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NSO opens its 20th season on Nov. 13 with award-winning soprano Sarah Joyce Cooper

Mon, November 2 2026
NSO opens its 20th season on Nov. 13 with award-winning soprano Sarah Joyce Cooper

The Northport Symphony Orchestra will open its twentieth year on Friday, November 13 with “An American in Paris” by George Gershwin, as well as “Four Last Songs” by Richard Strauss and performed with award-winning soprano Sarah Joyce Cooper (pictured). 

The Northport Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Music Director Eric Mahl, will open the 2026-2027 season, its twentieth year, on Friday, November 13 with “An American in Paris” by George Gershwin, as well as “Four Last Songs” by Richard Strauss and performed with guest artist Sarah Joyce Cooper. The program will also include compositions by Fanny Mendelssohn and Giuseppe Verdi.

Sarah Joyce Cooper is an award-winning soprano whose recent highlights include the role of Violetta in La Traviata with Opera Acadia and Carnegie Hall appearances as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s “Requiem” and Vivaldi’s “Gloria” with the New England Symphonic Orchestra. Cooper holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University and Master of Music from Westminster Choir College, and she is also co- founder and Artistic Director of Opera Acadia.

The concert will take place next Friday at 7:30pm at Northport High School at 154 Laurel Hill Road. Ticket price is $15; tickets are available at the door. For more information, visit www.northportsymphony.org.


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