Berlioz, Mussorgsky, Bach/Stokowski
McVinney Auditorium
43 Dave Gavitt Way
Providence, RI 02903
We are Rhode Island’s premiere
community-based orchestra,
a group of musicians from all walks of life who are passionate about performing
high-quality music.
We bring exceptional and affordable concerts to southeastern New England, showcase emerging composers and performers,
and provide our musicians the opportunity to perform artistically challenging repertoire.
In the 2015-16 season we are performing four orchestral concerts and two chamber concerts. Click here for the schedule, repertoire and concert locations.
This season promises to be our best yet! Starting with a free public outdoor concert at the Weaver Library in East Providence, NaBSCO will perform classical favorites like William Tell Overture, Beethoven 5, Dvorak 9, and Fanfare for the Common Man. Our October Concert will be fun and spooky with the Bach-Stokowski 'Toccata and Fugue', 'Night on Bald Mountain', and Symphony Fantastique. Don't miss our Narragansett concert with 'Brandenburg 5', Poulenc's 'Organ Concerto', and 'Water Music Suite'. Our chamber concert will be incredible, as will our guest soloists this season with Jesse Holstein performing Tchaikovsky's 'Violin Concerto, and Adrienne Taylor performing Dvorak's beloved 'Cello Concerto'. Come see the future of classical community symphony right here in Rhode Island.
Learn moreA versatile and dynamic musician, conductor Benjamin Vickers engages audiences, musicians, and communities. He was appointed music director of the Narragansett Bay Symphony Community Orchestra in June 2014 after a year-long search.
Mr. Vickers served as the Zander Conducting Fellow at the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra; associate conductor at the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra in New Hampshire, whose 2012 Carnegie Hall debut he conducted; and assistant conductor of the Boston Landmarks Orchestra.
Benjamin Vickers was born and grew up in New Mexico. He attended the University of New Mexico and Arizona State University, earning degrees in cello performance. He studied conducting at the University of Michigan. Vickers was a cellist in the El Paso Symphony Orchestra as well as Staff Conductor for the El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras.
He has been a participant in conducting masterclasses taught by eminent conductors including Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, Gustav Meier, Jorge Mester, Larry Rachleff, and Benjamin Zander.
Our orchestra was founded in 2005 as the rhode island philharmonic community orchestra under the auspices of the Rhode Island Philharmonic & Music School. In 2012, we established ourselves as an independent 501c(3) group with a new name, Narragansett Bay Symphony Community Orchestra.
The Narragansett Bay Symphony is a community of dedicated musicians who come together to make music.
Narragansett Bay Symphony Community Orchestra
667 Waterman Ave.
East Providence, RI 02914
Phone: 401-274-4578
Email: NABSCOrchestra@gmail.com
