Austin Civic Orchestra

Texas Rising Stars
2024-02-03 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | Bates Recital Hall, 2406 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin, TX, 78712, United States
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Jacob Schnitzer, guest conductor (biography)
The Austin Civic Orchestra partners again with The University of Texas at Austin for the 10th Texas Rising Stars concert at Bates Recital Hall. The winners of the Butler School of Music’s String Concerto Competition perform concerti accompanied by the orchestra.
ACO Guest Conductor, Jacob Schnitzer leads our outstanding student artists on works from Schumann and Sibelius.
The Orchestra concludes the concert with an innovative presentation of Holst’s The Planets. Local artist Laura Mercado-Wright composed interludes – titled Between the Planets – to fit between the movements of Holst’s composition. VAMP Vocals will perform each interlude as an introduction of the astrological characteristic of the following movement. VAMP will then be joined by singers from Austin Cantorum and the UT Chamber Treble Choir in the final movement of Holst’s Planets, Neptune.
Come at 6:45 PM to hear the pre-concert talk “We Don’t Talk About Pluto: Holst’s Missing Planet” presented by Associate Conductor Dr. W.P. Gus Sterneman in room 2.614.
Tickets for this concert are free, but we strongly encourage you to reserve your tickets in advance. Tickets are also available at the door.
This collaborative concert between the Butler School of Music and Austin Civic Orchestra was conceived by UT professor Brian Lewis and is funded in part by the David and Mary Winton Green Chair in String Performance and Pedagogy.
This concert has no admission charge – a gift to the Austin community.
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Full program:

Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 by Robert Schumann:
Nicht zu schnell (1st movement) performed by Katsuaki Arakawa
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 byJean Sibelius
Allegro, ma non tanto (3rd movement) performed by Emmanuelle (Ellie) Sievers
Between the Planets by Laura Mercado-Wright and performed by VAMP Vocals with The Planets by Gustav Holst and performed by the Orchestra.

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Happy Holidays!
2023-12-17 16:00 - 17:30 | Bates Recital Hall, 2406 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin, TX, 78712, United States
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Jarred Kennedy, Guest Conductor (biography)
Jessica Mathaes, Violin (biography)
Guest conductor Jarred Kennedy leads the ACO in our annual Happy Holidays! concert, featuring new and old seasonal favorites! We are thrilled to share the Bates Recital Hall stage with violin soloist Jessica Mathaes, Concertmaster of the Austin Symphony Orchestra, for our most festive concert of the year.
Looking for more? Attend the pre-concert talk by Associate Conductor Dr. W.P. Sterneman III at 3:15 pm in MRH 2.614. His topic will be “No Artistic Merit and the Death of Ballet: Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Debut”.
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Dilorenzo: Santa’s Magical Journey
Silvestri, arr Brubaker: The Polar Express
Delius: Sleigh Ride
Korngold: Prelude -Serenade featuring Jessica Mathaes, Violin
Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (Winter) featuring Jessica Mathaes, Violin

Intermission

Lauridsen, arr. Dackow: O Magnum Mysterium
Lovrien: Minor Alterations: Christmas Through the Looking Glass
Arr. Holcombe: Festive Sounds of Hanukkah
Anderson: A Christmas Festival

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Mexican Gems & Spanish Treasures
2023-11-05 16:30 - 18:00 | St. Andrew’s Dell Fine Arts Center, 5901 Southwest Parkway, Austin, TX, 78735, United States
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Dr. Veronica Salinas, Conductor and ACO Music Director Finalist (biography)
Dr. Elizabeth Janzen, Flute (biography)
Drea Pacot, Flemenco Dancer

Join the Austin Civic Orchestra for a Sunday afternoon concert at St. Andrew’s Dell Fine Arts Center as guest conductor and ACO Music Director Finalist Dr. Veronica Salinas leads the Orchestra in a celebration of Hispanic culture.
Enjoy the Spanish tunes, dramatic storytelling and brilliant orchestration of De Falla’s The Three Cornered Hat with featured Austin artist, Flamenco dancer Drea Pacot.
Be enchanted with the intense lyricism and melodic vulnerability of Grandos’ Intermezzo.
Champion new music as Dr. Elizabeth Janzen, an established prominent musician in North America performs the Texas premiere of D’Colonial Californiano for Flute and Orchestra by Gabriela Ortiz, one of the foremost composers in Mexico today.
Dance out of the hall after the lively Danzón No.2 by Arturo Márquez – one of the leading composers of contemporary Mexican art music.
Concert Repertoire:

