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Tea & Symphony – February 16

Join us on February 16 from 5:45-7:00pm in the Lake Hunter Room, The Lakeland Center. Included in Maestro Circle, Grand Season Series and Grand Mini Series subscriptions. Tickets for individual Tea & Symphony events are $15/person. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, ginger peach tea or a glass of wine, and mingle at our business after-hours music enrichment programs given on the Tuesday one...

Philharmonic Phenoms – February 23

Philharmonic Phenoms takes place at 7:30pm,  Tuesday, February 23, 2010 in Youkey Theatre at The Lakeland Center. The concert features the ISO’s Young Artist Competition Winners.  Rachel Shepard performs the third movement of the Glazunov Violin Concerto in A Minor and Andrew Focks performs the first movement of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor. The program...

The Opera Experience – Pirates of Penzan...

Magnificent sets. Spectacular costumes. Glorious voices. Live symphony orchestra. Familiar musical scores. Timeless, classic story lines. Emotional introspection. The artistry of opera offers a theatrical experience like no other. Before going to the opera, plan ahead to get the most out of your experience.  Will you eat dinner out before the opera or after the opera?  What time...

Peek at “The Pirates of Penzance” Progra...

Take a sneak peak at the spreads of our opera program.  The Imperial Symphony Orchestra’s fully-staged Night at the Opera: The Pirates of Penzance takes place at 7:00 pm on Saturday, January 23, 2010 in Branscomb Auditorium at Florida Southern College. View Pirates of Penzance program spreads Ticket Phone: 863.688.3743 Adult Tickets: $75, $50, $30, $20; Student/Child Tickets:...

Masterworks Concert Series

The Imperial Symphony Orchestra’s Masterworks Concert Series inludes five Tuesday evening concerts that begin at 7:30pm and usually end by 9:15pm.  The Masterworks Concerts take place in the comfort of the Youkey Theatre at The Lakeland Center. Tickets: Adult Single Concert: $20, $30, $40; Full-time Student/Child Single Concert: Half Price SAVE NOW: Order last two concerts...

A Night at the Opera: Pirates of Penzanc...

The Hilda Sutton & William D. Blanton Foundation present the Imperial Symphony Orchestra’s ninth Night at the Opera, the fully-staged production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. Saturday, January 23, 2010; 7 pm Branscomb Auditorium, Florida Southern College The Orchestra is pleased to welcome opera conductor James Caraher and stage director Ben Spierman...

Simply Christmas – December 15

December 15, 2009; 7:30pm Youkey Theatre, The Lakeland Center. One of our most popular events is our annual Christmas Masterworks Concert.  This performance is appropriate for all ages of concertgoers. Eric Metaxas, best selling author of “AMAZING GRACE: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery,” narrates of his children’s book “Uncle...

Wow! Two concerts = $20

Single ticket prices for the Imperial Symphony Orchestra’s Masterworks Concerts at Youkey Theatre in The Lakeland Center are $20, $30 or $40 for adults.  Those same seats are $10, $20 or $30 for full-time students and children. However, we are offering an incredible SALE with a deadline of February 22: Our final two season concerts for$20 for adults ($10/concert) and $10 for...

Combined chorales join ISO for Rutter’s ...

Tuesday, December 15, 2009; 7:30pm Youkey Theatre, The Lakeland Center Simply Christmas Masterworks Concert The Lakeland Choral Society and Lake Wales Chorale join the Imperial Symphony Orchestra to perform John Rutter’s Magnificat.  Christine Wood Johnston is the soprano soloist.  In addition, the combined group will perform Craig Courtney’s Musicological Journey Through...

Tea & Symphony – December 8

Join us Tuesday, December 8 from 5:45-7:00pm in the Lake Hunter Room, The Lakeland Center for hors d’oeuvres, ginger peach tea or a glass of wine, and mingle during our business after-hours music enrichment program one week before our “Simply Christmas” Masterworks Concert. Learn about the life, times and music of the featured composers on the upcoming concert during a...