2026-27 NightLites Series

Now expanded to 5 concerts!

Due to popular demand, the beloved NightLites Series expands to five Friday evening performances at the Ogle Center at Indiana University Southeast, pairing iconic masterworks in vibrant, thoughtfully curated programs. Designed as a dynamic, one night experience, NightLites offers a high impact concert format that is perfect for longtime listeners and those discovering classical music for the first time.

Ziwei Ma conducts Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2, featuring violinist Julia Noone, alongside Brahms’s Symphony No. 2. Teddy Abrams leads Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 and Haydn’s Symphony No. 88, and Na'Zir McFadden conducts Bizet’s Symphony in C with Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony. Gabriel Lefkowitz serves as both violinist and conductor for Vivaldi’s Four Seasons paired with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2. Molly Turner leads an evening of Debussy and Ravel favorites, including Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Mother Goose Suite.

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2026-27 NightLites Series Events

More Info for Prokofiev & Brahms
Friday, Sep. 25, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Prokofiev & Brahms

Conducted by Ziwei Ma and featuring Associate Concertmaster Julia Noone, Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 meets Brahms’s Symphony No. 2.

More Info for Mozart & Haydn
Friday, Oct. 09, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Mozart & Haydn

Teddy Abrams leads Haydn’s Symphony No. 88 and Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, two defining works of the classical era.

More Info for Bizet & Mendelssohn
Friday, Nov. 20, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Bizet & Mendelssohn

Na’Zir McFadden leads a high-energy pairing of Bizet’s youthful Symphony No. 1 and Mendelssohn’s dramatic and atmospheric “Scottish” Symphony.

More Info for Vivaldi & Beethoven
Friday, Feb. 19, 2027 at 7:30 PM

Vivaldi & Beethoven

Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in a lively Nightlites program led by Gabriel Lefkowitz.

More Info for Debussy & Ravel
Friday, Mar. 12, 2027 at 7:30 PM

Debussy & Ravel

Molly Turner leads an evening of Debussy and Ravel, featuring luminous orchestral works including Debussy’s Petite Suite and Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite.

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