DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ARRIVES AT UH
FOR FIRST HOUSTON CONCERT IN 56 YEARS
It took more than half a century for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra
(DSO) to return to Houston, but thanks to the University of Houston,
it will soon bring its celebrated sounds back to town.
DSO is accustomed to performing internationally, but it will soon
embark on a rare tour of the Lone Star state including a Nov. 18
performance at UH’s Moores Opera House. This concert will
be a homecoming for a few of its members, who graduated from the
university’s Moores School of Music (MSM).
“We're pleased about the DSO and MSM connections,”
said David Ashley White, director of MSM. “DSO concertmaster
Emanuel Borok is a member of our violin faculty. And Scott Walzel,
second bassoon, and Russell Campbell, associate principal trumpet,
are MSM alumni.”
Houston audiences will be treated to two guest artists performing
with DSO: guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and 12-year-old violin
prodigy Shannon Lee.
Guerrero is currently the music director of the Eugene Symphony
in Oregon and has appeared with top orchestras around the United
States. In 2004, he received the Helen M. Thompson Award by the
American Symphony Orchestra League, which recognizes outstanding
young music directors and orchestra managers.
Lee has already begun earning acclaim for her talents. In 2004,
she received DSO’s Lynn Harrell Concerto Competition and recently,
she was a featured performer on the radio program “From the
Top.” She will soon make her Carnegie Hall debut at the 2006
Fiddlefest and will accompany famed maestro Christof Perick on a
European tour.
“We're proud to present DSO in its first Houston appearance
in since 1949,” White said. “Houstonians are very proud
of the Houston Symphony, and now they will get the opportunity to
hear firsthand the fine music that Dallas also has to offer.”
This performance is open to the public. Tickets are $25 and $15
for students and seniors. For more information, call 713-743-3313
or visit http://www.music.uh.edu/events/index.html#info.
WHAT: |
Dallas Symphony Orchestra in concert |
WHEN: |
8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 18 |
WHERE: |
Moores Opera House
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-5017 |
WHO: |
UH Moores School of Music/Dallas Symphony Orchestra |
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