Our Space Odyssey – Sunday, November 9, 2025
3pm at St. Paul’s United Church, 29 Park St. W., Dundas (corner of Cross and Park Streets)
View concert livestream (on the day)
Join the DVO and our concert partner Hamilton Amateur Astronomers on a musical and visual journey to the stars! Guest performers include students from the Hamilton Suzuki School of Music and HAALSA Student Soloist Award winner, violinist Sohan Mukherjee.
At 2 p.m. there will be a pre-concert youth educational experience in the Moss Davidson Room at the church.
Featuring:
- Soprano Soloist: Sarena Paton
- Students of The Hamilton Suzuki School of Music
- HAALSA Student Soloist: Sohan Mukherjee
Programme:
- Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra - Fanfare (Sunrise)
- Franz Joseph Haydn: Il Mondo della Luna: Overture
- John Estacio: Wondrous Light
- music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Leo Robin: A Journey to a Star (Sarena Paton, soprano)
- John Williams: Theme from E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial)
- arr. Calvin Custer: Star Trek Through the Years
- Shinichi Suzuki: Twinkle Variations (Students of The Hamilton Suzuki School of Music)
- Gustav Holst, arr. Laura Thomas: Theme from Jupiter (from The Planets) (Students of The Hamilton Suzuki School of Music)
- Friedrich Seitz: Student’s Concerto #2 in G Major (Sohan Mukherjee, violin, HAALSA Young Musician Award winner)
- Leigh Harline and Ned Washington: When You Wish Upon a Star (Sarena Paton, soprano)
Pay what you like. The venue is wheelchair accessible. Please remember that St. Paul’s is a fragrance-free facility.
Last concert video
View concert livestream recording
Student musician programs
- Glenn Mallory Scholarship
- DVO-HAALSA Young Musician Award
- DVO Student Composer Competition
More information about the student programs →
Dundas Valley Orchestra
Laura M. Thomas, B.Mus., M.F.A., Music Director
The Dundas Valley Orchestra provides amateur musicians the opportunity and joy of performing orchestral music. Musicians of all ages improve their skills and share this talent by performing community concerts and free concerts at community institutions such as nursing and retirement homes.
More information about the orchestra →
Partners
A member of Orchestras Canada
Financial Supporters
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| Ontario Trillium Foundation | The City of Hamilton |
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| Ontario Arts Council | Hamilton Community Foundation |
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| Rotary Club of Dundas | Hamilton Association for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art |