Manuel de Falla – The Three Cornered Hat: Suite 1 & 2
featuring dancer Drea Pacot
Enrique Granados – Goyescas: Intermezzo
Gabriela Ortiz – D’Colonial Californiano for Flute and Orchestra
featuring Dr. Elizabeth Janzen, Flute
Arturo Márquez – Danzón No.2

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In Nature's Realm
2023-09-23 19:30 - 21:00 | St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 8134 Mesa Drive, Austin, TX, 78759
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Brent Baldwin, Guest Conductor (biography)
Isaac Bustos, Guitar (biography)
Join the Austin Civic Orchestra at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church for the opening concert of the 2023-24 season. Featured compositions include The Red Pony by Aaron Copland, Out of the Silence by William Grant Still, and Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo, featuring the amazing classical guitarist Isaac Bustos. A new Baldwin-penned work will also receive its premiere.

William Grant Still: Out of the Silence
Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez featuring Isaac Bustos, Guitar
Brent Baldwin: In Time Like Air
Aaron Copland: The Red Pony Film Suite
I. Morning on the Ranch
II. The Gift
III. a. Dream March / b. Circus March
IV. Walk to the Bunkhouse
V. Grandfather’s Story
VI. Happy Ending

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From Stage to Screen — Performance 2
2023-06-10 20:30 - 22:00 | Sheffield Hillside Theatre at Zilker Park, 2206 William Barton Drive, Austin, TX, 78746, United States
Join the Austin Civic Orchestra for this free concert at the Zilker Hillside Theater. This year we feature the music that made a successful transition from the stage as a musical to a full screen movie. Bring your blanket or low chair with plenty of water to sit on the hillside in the setting sun to enjoy the concert.
As is the tradition, we end with Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever with several raffles for audience involvement on stage during the piece. This could be you!
The program includes selections from:

Cabaret – music by John Kander and arranged by Ted Parson
Fiddler on the Roof – music by Jerry Bock and arranged by Felton Rapley
Cats – music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and arranged by Bob Lowden
The Sound of Music Selection for Orchestra – music by Richard Rodgers and arranged by Robert Russell Bennett

Intermission

A Chorus Line – music by Marvin Hamlisch and arranged by Bob Lowden
The Producers – by Mel Brooks
Chicago – music by John Kander and arranged by Ted Ricketts
Les Misérables – music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and arranged by Bob Lowden
The Stars & Stripes Forever March by Sousa

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The ACO continues to embrace the classics as well as explore the future. In order for classical music to truly realize its potential as a relevant and important art form it must embrace its future as much as its past. With this in mind, the ACO will maintain its commitment to experiment with programming that presents beloved classics alongside new and/or eclectic works, some of which might be considered off-beat, cross-genre, or even radical.

Paint to Music: Shostakovich 5
2023-05-20 19:30 - 20:30 | Bates Recital Hall, 2406 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin, TX, 78712, United States
Join the Austin Civic Orchestra at Bates Recital Hall at the University of Texas at Austin for its final formal concert of the 22-23 season. Music Director Dr. Lois Ferrari has chosen the powerful Symphony No. 5 by Dimitri Shostakovich for her final performance as music director of the ACO, a position she has held since 2002.
Paint to Music is a pre-concert event at 6:45 pm in room 2.610 where a slide show of the artwork created by area students will be presented.
Afterwards, in the Recital Hall, the orchestra will perform Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 as the sole selection on the concert.

