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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Go inside rehearsal with the University of Texas Symphony Orchestra. Students discuss their love for the music, their shared experience and their beloved conductor, the orchestra's Director of Music Farkhad Khudyev, who brings passion and energy to every rehearsal and concert.
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UTSO is open to all qualified students university-wide by audition.
Auditions take place in the first week of the Fall semester. Audition information is typically posted around August 1 each year.
Students may choose to register for the course either before or after the audition. In the event a student is not selected, they can drop the course credit according to standard university policy. Registering for the course does not guarantee admission.
Course
M-W-F, 12–2p
MRH 2.118
UNDERGRADUATE ENS 102S
GRADUATE ENS 182S
UTSO is a one credit hour course.
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Concerto Competition
Each season the Symphony Orchestra performs major works with winners of every Butler School Concerto Competition:
- Strings
- Brass, Woodwinds & Percussion
- Piano
- Voice & Opera
- Composition
Recent Visiting Artists
John Adams
William Bolcom
Carl St. Clair
James Conlon
Milchael Gilbertson
Jennifer Higdon
Michelle Merrill
Christopher Roundtree
Upcoming Performances
Concerto Competition Concert 1
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Claire Chiang, piano
Ellie Sievers, violin
W.A. Mozart
Concerto for piano, No.24 in C Minor, K.491
Igor Stravinsky
Violin Concerto in D Major
Concerto Competition Concert 2
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Kevin Charoensri, featured composer
Maria del Pilar Gomez, soprano
Hank Landrum, clarinet
Kevin Charoensri
Rising Light
Giuseppe Verdi
Pace, pace mio Dio from Forza del Destino
Aaron Copland
Clarinet Concerto
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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
Past Seasons
21/22
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9
Leonore Overture, No. 3, Op. 72b
Max Bruch
Marimba Concerto
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8
W.A. Mozart
Concerto for Piano No. 23 in A Major, K.488
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
Florence Price
Dances in the Canebrakes
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
Camille Saint-Saëns
Romance for horn & Orchestra, Op. 36
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasie
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
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