The CSA Sinfonia will perform the music of Brahms and Tchaikovsky at its first concert of the season on Wednesday in the Concert Hall of the Northern Illinois University Music Building. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by the NIU Community School of the Arts, this audition-only orchestra attracts some of the best high school musicians in the region. On the program is “Tragic Overture, Op. 81,” by Johannes Brahms, “Elegy” by Richard Faith, “Palladio, Concerto Gross for String Orchestra” by Karl Jenkins, and “Symphony No. 4 in F Major” by Peter Tchaikovsky.

The work features two talented violinists who are seniors at DeKalb High School. Genevieve Smelser and Hanna Bingham have both been members of CSA Sinfonia for many years.