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

Moderato
Allegretto
Largo
Allegro non troppo

The ACO continues to embrace the classics as well as explore the future. In order for classical music to truly realize its potential as a relevant and important art form it must embrace its future as much as its past. With this in mind, the ACO will maintain its commitment to experiment with programming that presents beloved classics alongside new and/or eclectic works, some of which might be considered off-beat, cross-genre, or even radical.
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Parts of the Whole, Part II
2023-04-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Abiding Love Lutheran Church, 7210 Brush Country Rd, Austin, TX, 78749, United States
Join us for an eclectic evening of music as seven chamber ensembles from the ACO present an evening of chamber music written by Brahms, Beethoven, and some lesser known but very deserving composers, including Daniel Adams and Uribe Duarte. Trios, quartets, quintets and larger ensembles will be featured on stage for an exciting evening of live chamber music.
Program:
KERKORIAN: Fanfare and Fugue
HUMPERDINCK (arr. Fanchin): Evening Prayer from Hansel & Gretel
5 Sirens and a Sackbut
DURATE: Three Costa Rican Dances: Flor de Receda, Dudas, Planguita
Bassoon Quartet
ADAMS: Talea
Percussion Ensemble
GABRIELI: (King, editor): Canzona per Sonare No. 1 “La Spiritata”
KOMPANEK: Killer Tango
Brass Quintet
BEETHOVEN: Grand Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 3, Allegro con brio
String Trio
GERSHWIN: Three Preludes
Clarinet Quartet
BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25, Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto
Piano Quartet
The ACO continues to embrace the classics as well as explore the future. In order for classical music to truly realize its potential as a relevant and important art form it must embrace its future as much as its past. With this in mind, the ACO will maintain its commitment to experiment with programming that presents beloved classics alongside new and/or eclectic works, some of which might be considered off-beat, cross-genre, or even radical.
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Black Voices
2023-02-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Southwestern University’s Alma Thomas Theater, 1001 E University Ave, Georgetown, TX, 78626, United States
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Each year the Austin Civic Orchestra travels north to Georgetown to perform in Southwestern University’s Alma Thomas Theater.
J. Michael Cooper and ACO Assistant Conductor, W.P. Sterneman will present a pre-concert conversation entitled Florence Price and Margaret Bonds, Speaking Truth to Power — A Conversation for Today at 6:45 p.m. in the Caldwell-Carvey Foyer.
The concert opens with the Pearl Amster Percussion Chamber Ensemble (directed by Jordan Walsh) performing a selection by Ayanna Woods. Next, Music Director, Lois Ferrari leads the ACO string section in a performance of Florence Price’s Andante Moderato, followed by the second movement of the Lalo Cello Concerto with guest artist Prudence McDaniel. The second half of the concert will feature the Texas premiere of the orchestrated version of Credo by Margaret Bonds, with the Southwestern University Chorale (directed by Holly Dalrymple), soprano Natalie Howard, and baritone Chaz Nailor.
Program:

AYANNA WOODS: Triple Point for Percussion Quartet performed by the Pearl Amster Percussion Ensemble
FLORENCE PRICE: Andante Moderato for String Orchestra
ÉDOUARD LALO: Cello Concerto, Intermezzo: Andantino con moto – Allegro presto, Prudence McDaniel, cello
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MARGARET BONDS: Credo with the Southwestern Chorale
Natalie Howard, soprano and Chaz Nailor, baritone
1. I Believe in God
2. Especially Do I Believe in the Negro Race
3. I Believe in Pride of Race
4. I Believe in the Devil and His Angels
5. I Believe in the Prince of Peace
6. I Believe in Liberty
7. I Believe in Patience

The ACO continues to embrace the classics as well as explore the future. In order for classical music to truly realize its potential as a relevant and important art form it must embrace its future as much as its past. With this in mind, the ACO will maintain its commitment to experiment with programming that presents beloved classics alongside new and/or eclectic works, some of which might be considered off-beat, cross-genre, or even radical.
Southwestern University faculty, staff and students receive free admission by showing their university ID at the ticket table.
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Texas Rising Stars
2023-01-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Bates Recital Hall, 2406 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin, TX, 78712, United States
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The Austin Civic Orchestra partners again with The University of Texas at Austin for the 9th Texas Rising Stars concert at Bates Recital Hall. The winners of the Butler School of Music’s String Concerto Competition perform concerti accompanied by the orchestra.
This collaborative concert between the Butler School of Music and Austin Civic Orchestra was conceived by UT professor Brian Lewis and is funded in part by the David and Mary Winton Green Chair in String Performance and Pedagogy.
This concert is free – a gift to the Austin community.
Full program:

VERBYTSKTY: Ukrainian National Anthem
READ THOMAS: Of Paradise and Light
MOZART: Violin Concerto #5 in A, Allegro aperto
Margaret King, violin

KOUSSEVITZKY: Double Bass Concerto, Op.3, Allegro
Tony Sanfilippo, double bass

WALTON: Violin Concerto, Andante tranquillo
Benjamin Kronk, violin

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The ACO continues to embrace the classics as well as explore the future. In order for classical music to truly realize its potential as a relevant and important art form it must embrace its future as much as its past. With this in mind, the ACO will maintain its commitment to experiment with programming that presents beloved classics alongside new and/or eclectic works, some of which might be considered off-beat, cross-genre, or even radical.

