Orchestras
Welcome!
The University of Texas Symphony Orchestra (UTSO) and The University of Texas University Orchestra (UTUO) consist of the finest string, wind, and percussion musicians University-wide. Giving at least ten concerts per season, the two orchestras perform a repertoire covering a 350-year span that allows for student musicians to collaborate and perform for audiences in the local Austin area and beyond.
Symphony Orchestra
The Symphony Orchestra consists primarily of graduate and undergraduate music majors in the Butler School of Music and performs three concerts per semester, playing everything from large masterworks, new and emerging works, and standard literature. The ensemble collaborates often with faculty from the Butler School and professional musicians from around the county. UTSO holds a series of concerto competitions each Spring that feature student musicians from the Butler School, including competitions for strings, brass woodwind & percussion, piano, voice, and composition.
University Orchestra
The University Orchestra is comprised of both music majors and students from schools all across campus, and presents a similar balance of repertoire performed at a very high level. Led by graduate students in orchestral conducting, this ensemble rehearses in the evenings and gives two concerts per semester.
Degrees
The Butler School of Music offers both master’s (M.M.) and doctoral (D.M.A.) degrees in orchestral conducting for qualified applicants. Information on how to audition and apply for these programs can be found on our Prospective Students page.
Contact
Contact orchestras @ utorchestras@utexas.edu
Upcoming Events
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Rebecca Davis, soprano
Richard Strauss
Don Juan, op. 20
Giuseppe Verdi
Ave Maria from Otello
Ottorino Respighi
Pines of Rome
+ more...
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
W.A. Mozart
Symphony No. 35 in D Major K.385, Huffier
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 in D Major
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor Overture
Vasily Kalinnikov
Symphony No. 2 in A Major
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Andrew Parker, oboe
Claude Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
W.A. Mozart
Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose Suite
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Niyazi Hajibeyov
Suite from the ballet Chitra
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, op. 93
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Symphonic Variations on an African Air
Josef Suk
Pohadka (Fairy Tale), op. 16
Featuring Chamber Orchestra and Choirs
Ring in the season with the Butler School of Music in this annual favorite. The concert will be anchored by our new Chamber Orchestra and choirs but will feature ensembles and student performers from across the program. You can expect to hear favorite carols and a few surprises.
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, piano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, op. 23
Margaret Bonds
Montgomery Variations
Antonín Dvořák
Carnival Overture, op. 92
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, op. 39
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont Overture, op. 84
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in G Major, D. 485
Concerto Competition winner, TBA...
Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Resurrection
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
J.D. Burnett, director of choirs
Leah Crocetto, soprano
Sophio Dzidziguri, mezzo soprano
Johann Strauss
Die Fledermaus Overture
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
The Tsar’s Bride Overture
Manuel De Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2