HOUSTON (April 12, 2019) – The Houston Symphony welcomes back former Principal POPS Conductor Michael Krajewski to Jones Hall in the gravity-defying program Cirque de la Symphonie at 8 p.m. April 26–27 and 2:30 p.m. April 28. The program features the orchestra on stage performing some of the best known and loved works by Tchaikovsky, … Continued

HOUSTON (April 10, 2019) – The Houston Symphony celebrates the 50th anniversary of the iconic English rock band in the one-night-only program the Music of Led Zeppelin at 7:30 p.m. April 19 at Jones Hall. Guest conductor Brent Havens returns to Houston to lead the electrifying program with vocalist Randy Jackson, lead singer and guitarist … Continued

(April 3, 2019 – HOUSTON, TX) – The Harry Potter Film Concert Series returns to Jones Hall with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in Concert, the fifth film in the Harry Potter series. On July 18–20, Keitaro Harada will conduct the Houston Symphony in performing the magical score live from Harry Potter … Continued

HOUSTON (March 27, 2019) – Grammy Award-winning duo Indigo Girls joins the Houston Symphony for a one-night-only performance of their greatest hits at 7:30 p.m. April 10, 2019. Known for their folk-rock music, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, the two halves of the dynamic duo, bring their energetic and captivating music to Jones Hall. Houston … Continued

HOUSTON (March 26, 2019) – Carmina Burana, Carl Orff’s monumental oratorio depicting life, love and lust in medieval times, takes the Jones Hall stage March 29–31 with an all-star cast of soloists, the Houston Symphony Chorus, and rising young conductor Yaniv Dinur─recipient of the prestigious 2019 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. One of the most … Continued

HOUSTON (March 20, 2019) – The Houston Symphony announced today the 2019–2020 Bank of America Summer Sounds lineup at Jones Hall with tickets now on sale. This year’s Series melds together symphony music with captivating concert experiences, animated feature films and orchestral arrangements of music by iconic artists. The lineup includes Virtual Reality in Concert: … Continued

HOUSTON (Feb. 26, 2019) – The Houston Symphony announces today that violin star Jennifer Koh is stepping in to perform Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Violin Concerto with the Houston Symphony under the baton of former music director Christoph Eschenbach this weekend: 8 p.m., Feb. 28 & March 2, and 2:30 p.m. March 3 at Jones Hall. Koh … Continued

HOUSTON (Feb. 22, 2019) – Texas native Susan Graham returns to the Houston Symphony to perform a song cycle that has become a signature work for the operatic superstar as part of the all-French program Debussy’s La mer + Susan Graham at 8 p.m. March 8 & 9, and 2:30 p.m. March 10. Each concert … Continued

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

HOUSTON (Dec. 21, 2018) – The Houston Symphony welcomes back American piano star and conductor Jeffrey Kahane for a program of jazz-inspired works, capped by one of George Gershwin’s seminal and most popular compositions, Rhapsody in Blue. 1983 Grand Prize Winner of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition and former music director of the Los … Continued

HOUSTON (Dec. 18, 2018) — The Houston Symphony named Gwen Watkins as its new Chief Marketing Officer beginning Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. Watkins most recently served as the Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s associate head of marketing and communications for the past three years, having joined the organization in 2011. In the Houston Symphony post, … Continued

HOUSTON (Dec. 10, 2018) –The Houston Symphony celebrates the holiday season with what is arguably the greatest oratorio ever written: the spiritual, Baroque-era masterpiece, Handel’s Messiah, at 8 p.m. Dec. 21-22 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 23 in Jones Hall. Baroque specialist Jane Glover leads the orchestra, a stellar quartet of soloists and the Houston Symphony … Continued

HOUSTON (Dec. 3, 2018) – The Houston Symphony announces the addition of violinist Patricia Quintero Garcia and violist Alexa Sangbin Thomson to its Community Embedded Musicians initiative, now in its fourth year. Quintero Garcia and Thomson succeed violist Anthony Parce and cellist Hellen Weberpal, who left in August for positions with the Nashville and Atlanta … Continued

HOUSTON (Nov. 29, 2018) – The Houston Symphony celebrates the holiday season with the festive, family-friendly program A Polar Express Christmas at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8, featuring two local high school choirs: The Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Chorale and the Davis High School Choir, which … Continued

HOUSTON (Nov. 27, 2018) – The Houston Symphony is decking the halls with Principal POPS Conductor Steven Reineke as it welcomes Broadway star Ali Ewoldt this holiday season for the annual Very Merry Pops extravaganza at Jones Hall 8 p.m. Dec. 7-8, and 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9. Having recently completed more than … Continued