Happy Holidays!
2022-12-17 19:30 - 20:30 | Bates Recital Hall, 2406 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin, TX, 78712, United States
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Celebrate winter break with “Happy Holidays!” at the Bates Recital Hall at the Butler School of Music on the UT – Austin campus. The December 17th program includes dances from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite as well as many seasonal favorites.
Full program:

ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival
PROKOFIEV: Troika from Lt. Kije Suite
Trad./arr. Custer: Chanukah Festival Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY: Dances from The Nutcracker
GUARALDI/Pugh: A Charlie Brown Christmas
TORME & WELLS/Lowden: The Christmas Song
STEPHENSON: BaSOON it will be Christmas
GRUBER/Davis: Stille Nacht
ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride

Katherine Altobello O’Brien and Tim O’Brien were scheduled to sing “The Christmas Song”, but had to cancel. An instrumental version of the piece may be performed.
The ACO continues to embrace the classics as well as explore the future. In order for classical music to truly realize its potential as a relevant and important art form it must embrace its future as much as its past. With this in mind, the ACO will maintain its commitment to experiment with programming that presents beloved classics alongside new and/or eclectic works, some of which might be considered off-beat, cross-genre, or even radical.
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Pajama Party!
2022-11-12 16:00 - 17:30 | St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 8134 Mesa Drive, Austin, TX, 78759
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Get ready for a Pajama Party! Come join the Austin Civic Orchestra in your PJs for a special program featuring guest narrator Peter Bay, conductor of the Austin Symphony. The youth-centered program includes Carmen Suite No.1, movie music from Magnificent Seven, Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings, and Prokofiev’s beloved Peter and the Wolf.
Concert is on November 12th in the Sanctuary Building at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. 8134 Mesa Drive.
Please note the kid-friendly start time of 4:00 PM.
Also, please plan to visit our popular instrument petting zoo in the courtyard of the church from 3:20 – 3:45 p.m.

BIZET: Carmen Suite No. 1
SHORE/Whitney: Symphonic Suite from Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
E. BERNSTEIN: Magnificent Seven Symphonic Suite
BADELT/Moore: Pirates of the Caribbean Medley
PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf (Symphonic Tale for Children), narrated by Peter Bay

The ACO continues to embrace the classics as well as explore the future. In order for classical music to truly realize its potential as a relevant and important art form it must embrace its future as much as its past. With this in mind, the ACO will maintain its commitment to experiment with programming that presents beloved classics alongside new and/or eclectic works, some of which might be considered off-beat, cross-genre, or even radical.
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Parts of the Whole
2022-10-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, 701 W Riverside Dr, Austin, TX 78704, Austin, TX, 78704
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The ACO will open the 2022-23 season with a chamber music concert in the Rollins Studio Theatre located in the Long Center for the Performing Arts. This intimate venue is perfect for showcasing the different sections of the orchestra: strings, brass, percussion, and woodwinds. The program includes music by Alfieri, Barber, Berlioz, Dvořák, Grainger, and Mozart.
Held on Saturday, October 1, come at 7:05 p.m. to listen to Assistant Conductor, W.P. Sterneman’s preconcert talk. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Theatre.
Program:

Percy Grainger/T. Higgins: Lincolnshire Posy for Brass Ensemble and Percussion
John Alfieri: Fanfare for Tambourines
Hector Berlioz/H. Kamioka: Trio for Two Flutes and Harp from L’Enfance du Christ

Antonín Dvořák: Serenade in Dm, Op. 44 for winds

Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
W.A. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K 525

The ACO continues to embrace the classics as well as explore the future. In order for classical music to truly realize its potential as a relevant and important art form it must embrace its future as much as its past. With this in mind, the ACO will maintain its commitment to experiment with programming that presents beloved classics alongside new and/or eclectic works, some of which might be considered off-beat, cross-genre, or even radical.
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From Stage to Screen — Performance 2 (CANCELED)
2022-06-11 20:15 - 21:30 | Sheffield Hillside Theatre at Zilker Park, 2206 William Barton Drive, Austin, TX, 78746, United States
Note: Due to the high temperatures expected in the Austin area on June 10 and June 11, both performances of From Stage to Screen have been canceled for the safety of our musicians, their equipment, and the audience.
Join the Austin Civic Orchestra for this free concert at the Zilker Hillside Theater. This year we feature the music that made a successful transition from the stage as a musical to a full screen movie. Bring your blanket or low chair with plenty of water to sit on the hillside in the setting sun to enjoy the concert.
As is the tradition, we end with Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever conducted by the raffle winner. This could be you!
The program includes selections from :

