Celebrating Innovation
Sunday, March 8th, 2026 – 3:30 pm
Join the Federal Way Symphony and Centerstage Theatre at the Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center for a co-production “Celebrating Innovation.” This unique concert will feature the work of Stephen Sondheim, who revolutionized musical theater and Igor Stravinsky who transformed the music of ballet.
2025 – 2026 EVENTS
Celebrating 5 Years with Adam Stern
Sunday, October 12, 2025
3:30 PM
In honor of his fifth season as Federal Way Symphony Music Director, Adam Stern will gift our audience a concert celebrating two of his favorite composers, Franz Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as well as the US premiere of a work by Ruth Gipps, a 20th century English composer Adam has championed in the United States.
Celebrating the Holidays
2:30 pm
Join the Federal Way Symphony for its annual Holiday celebration featuring the Federal Way Chorale and a young Emerging Artist. The Federal Way City tree lighting ceremony will immediately follow the concert in Town Square Park.
Big Band Concert I
7:00 pm
Todd Zimberg and Lonnie Mardis lead the Federal Way Big Band in a concert of swing, jazz, and big band standards.
Celebrating Innovation: Sondheim/Stravinsky
3:30 PM
A co-production with Centerstage Theatre celebrating two composers who transformed 20th century arts: Stephen Sondheim who revoutionized musical theater and Igor Stravinsky who transformed the music of ballet.
Celebrating Broadway
Sunday, April 12, 2026
3:30 pm
Broadway comes to Federal Way with a concert of musical classics. Including orchestral suites of hit shows composed by Robert Russell Bennett who worked with Broadway greats such as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jerome Kern and Lerner and Loewe.
Big Band Concert II: Celebrating Generations
7:00 pm
The Federal Way Big Band welcomes the talented young musicians of the Decatur High School Jazz Band for a concert of jazz, swing, and big band standards.
Federal Way Symphony in the Community
Music Director Adam Stern visited Glacier View Junior High and Emerald Ridge High School orchestras in May. Students experienced a day of professional-level music with interactive sessions focused on ensemble dynamics, tone production, and musical interpretation. Read more here.
Support the Symphony
Established in 1983, the Federal Way Symphony has provided our community with high-quality, professional music for 40 years.
Under the direction of Adam Stern, our paid, professional symphony orchestra presents traditional classical concerts as well as special concerts and events featuring jazz, pops, blues, choral, and holiday music. Our performance home is the new Federal Way Performing Arts & Events Center, a state-of-the-art venue described as second only to Benaroya Hall in Seattle in acoustic fidelity in the Puget Sound Region.
Listen to us Play
World Premiere
Gail Kuik Nocturne
Reorchestrated for strings and harp
by Music Director Adam Stern