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
Farkhad Khudyev, artistic director
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4
Sandy Yamamoto, Brian Lewis, Daniel Ching, & William Fedkenheuer, violins
Yevgeniy Sharlat
Cappriccio for Four Violins (Texas premiere)
Omar Thomas
Come Sunday (premiere of orchestral version)
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Concerto Competition Concert 1
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.
Concerto Competition Concert 2
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.
Jerry Junkin, conductor
Jerry Junkin, conductor
Marc Sosnowchick, guest conductor
Jonathan Gunn, clarinet
John Mackey
Divine Mischief (Concerto for Clarinet)
Wine-Dark Sea (10th anniversary performance)
Henry Tomasi
Fanfares Liturguiques
Jerry Junkin, conductor
Viet Cuong
Saxophone Quartet Concerto (consortium premiere)
Zhou Tian
Sinfonia
+ more...
Jerry Junkin, conductor
T.J. Anderson, guest conductor
Joseph Alessi, trombone
Chick Corea
Concerto for Trombone
David Maslanka
Symphony No. 4
+ more...
Tamar Sanikidze, director & principal coach
Garnett Bruce, resident stage director
Douglas Kinney Frost, principal conductor
Butler Opera Center
Music by Tan Dun
Libretto by Tan Dun & Xu Ying
Minjeong Kim, director
Douglas Kinney Frost, conductor
New Music Ensemble
Sung in English.
Butler Opera Center
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky after Alexander Pushkin
Garnett Bruce, director
Douglas Kinney Frost, conductor
Sung in Russian.
Diego Rivera, director
with Carl Allen, drums
Diego Rivera, director
Diego Rivera, director
Featuring the winning ensemble of the Jazz Festival, UT jazz ensembles, and special guests
J.D. Burnett, conductor
J.D. Burnett, conductor
Saunder Choi
Leron, Leron Sinta
Jake Runestad
Come to the Woods
Elaine Hagenberg
Alleluia
Marc Sosnowchik, director
Butler Opera Center
Music by Tan Dun
Libretto by Tan Dun & Xu Ying
Minjeong Kim, director
Douglas Kinney Frost, conductor
New Music Ensemble
Sung in English.
Marc Sosnowchik, director
Experimental & Electronic Music Studio
James Diaz
About Mirrors
Mary Kouyoumdjian
Paper Pianos: “You are Not a Kid”
Tania León
Indígena
Marc Sosnowchik, director
Page Stephens, mezzo soprano
Donald Grantham
Love Songs Sweet and Sour
Music for the Blanton
Anna Thorvaldsdottir
aequilibria
+ more...
J.S. Bach
French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813
Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178
Francis Poulenc
Mélancolie
+ more...
Tamar Sanikidze, piano
Joseph Oparamanuike, tenor
Ebonee Thomas, flute
Johnathan Gunn, clarinet
Joel Braun, bass
Mallory McHenry, harp
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, No. 1
Maurice Ravel
Introduction and Allegro
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Small Batch Series
Els Aarne
Sonata for Double Bass and Piano, Op. 63
Erzsébet Szönyi
Sonata for Double Bass and Piano
two piano
Camille Saint-Saëns
Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, Op. 35
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
Women Speak
Anton Nel, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 70 No. 2
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66