Cats – music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and arranged by Bob Lowden
The King and I – music by Richard Rodgers and arranged by Bob Lowden
“A Chorus Line” – music by Marvin Hamlisch and arranged by Bob Lowden
Chicago – music by John Kander and arranged by Ted Ricketts

Intermission

For the oppressed: Ukrainian National Anthem – music by Mykhailo Verbytsky and arranged by Keith Terrett
Fiddler on the Roof – music by Jerry Bock and arranged by Felton Rapley
The Sound of Music Selection for Orchestra – music by Richard Rodgers and arranged by Robert Russell Bennett
Les Misérables – music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and arranged by Bob Lowden
The Stars & Stripes Forever March by Sousa

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This concert is part of the Austin Civic Orchestra’s 2021-22 season, Reunited. Throughout the season, you will hear beloved classics alongside new and eclectic works.

From Stage to Screen — Performance 1 (CANCELED)
2022-06-10 20:15 - 21:30 | Sheffield Hillside Theatre at Zilker Park, 2206 William Barton Drive, Austin, TX, 78746, United States

Paint to Music
2022-05-14 19:30 - 20:30 | Rodney And Mary Klett Performing Arts Center, 2211 N Austin Ave, Georgetown, TX, 78626
This concert will feature music that stirs the imagination alongside artwork created by local students while listening to the pieces. Pianist Anton Nel will join the orchestra as a guest soloist. The concert will consist of the Mysterious Mountain Symphony by Alan Hovhaness with a slide show of artwork created by area elementary students. Next will be a movement of Goerecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs with soprano Julia Taylor and the concert ends with the first movement of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto.
Full program:

Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2, Mysterious Mountain
Goerecki: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, Lento e largo—Tranquillissimo
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor, Allegro featuring Anton Nel on piano

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This concert is part of the Austin Civic Orchestra’s 2021-22 season, Reunited. Throughout the season, you will hear beloved classics alongside new and eclectic works.

This concert is funded in part by the City of Georgetown Arts and Culture Board.

Texas Rising Stars
2022-04-02 19:30 - 20:30 | Bates Recital Hall, 2406 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin, TX, 78712, United States
The Austin Civic Orchestra partners again with The University of Texas at Austin for the 8th Texas Rising Stars concert at Bates Recital Hall. The winners of the Butler School of Music’s String Concerto Competition perform concerti accompanied by the orchestra.
This collaborative concert between the Butler School of Music and Austin Civic Orchestra was conceived by UT professor Brian Lewis and is funded in part by the David and Mary Winton Green Chair in String Performance and Pedagogy.
The orchestra will open the concert with the Overture to “West Side Story”.
Full program:

Bernstein/Peress: Overture to “West Side Story”
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, Allegro non troppo, featuring Dongsub Jeoung on violin
Chausson: Poème for Violin and Orchestra, Op.25, featuring Nick Hammel on violin
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Finale: Allegro vivacissimo, featuring Josh Liu on violin

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This concert is part of the Austin Civic Orchestra’s 2021-22 season, Reunited. Throughout the season, you will hear beloved classics alongside new and eclectic works.
Please note: Face masks are recommended, and we encourage you to refer to our website for the latest updates on our health and safety guidelines.

Hidden Gems (CANCELED)
2022-02-05 19:30 - 20:30 | St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, 606 W 15th St, Austin, TX 78701, Austin, TX, 78701, United States
Please note: Due to the local increase in COVID-19 cases and Austin Public Health’s decision to raise the area’s Risk-Based Guidance to Stage 5, we are canceling our February 5 performance of Hidden Gems with guest artist Julia Taylor.
We are excited to resume the 21/22 season as soon as we can safely do so, and we are putting together new health and safety guidelines in anticipation of our April 2 performance of Texas Rising Stars, featuring the winners of the UT Butler School of Music String Concerto Competition.
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Happy Holidays!
2021-12-18 19:30 - 20:30 | Austin ISD Performing Arts Center, 1500 Barbara Jordan Blvd, Austin, TX, 78723, United States
Get ready for winter with the Austin Civic Orchestra’s “Happy Holidays!” concert. The program includes selected dances from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite as well as many seasonal favorites. The concert will end with a Christmas Carol sing-along.
Full program:

Anderson: Christmas Festival
Leontovich & Willoughby/Hayman: Carol of the Bells
Tchaikovsky: Dances From The Nutcracker
Trad./Custer: Chanukah Festival Overture
Guaraldi/Pugh: A Charlie Brown Christmas
Torme/Wells/Lowden: The Christmas Song
Trad./Davis: Stille Nacht
Blane/Whitney: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Carol Sing-a-long

This concert is part of the Austin Civic Orchestra’s 2021-22 season, Reunited. Throughout the season, you will hear beloved classics alongside new and eclectic works. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door beginning an hour before the concert.
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Due to COVID-19 restrictions, seating capacity is at 50% in the auditorium and you will need to wear a face mask.

