2025-2026 Season
Fairy Tales & Fables
Sunday, September 28, 3 p.m. | University Theatre
Tickets: °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ Students - $6 | °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ Faculty - $11 | General - $17 -
Paul Sanho Kim, music director and conductor, Jacob Harrison, guest conductor
The °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ Symphony Orchestra opens its 2025-26 season with music full of fantasy and imagination. Hear the spirit and wit of Fables, a whimsical composition by local composer Anne Neikirk. Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, with its enchanting representations of such fairy tales as Tom Thumb and Beauty and the Beast, will feature guest conductor Jacob Harrison from Texas State University. Dive into Shakespeare’s world of fairies and myths with Felix Mendelssohn’s music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Finally, enjoy the thrill of music from Igor Stravinsky’s legendary Firebird.
Repertoire:
Anne Neikirk – Fables
Maurice Ravel – Mother Goose Suite
Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture & Incidental Music
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird: Berceuse & Finale
The Gift of the Magi: °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ Opera & °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ Symphony Orchestra
Friday–Saturday, November 7–8, 7:30 p.m. | University Theatre
Tickets: °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ Students - $6 | °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ Faculty - $11 | General - $17 -
Music and lyrics by David Conte, Conducted by Cristina Loyola (11/7 ) and Paul Sanho Kim (11/8)
Jim and Della are a young married couple determined to give each other meaningful gifts despite having no money. When they each choose to give up something precious to make the other happy, they discover that their selfless love and willingness to sacrifice for each other are the true gifts they’ve given each other.
Holiday Concert: °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ Wind Ensemble & Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, December 4, 7:30 p.m. | University Theatre
Tickets: °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ Students - $6 | °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ Faculty - $11 | General - $17 -
Tyler Austin and Paul Sanho Kim, conductors
Join the °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ Wind Ensemble & Symphony Orchestra for a performance featuring repertoire standards, holiday favorites, and more! °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ’s orchestral strings will perform Gustav Holst’s St. Paul Suite, plus other selections by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Rebecca Clarke, John Williams, and more.
American Perspectives
Sunday, March 8, 3 p.m. | University Theatre
Tickets: °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ Students - $6 | °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ Faculty - $11 | General - $17 -
Paul Sanho Kim, music director and conductor, Adam Muller, saxophone soloist
Celebrating the United States’ 250th anniversary, the °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ Symphony Orchestra performs beloved works by Amy Beach, William Grant Still, and Alan Hovhaness—American composers largely overlooked during their time who have earned their place in the American musical canon. Also featuring winners of the °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ Young Artists Competition.
Repertoire:
Amy Beach – Finale from Symphony No. 2 “Gaelicâ€
William Grant Still – Romance for Saxophone
Alan Hovhaness – Symphony No. 2 “Mysterious Mountainâ€
Also featuring winners of the °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ Young Artists Competition
Mozart’s Requiem: University Concert Choir & °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, April 11, 7 p.m. | Thalia Lynn Baptist Church
Free admission
Nancy Klein, conductor
Left unfinished upon his death, Mozart’s Requiem required the work of a student to complete his vision. Nevertheless, it remains one of Mozart’s deepest and most beloved works, with its poignant expression of human suffering even as it offers a glimpse of the divine.