The University of Texas Symphony Orchestra performs a diverse range of symphonic literature six times a year. The ensemble collaborates with prominent artists from around the globe, as well as with the distinguished faculty of the Butler School of Music. Recognized as one of the premier college orchestras in the nation, the UTSO is regularly featured on Austin’s classical music station, KMFA 89.5, and has performed in a number of prestigious local and national venues.
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UTSO is open to all qualified students university-wide by audition.
Course
M-W-F, 12–2p
MRH 2.118
UNDERGRADUATE ENS 102S
GRADUATE ENS 182S
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Scene and Duet from Ballet Suite No. 2,
"The Path of Thunder"
Gara Garayev
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
excerpt
Bates Recital Hall
Austin, TX
Each season the Symphony Orchestra performs major works with winners of the Butler School Concerto Competitions.
Recent Visiting Artists
John Adams
William Bolcom
Carl St. Clair
James Conlon
Milchael Gilbertson
Jennifer Higdon
Michelle Merrill
Christopher Roundtree
Upcoming Performances
Symphony Orchestra
Featuring Anton Nel, piano
W.A. Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23
Florence Price | Dances in the Canebrakes
Tchaikovsky | Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy
Symphony Orchestra
Gabriela Lena Frank | Leyendas:
Schubert | Rosamunde, D. 797
Beethoven | Leonore Overture No. 3
Symphony Orchestra
Featuring brass & woodwind faculty
Frank Martin | Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion and Strings
Antonín Dvořák | Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88
Symphony Orchestra
with Jonathan Gunn, clarinet
& Anton Nel, piano
Polina Nazaykinskaya | Nostalghia
W.A. Mozart | Symphony No. 40 in G min.
Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
With UT Combined choirs
Rebecca Davis, soprano
Page Stephens, mezzo soprano
Ben Gulley, tenor
Donnie Ray Albert, baritone
Symphony Orchestra: Concerto Winners Concert 1
Featuring John Dawson, marimba
& Nick Hammel, violin
Emmanuel Séjourné | Marimba Concerto
Max Bruch | Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
+ more...
Symphony Orchestra: Concerto Winners Concert 2
Featuring
José Ramón García Pérez, piano
Sergei Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto No. 3
+ more...
Past Seasons
19/20
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Suite
Jordan Kuspa
Lemondade Battery
Sergei Rachmaninoff
The Bells
Maurice Ravel
Suite from Ma Mére l'Oye
Dimitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 15
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2
Richard Strauss
Ein Heidenieben, Op. 40
18/19
Béla Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7
Ash Fure
Bound to the Bow
Michael Gilbertson
Fool's Gold
Jennifer Hidden
Oboe Concerto
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet Suite 1
Dimitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5
17/18
Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto
Leonard Bernstein
Symphony No. 2
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dances
Antonín Dvořák
New World Symphony
Zhan Hao He
Fantasy of Jasmine for GuZheng and Orchestra
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings
Henri Tomasi
Concerto for Alto Saxophone
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