26 | 27 SEASON
Halloween Spooktacular!
October 31, 2026 @ 2:00pm-3:30pm
Wilcox Theatre
Reif Performing Arts Center
Music first, candy after. On Halloween afternoon, the Itasca Symphony Orchestra plays your favorite spooky season music such as The Nightmare Before Christmas and a world premiere performance of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Benji Inniger.
Kids and grown-ups are welcome in costume. The concert is about an hour of music, played by your neighbors in the Itasca Symphony, and it ends in time for trick-or-treating.
Family Christmas with The Snowman
December 19, 2026 @ 4:00pm-5:30pm
Wilcox Theatre
Reif Performing Arts Center
The Snowman is back at the Reif with the Itasca Symphony Orchestra for a second December, on its way to becoming a Grand Rapids tradition.
The 1982 animated film, based on Raymond Briggs’ picture book, has no dialogue. A boy builds a snowman, the snowman comes to life, and together they fly off into the night sky to “Walking in the Air.” Howard Blake’s music tells the whole story, and the Itasca Symphony Orchestra plays it live while the film fills the big screen.
The rest of the afternoon is holiday music for the whole family. Bring the kids and the grandparents, and make it part of your December.
Sam Miltich with the Itasca Orchestra
February 13, 2027 @ 7:00pm-9:00 pm
Wilcox Theatre
Reif Performing Arts Center
Grand Rapids’ own Sam Miltich joined the Hot Club of San Francisco as a teenager and has since toured internationally and played Lincoln Center. This February he brings his band home to share the Reif stage with the Itasca Symphony Orchestra: Sam on guitar, his father Matthew Miltich on bass, plus other instruments.
The music travels. Choro (SHOH-roo) is the quick, bright instrumental music of Rio de Janeiro. The Nuevo Tango from Argentina. Čoček (CHO-chek) is the Romani dance music of the Balkans. And Sam got his start in the swinging guitar jazz Django Reinhardt made famous in 1930s Paris.
For the finale, young string players from IOSP’s programs in Grand Rapids, Bigfork, and Remer join the band and the orchestra for one big celebration of music. It’s a February night out of the cold, with musicians of every age on one stage.
Melody in Motion
May 22, 2027 @ 7:00 pm-9:00pm
Wilcox Theatre
Reif Performing Arts Center
The season opened on Halloween with Saint-Saëns’ dancing skeletons. It closes with his Cello Concerto No. 1, played by an international soloist from IOSP’s own strings program. Magdalena Sas works with our cello students and brings arts to our community, and on May 22 she takes the soloist’s chair in front of the full orchestra.
Know Before You Go
A ticket is required for all ages (including infants)
All tickets are scanned before entry into events
Student rates for patrons aged birth thru college (valid ID required for adult college students)
Discounts/promo codes not valid at the door (pre-sale only)
No refunds (all sales are final)
Reif Performing Arts Center
720 NW Conifer Drive
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
218-327-5780
boxoffice@reifcenter.org
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