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Life's more fun with the band.Scheduled concerts subject to change due to COVID concerns. Please check back here and on social media for updates.Not your typical, snore-inducing, pre-concert lecture! It's an impassioned sermon combining history, music theory, and...

Reflections on the Mississippi Tuesday, September 19, 2017 – 7:30pm Meyerson Symphony Center Charles Villarubia, tuba Combine Malcolm Arnold’s classic Four Scottish Dances with Michael Martin’s exciting new Lontano: Symphony for Band, then mix in a dash of...

FUN. SYMPHONY. WHO SAYS THEY'RE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE? Leave the monocle and ascot at home and get ready to have a blast. Because the Dallas Wind Symphony and Artistic Director Jerry Junkin have prepared a season of entertainment, excitement and education for the whole...

We're back for our 26th year, with a new Meyerson Concert Season that we can't wait to share with you. Timeless classics. Flashy new works by the best composers writing today. Virtuoso guest artists. We've got it all! And remember, first time subscribers get 50% off...

September 22, 2010 25 FUN, FRIENDLY & AMAZING YEARS! Fanfare: Capilano Fanfare - Steve SmithPerformed by the Baylor University Wind Ensemble Brass & Percussion, Dr. Eric Wilson, conductor Manhattan Beach March – John Philip SousaFirst Suite in Eb – Gustav...

  Monday, September 14, 2009 — 8:00pm Tuesday, September 15, 2009 — 8:00pm Schola Cantorum of Texas A Cappella Choir - University of North Texas Meadows Chorale - Southern Methodist University Texas Boys Choir Angela Turner Wilson, Soprano David Small, Baritone...

Globetrotters! Tuesday, September 23, 2008 — 8:00pm Opening night is a whirlwind tour of the globe led by some well-traveled composers. Our trip begins in eastern Europe with Friedmann's Slavonic Rhapsody, and makes a few stops in France with works by Poulenc and...

Roman Holiday Tuesday, September 18, 2007 — 8:00pm Charles Villarrubia, Tuba A festive season opener that starts with a bang and never looks back: from a Berlioz classica to a tuba concerto to the finale of Respighi's Roman trilogy... a finale so bombastic we have to...

Stormy Weather Tuesday, September 26, 2006 You thought Texas weather was fickle?  This program runs the gamut from a stormy overture to sunny Medieval dances to a balmy love song and a thunderous finale.  The perfect opening to a windy season. Fanfare: Fanfare for a...

  First Night Fun! September 27, 2005 Frank Ticheli, composer First we step off to Rocky Point Holiday, a furiously fast, rollicking romp.  Next you'll be treated to pure genius in the Finale to Charles Ives' Symphony #2.  Then we'll race through the absolute...

September 14, 2004 Leonard Bernstein was an American Original - brilliant composer, dedicated teacher, inspired author and controversial media superstar.  His music is the genuine article, as wonderful on your ears as the day it was written.  You go, Lennie....

September 16, 2003 Paganini in Metropolis  Read the Dallas Morning News review of this concert >> Eddie Daniels, clarinet Nicolo Paganini was an amazing violinist.  Wrote beautiful melodies too.  Songs that stay in your head.  Tunes you can whistle.  No wonder...

September 24, 2002 Made in the U.S.A. (Dallas Morning News Review) Fanfare: Washington Fanfare - Clancy Weeks (Houston, Texas) Leonard Bernstein: Overture to "Candide" Henry Fillmore: Rolling Thunder John Gibson: Horizon Donald Grantham: Don't You See? Ron...

September 18, 2001 Vienna, Paris & Rome Franz Von Suppe: Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna Camille Saint Saens: Marche Militaire Francaise Charles Ives: "Country Band" March J.S. Bach: Komm Susser Tod Carl Maria von Weber: Concertino for Clarinet Deborah Ungaro...

October 10, 2000 Sorcerers, Saxophones & Superheroes Gustav Holst: Mars from "The Planets" David Maslanka: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Band Harvey Pittel, Saxophone Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice Hector Berlioz: March to the Scaffold from "Symphonie...

October 12, 1999 It's Opening Night! Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture John Philip Sousa: Who's Who in Navy Blue John Philip Sousa: Old Ironsides - WORLD PREMIERE! Claude Debussy: The Girl With the Flaxen Hair Barnes: Fantasy Variations Paul Hindemith/arr. Keith...

Be There Opening Night! October 13, 1998 Excitement. Energy. A festive and rousing season opener featuring the powerful Lay Family Concert Organ. Michael Glinka / arr. Mark Hindsley: Overture to Russlan & Ludmilla John Philip Sousa: Nobles of the Mystic Shrine...

BORN IN THE USA Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 8:00pm - Meyerson Symphony Center Marianne Gedigian, flute Wind band fans, ring in the concert season with a melodic mix of American music from masters of our time. These new-millennium tours de force include...

Rhapsody in Blue October 14, 1997 By George! It's Gershwin's keyboard magic with Van Cliburn Competition finalist Armen Babakhanian. Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Frank Ticheli: Blue Shades Alfred Reed: Armenian...

THE MUSIC OF DOWNTON ABBEY Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 8:00pm - Meyerson Symphony Center What would Lady Mary Crawley listen to at the concert hall? What would Mrs. Hudson sing along with on the radio? The early twentieth century was a golden age for British music,...

Suns, Moons & Stars October 15, 1996 Visit Jupiter and Mars without leaving your seat! A journey through the cosmos of truly galactic proportions. Antonin Dvorak: Carnival Overture Richard Strauss: Serenade Gustav Holst: Suite in Eb Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's...

Curtain Up! October 3, 1995 It's a spellbinding season opener! Artistic Director Jerry Junkin takes his magic wand center stage to mesmerize you with the music of Berlioz and Debussy, and flutist Bradley Garner will melt your heart with his bewitching Carmen Fantasy....