QUO's 2025 Pride Gala stars Todd Almond -- "One of our best and brightest songwriters" (Lin-Manuel Miranda). Todd will perform several of his songs with QUO. In addition, the orchestra plays music by the winner of QUO's Vanguard Composer Competition, Hector Berlioz' Roman Carnival Overture, and highlights from Manuel de Falla's elegant folk ballet The Three-Cornered Hat, conducted by Andrea Profili, Music Director of the American Youth Orchestra.