The Santa Barbara Chamber Players will perform its season opening concert on 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 at First United Methodist Church in Santa Barbara.

The concert, conducted by Daniel Gee, will bring together local musicians, with local high school students, and the Westmont College Choir for a program celebrating collaboration, community, and musical excellence.

The program opens with Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Coriolan Overture,” which captures the tragic struggle of Beethoven. The mood softens with Zoltán Kodály’s “Summer Evening,” a textured tone poem that evokes the serenity and beauty of the Hungarian countryside.

The orchestra will also perform Sergei Prokofiev’s “Classical Symphony,” a witty homage to the elegance of the 18th century.

The second half of the concert features a collaboration with the Westmont College Choir, performing Felix Mendelssohn’s “Verleih uns Frieden” (“Grant Us Peace”), and Joseph Haydn’s “Te Deum.”

Gee, conductor for this concert, serves as assistant professor of music at Westmont College, where he directs the Westmont College Choir and Chamber Singers. Under his direction, Westmont ensembles have performed both locally and abroad. Gee also serves as conductor of the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony.

The Westmont College Choir choir performs a range of repertoire spanning centuries and styles, and is widely praised for its expressive tone, precision and warmth.

Tickets for the concert are $20 general admission, $15 for seniors and college students with ID, and free for students 18 and younger.

Visit www.sbchamberplayers.org or purchase tickets at the door.