Sunday afternoon brings a big choral sound downtown. The Omaha Symphony’s Choral Collaborative performs Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana on Sunday, November 8, 2026, at 2 p.m. at the Holland Performing Arts Center.

The Symphony says a choir of about 350 high school singers joins the orchestra and professional soloists Maria Valdes, Eric Barry and Markel Reed. Ernest Richardson conducts, with A. Barron Breland as chorusmaster. Schools listed for this year’s Collaborative include Bellevue West, Millard South, Creighton Prep, Millard North, Bennington and Fremont, plus OPS Mini Singers.

The Symphony marks the Collaborative’s 30th anniversary with this concert. Translations of the sung text are listed as on-screen. A live broadcast is listed on KVNO 90.7.

According to the Symphony’s Oct. 28 release, tickets start at $26 through Omaha Symphony / Ticket Omaha, with $10 student rush tickets available 90 minutes before the performance. Confirm seats and any changes at the concert page or Ticket Omaha at 402-345-0606.

File photo: Downtown Omaha from Heartland of America Park, July 2026. Hurstbergn / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Not the Holland Center stage.

Sources: Omaha Symphony concert page and Oct. 28, 2026 release, checked November 5, 2026.