucky people will win a Wall of Wine, 50 bottles of wine...each! The drawing will take place following intermission at our April 27 concert. Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased from any DVSC member or in the lobby before the concert and during intermission. You do not need to be present to win, however, you must be at least 21 years of age to purchase drawing tickets.

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Check back for further details and additional events: Summer Pops 2026