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Just Announced: Matthew McConaughey To Join Houston Symphony’s 2026–27 Opening Night
June 5, 2026
PHOTOS AND B-ROLL HOUSTON (June 3, 2026) – Opening night of the Houston Symphony’s 2026–27 Season just got even starrier. Today, the Symphony is announcing that Academy Award-winning native Texan Matthew McConaughey joins the program to narrate American composer Aaron Copland’s iconic Lincoln Portrait, September 19, 2026 at Jones Hall. Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait includes … Continued
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August 27, 2021
Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada’s Much-Anticipated Return to Houston Opens the 2021–22 Classical Series, and Celebrated Violinist Augustin Hadelich Returns As Leader and Soloist
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The Houston Symphony Announces 2021–22 Season Single Tickets On Sale and New Program Details
August 2, 2021
The Houston Symphony Announces the Sixth Installment of the “Harry Potter” Film Series with “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™” in Concert
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Houston Symphony Names Juraj Valčuha As Next Music Director
June 16, 2021
The Houston Symphony Announces 2021–22 Season Program Details For the Final Concerts with Andrés Orozco-Estrada As Music Director, and the Bank of America POPS Series
May 19, 2021
The Houston Symphony Returns to Miller Outdoor Theatre In June After A Yearlong COVID-19 Induced Absence
May 5, 2021
Houston Symphony Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada’s Much-Anticipated Return to Houston Delayed by Denial of U.S. Travel Exception
April 22, 2021
The Houston Symphony and Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music Partner to Establish New Brown Foundation Community-Embedded Musician Fellowship
April 9, 2021
Houston Symphony Principal POPS Conductor Steven Reineke Joined By Broadway’s Santino and Jessica Fontana to Close Out 2020–21 POPS Season with Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein
April 7, 2021
Celebrated Violinist and Houston Symphony Artistic Partner Itzhak Perlman Conducts All-Beethoven Program
March 31, 2021
Houston Symphony Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada’s Much-Anticipated Return to Houston Closes Out the 2020–21 Season
March 10, 2021
The Houston Symphony Announces its 2021–22 Season Artists in Andrés Orozco-Estrada’s Final Season as Music Director
March 3, 2021
April at the Houston Symphony Brings Jane Glover Conducting Bach, Principal Percussionist Brian Del Signore as Composer and Soloist, Plus POPS Program with Violinist Caroline Campbell
