HOUSTON (Feb. 14, 2019) – Former Houston Symphony Music Director Christoph Eschenbach returns to Houston to lead the orchestra and guest violinist Leila Josefowicz in a work written expressly for her, as well as a towering romantic work by Austrian composer Anton Brucker in the program Eschenbach and Josefowicz at 8 p.m., Feb. 28 & … Continued
HOUSTON (Feb. 12, 2019) – Just in time for the start of Houston’s rodeo season, the Houston Symphony saddles up with the Western-inspired family program Wild, Wild West at 10am and 11:30am on Saturday, Feb. 16 at Jones Hall, featuring students from the Theatre Under the Stars’ (TUTS) Humphreys School of Musical Theatre and from … Continued
HOUSTON (Feb. 1, 2019) – What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day weekend than with romantic songs sung in the indelible style of the “First Lady of American Song” Ella Fitzgerald?! Houston Symphony Principal POPS Conductor Steven Reineke and the Houston Symphony provide the passionate, musical answer to that question with the program The Ella … Continued
HOUSTON (Jan. 30, 2019) – The Houston Symphony and Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada announced today details of the 2019−2020 season, which marks Orozco-Estrada’s sixth year as music director. This season is characterized by in-depth explorations of the works of some of the greatest composers with the superb musicians of the Houston Symphony, crowned by a … Continued
HOUSTON (Jan. 15, 2019) – Houston Symphony Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada leads the orchestra in Ravel’s La valse Jan. 24 and 26 at 8 p.m. and Jan. 27 at 2:30 p.m. at Jones Hall. Written by the composer of the famed Boléro, La valse is Ravel’s tribute to a bygone Vienna, opening with a musical … Continued
HOUSTON (Dec. 27, 2018) – You don’t need a Walkman or a mixtape to relive your favorite ’80s tunes. You can hear them live performed by your Houston Symphony under the direction of Columbus Symphony Pops Conductor Stuart Chafetz with special guests Nicole Parker and Aaron Finley in the Pops Series program Totally ’80s Jan. … Continued