ACO Spooktacular!
2021-10-30 19:30 - 20:30 | Cedar Ridge High School Auditorium, 2801 Gattis School Rd, Round Rock, TX, 78665
Join the Austin Civic Orchestra for this concert featuring creepy Halloween-themed music — you are even invited to wear your costume! The orchestra will perform Gustav Holst’s Mars from The Planets and The Witches’ Sabbath from Symphonie Fantastique and other spooky selections.
Full program:

Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Grieg: Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Berlioz: The Witches’ Sabbath from Symphonie Fantastique
Williams: The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme) from The Empire Strikes Back
Holst: Mars from The Planets

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This concert is part of the Austin Civic Orchestra’s 2021-22 season, Reunited. Throughout the season, you will hear beloved classics alongside new and eclectic works.

This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

SOLD OUT! Come for the Music, Stay for the Flowers
2021-09-26 15:00 - 16:00 | Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Auditorium, 4801 La Crosse Ave., Austin, 78739, United States
Join the Austin Civic Orchestra for the premier concert in its 2021-22 season, Reunited. Throughout the season, you will hear beloved classics alongside new and eclectic works.
During this concert at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center’s auditorium, the orchestra will perform an assortment of large chamber repertoire, which highlights all the separate sections of the orchestra. The concert includes music by Piazzolla, Newbold, Strauss, Reich, and Di Lorenzo.
Full program:

Piazzolla: Libertango
Newbold: Perseus with guest conductor Richard Frazier
Balmages: Lyric Metal
Vivaldi: Concerto in A Minor for Bassoon featuring Aurel Garza-Tucker
Strauss: Serenade Op. 7
Reich: Music For Pieces Of Wood
Di Lorenzo: A Little Russian Circus

Tickets are $15 for adults; $10 for seniors (62 years and older), teachers, college students, and members of the military/veterans; and free for youth. Your ticket also grants you admission to the Wildflower Center so you can Come for the Music, Stay for the Flowers.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, seating capacity is at 50% in the auditorium and you will need to wear a face mask.
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This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

The Beat Goes On: August Concert
2021-08-07 19:30 - 20:15 | TX
Join the Austin Civic Orchestra in its August installment of “The Beat Goes On,” a series of virtual events featuring ACO musicians organized into chamber ensembles – strings, wind, brass, and percussion ensembles. The concert will be streaming on our YouTube and Facebook pages.

Double Violin Concerto in D Minor, Mvt I & III by J.S. Bach (ACO Piano & String Octet)
Tetris Theme A, Traditional arr. Genti Guxholli (The Canyon Quartet)
Super Mario Bros Theme by Koji Konda arr. Alan Silvestri (The Canyon Quartet)
The Legend of Zelda Main Theme by Koji Kondo arr. Patti Rudisill (The Canyon Quartet)
Africa by David Paich & Jeff Porcaro arr. Adrian Wagner (Bassooner the Better)
Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity by Gustav Holst, arr. Kara LaMoure (ACO Wind Quintet)
Karma Police by Radiohead, arr. Shuster and Fry (ACO percussion ensemble)

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This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

The Beat Goes On: July Concert
2021-07-03 19:30 - 20:15 | TX
Join the Austin Civic Orchestra in its June installment of “The Beat Goes On,” a series of virtual events featuring ACO musicians organized into chamber ensembles – strings, wind and brass ensembles. The concert will be streaming on our YouTube and Facebook pages.

