For its 2025 Holiday Music Festival concert the Oregon East Symphony, under the direction of guest conductor Zach Banks, will perform selections from Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker. The OES Chorale will join the concert for a performance of Ralph Vaughan William's Fantasia on Christmas Carols featuring baritone soloist Gabriele Elder. 

Reserved seating (floor and balcony level) can be purchased online or by calling/visiting the OES Office (541-276-0320, 345 SW 4th, Pendleton, OR, 10am-2pm, M-Th). 

Link to purchase tickets online for December 13th Concert in Hermiston, OR.

Link to purchase tickets online for December 14th Concert in Pendleton, OR. 

Thanks to the Pendleton Foundation Trust we are offering complimentary, floor-level general admission to the Pendleton performance. Complimentary general admission tickets can be found at the following businesses/organizations:

A Piece of Pendleton, CAPECO, Cerebella Winery, Children's Museum of Eastern Oregon, Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts, Great Pacific, Heritage Station Museum, Nicht-Yow-Way Senior Center, Oregon Grain Growers Brand Distillery, Pendleton Art and Frame, Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton Ceramics, Pendleton Chamber of Commerce, Pendleton Music Company, Pendleton Recreation Center, Pendleton Public Library, Prodigal Son Brewery & Pub, Pendleton Underground Tours, Rainbow Cafe, Umatilla County Public Health, Unity Collectibles, Zimmerman’s Hardware and the Oregon East Symphony office.

This concert is made possible with the support of AWSinCommunities, Columbia Bank, the Port of Umatilla, Wtechlink/Pendleton Fiber.