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Ross Margitza, piano

Watch Ross Margitza in rehearsal as he prepares for a deeply personal, collaborative jazz concert.

Featuring

Diego Rivera, tenor saxophone
John Fremgen, bass
Daniel Dufour, drums
Soha Quartet

Sunday, October 25, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

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I Capuleti e I Montecchi

Butler Opera Center

Event Status

Scheduled

Oct. 16 – 25

Music by
Vincenzo Bellini

Libretto by
Felice Romani

Conductor
Douglas Kinney Frost

Stage Director
Yingmeige Xiong

Scenic Designer
Juno Adair

Lighting Designer
Brittney Barton

Media Designer
Eric L. Ramirez

Costume Designer
Aaron Kubacak

A Mariachi performer, playing her violin

Wind Ensemble

Event Status

Scheduled

Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m.

Jerry Junkin, conductor
The Mariachi Paredes de Tejastitlán
Jimmy Santos-Rivera, guest conductor

Arturo Márquez
Danzon No. 2

H. Owen Reed
La Fiesta Mexicana

Arturo Márquez
Symphony no. 5, Sinfonía Nómada

Ross Margitza, piano

Steinway Artist Presentation

Event Status

Scheduled

Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m.

Diego Rivera, tenor saxophone
John Fremgen, bass
Daniel Dufour, drums
Soha Quartet

Ross Margitza
Huckleberry
June 3rd
For Amelie
For Graham
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New Music Ensemble

All Hallows’ Eve: A Night of the Macabre

Event Status

Scheduled

Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m.

Evah Destruction, voice
Hila Plitmann, soprano
Marc Sosnowchik, conductor

Admission to This Event is Restricted to 18+

Clarice Assad
The Book of Spells

Lady Gaga
Bloody Mary

David del Tredici
Dracula

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Trombone Choir

Celebrating Halloween

Event Status

Scheduled

Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m.

Nathaniel Brickens, director

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Concert Chorale

Event Status

Scheduled

Nov. 1, 4 p.m.

J.D. Burnett, conductor
Ari Carrillo, assistant conductor
Seonhyeong Yeo, piano
Page Stephens, mezzo soprano

John Corigliano
Fern Hill

Omar Thomas
Shenandoah

Johannes Brahms
An die Heimat, op. 64

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