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan William/arr. Hoffman (String Ensemble)
America from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein/arr. Bulla (String Ensemble)
I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You for Bassoon Quartet by Elvis Presley, arr. Samuel Peters (Bassooner the Better)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78, Mvt 1 (Vivace ma non troppo) by Johannes Brahms
Sheebeg and Sheemore by Turlough O’Carolan arr. Michael Hopkins. (Allandale String Quartet)
Ceylon Tango Malaya; Traditional (Allandale String Quartet)
Salute to the Armed Forces – Army/Marines/Navy/Air Force/Coast Guard Compiled by Jari Villanueva (ACO Brass Ensemble)
The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa Arranged by Jari Villanueva (ACO Brass Ensemble)

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The Beat Goes On: June Concert
2021-06-12 19:30 - 20:15 | TX
Join the Austin Civic Orchestra in its June installment of “The Beat Goes On,” a series of virtual events featuring ACO musicians organized into chamber ensembles – strings, wind and brass ensembles. The concert will be streaming on our YouTube and Facebook pages.

Tamborito and Cumbia y Congo from Danzas de Panama by William Grant Still (String Ensemble)
Tango: Por Una Cabeza by Carlos Gardel, arr. Matthew Naughtin (Keeping Strings Weird String Quartet)
A Suite of Irish Dances, Traditional, arr. Matthew Naughtin (Keeping Strings Weird String Quartet)
Rialto Ripples Rag for Wind Quintet by George Gershwin & Will Donaldson, trans. David Bussick (ACO Woodwind Quintet)
L’Oiseau des bois, Op.21 (The Bird in the Woods) by Franz Doppler (Horn quartet, plus Flute)
“The Beatles” for 4 Bassoons, John Lennon & Paul McCartney, arr. John Glenesk Mortimer (Bassooner the Better)

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The Beat Goes On: April Concert - Part 2
2021-04-18 16:00 - 17:00 | TX
Join the Austin Civic Orchestra in the second of two April installments of “The Beat Goes On,” a series of virtual events featuring ACO musicians organized into chamber ensembles – strings, wind, brass, and percussion ensembles. The concert will be streaming on our YouTube and Facebook pages.

Maniac by Michael Sembello, arr. Tim Shuster (Percussion Ensemble)
Trois Pièces brèves by Jacques Ibert (Woodwind Quintet)
Folk Suite No. 4 by William Grant Still, arr. Adam Lesnick (Woodwind Quintet)
Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor RV 531, Allegro by Antonio Vivaldi (Cello Duo)
Piano Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052, Allegro by J.S. Bach (Piano and String Quintet)
Carmen Suite No. 1 by G. Bizet, Prelude. Aragonaise, Seguedille, Les Toreadors, arr. D. Fanchin (Brass Ensemble)

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Concert Program

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The Beat Goes On: April Concert - Part 1
2021-04-17 19:30 - 20:30 | TX
Join the Austin Civic Orchestra in the first of two April installments of “The Beat Goes On,” a series of virtual events featuring ACO musicians organized into chamber ensembles – strings, wind and brass ensembles. The concert will be streaming on our YouTube and Facebook pages.

Quartet in C, KV 465, Adagio-Allegro by W.A. Mozart (String Quartet)
Take Five by Paul Desmond, arr. Gary Keller (Clarinet and Guitar Duo)
Can-Can for Bassoon Quartet by Jacques Offenbach, arr. David Cross (Bassoon Quartet)
Lean on Me by Bill Withers, arr. Brittany Harrington (Bassoon Quartet)
Celtic Suite by Roberto Di Marino (Harp and Flute Duo)
Evening Prayer from the opera Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck, arr. Rev. D Fanchin (Horn Quintet and Trombone)
String Quartet #1 by Chevalier de St.-Georges (String Quartet)
I’m In Another World by Duke Ellington, arr. Werner Thomas-Mifune (String Quartet)
Sunflower Slow Drag by Scott Joplin and Scott Hayden, arr. Matthew Naughtin (String Quartet)

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Concert Program

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Paint to Music Virtual Art Show
2021-03-20 19:30 - 20:00 | Online
Join the Austin Civic Orchestra in the Paint to Music virtual Art Show. Elementary-aged students from eight Austin area schools created art work while listening to La Création du monde by Darius Milhaud. Their artwork will be arranged and presented as a slide show with a recording in the background. The slide show will stream on our YouTube and Facebook pages.
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The Beat Goes On: February Concert
2021-02-13 19:30 - 20:30 | TX
Join the Austin Civic Orchestra in its February installment of The Beat Goes On, a series of virtual events featuring ACO musicians organized into chamber ensembles.
The concert will be streamed on our YouTube and Facebook pages on Saturday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. and available to watch any time afterwards.
This hour-long concert features 9 ensembles comprised of Orchestra members and their families. We observed the tighter restrictions in the Austin area for COVID-19 by reducing the size of the ensembles as well as contributing to recording projects remotely. Several of the ensembles selected works by Black composers in celebration of Black History Month.
The program includes:

