2023-24 Season Highlights

A black and white image of a cello, black and white particles are floating from the cello revealing a color cello below.
Season Highlights
2023-24

Welcome to 2023-24

Below, you'll find our ticketed performances for the coming academic year. This is just a fraction of the concerts we hold each year. Check our calendar on a regular basis to view a full list of free and ticketed events.

 

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What to expect

All seating will be General Admission so you can choose your seats comfortably. The Butler School may reduce capacity for public performances if Austin has a high rate of COVID-19 cases.

With the new Moody Center presenting regular events, parking on our side of campus is challenging. We encourage you to consider public transportation or ride sharing to avoid hunting for parking or sitting in long lines. If you are driving to campus, we recommend arriving early to find parking.

Season Highlights

a black and white violin, black and white particles are floating from the violin reveal a color violin below.
Symphony Orchestra

Farkhad Khudyev, artistic director

Violinists playing in the UT Symphony Orchestra.

Concerto Competition Concert 1

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Farkhad Khudyev, conductor

Featuring student winners of the Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition. Full repertoire will be publicized after the competitions take place in fall 2023.

Violinists playing in the UT Symphony Orchestra.

Concerto Competition Concert 2

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Farkhad Khudyev, conductor

Featuring student winners of the Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition. Full repertoire will be publicized after the competitions take place in fall 2023.

a black and white horn, particles float away from the instrument revealing a color horn beneath.
Wind Ensemble

Jerry Junkin, conductor

Portrait of trombonist Joseph Alessi
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Jerry Junkin, conductor
T.J. Anderson, guest conductor
Joseph Alessi, trombone

Chick Corea
Concerto for Trombone 

David Maslanka
Symphony No. 4 

+ more...

and opera singer
Butler Opera Center

Tamar Sanikidze, director & principal coach
Garnett Bruce, resident stage director
Douglas Kinney Frost, principal conductor



 

An red-headed Queen of Spades emerging from clouds.

Butler Opera Center

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Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 
Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky after Alexander Pushkin 
 

Garnett Bruce, director
Douglas Kinney Frost, conductor

Sung in Russian.

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Jazz Orchestra

Diego Rivera, director

Terrell Safford Plays his trumpet
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Diego Rivera, director
Terrell Stafford, trumpet

 

 

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Concert Chorale

J.D. Burnett, conductor

J.D. Burnett conducting the UT Concert Chorale in concert.

With University Chorus

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J.D. Burnett, conductor

Saunder Choi
Leron, Leron Sinta

Jake Runestad
Come to the Woods

Elaine Hagenberg
Alleluia

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New Music Ensemble

Marc Sosnowchik, director

Mezzo soprano Page Stephens in a pink dress in front of a neon pink and blue background.
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Marc Sosnowchik, director
Page Stephens, mezzo soprano

Donald Grantham
Love Songs Sweet and Sour 
Music for the Blanton 

Anna Thorvaldsdottir
aequilibria 

+ more...

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Faculty Artists
Johannes Brahms
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Johannes Brahms
(Transcribed for trio by Gregory Allen)

String Sextet No.1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18
String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36
 

Daymé Arocena wears a slinky silver dress, sitting on the floor leaning on one hand.

Small Batch Series

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