Bipperies, No. 1, 6, and 9 by Lowell Shaw (Horn Duo)
Give Life Back to Music by Thomas Bangalter & Guillame Emmanuel de Homem-Christo (Percussion Ensemble)
Jeanne Y Paul by Astor Piazzolla (String Quartet)
March from Second Suite in F major by Gustav Holst (Bassoon Ensemble)
Over the Rainbow and Wonderful World by Harold Arlen, George Weiss and Bob Thiele (Cello and Ukulele Duo)
Purpose by Anton von Sehrwald (Guitar and Viola Duo)
Quintett, Op 56, No. 2 in g moll by Franz Danzi (Woodwind Quintet)
Sonata for Die Bankelsangerlieder (Brass Quintet)
Sonata No. 4 from Centone Di Sonata by Niccolò Paganini (Guitar and Violin Duo)
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas (Bassoon Ensemble)

Here is a link to the concert program.
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The Beat Goes On: December Concert
2020-12-12 19:30 - 21:00 | TX
Join the Austin Civic Orchestra in its December installment of “The Beat Goes On,” a series of virtual events featuring ACO musicians organized into chamber ensembles — strings, wind and brass quintets, quartets, and duets. For the third concert in the series, the ACO chamber ensembles will present an assortment of classical and contemporary music as well as holiday selections. The concert will be streaming on our YouTube and Facebook pages.
This concert is dedicated to the memory of Mac Payne who was ‘instrumental’ as the founder of the Austin Civic Orchestra and as a board member for decades. He helped to grow our orchestra to the level that we have achieved today. Always a regular in the audience, we’ll miss him, his smile, and his encouragement. Mac Payne was a jewel in the crown of the ACO.
The program includes:

Four Love Songs by Mathieu Lussier (Bassoon/Guitar Duo)
Piano Quintet in A major, “Trout,” Andantino – Allegretto and Allegro giusto by Franz Schubert
Waltz No. 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. Lavender (String Ensemble)
String Quartet No. 1, Balance by Anton von Sehrwald
Suite for Viola and Double Bass by Reinhold Gliere
Fantasia on Christmas Carols by Ralph Vaughan Williams. arr. Parish (String Ensemble)
Fum, Fum, Fum a traditional catalan, arr. Shuster (ACO Percussion Quartet)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane. arr. Kalstad (Bassoon Quartet)
Jingle Bell Rock by Joe Beal & Jim Boothe, arr. Mauldin (String Ensemble)
Jingle Bell Salsa arranged by Morris (Wind Quintet)
March of the Toys from “Babes in Toyland” by Victor Herbert, arr. Strauch (Cello Choir)
O Come All Ye Faithful arr. Slechta (Wind Quintet)
O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel) by Adolphe Adam (String Quartet)
Silent Night by Franz Gruber, arr. Morales (String Ensemble)
Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson, arr. Wagner (Bassoon Quartet)
The Christmas Song (“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”) by Mel Torme & Robert Wells, arr. Strauch and Schweitzer (Trombone Trio and Bassoon Quartet)
The Christmas Spirit by Marc Papeghin (Brass Ensemble)
The Nutcracker (short and) Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. Hays (String Quartet)
We Wish You A Merry Christmas, arr. Matthew Naughton (String Quartet)
Winter Wonderland by Felix Bernard & Dick Smith, arr. Strauch (Cello Choir)
Yuletide Fantasy by arr. Carroll (Bassoon Quartet)

Printed concert program is available here.
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The Beat Goes On: October Concert
2020-10-24 19:30 - 21:00 | TX
This concert was brought to you in part by our title sponsor: Kiel Schmidt of Realty Austin
Join the Austin Civic Orchestra in its second installment of “The Beat Goes On,” a series of virtual events featuring ACO musicians organized into chamber ensembles – strings, wind and brass quintets, duets, and solos. The program includes music by Bach, Hailstork, Holst, and more! The concert will be streaming on our YouTube and Facebook pages.
The program includes:

Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns by Howard Hanson
Bassoon Set, Mvts. II & III by Adolphus Hailstork
String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, I. Allegro con brio by Ludwig van Beethoven
What a Wonderful World by George David Weiss and Bob Thiele, arr. Slechta
Prelude No. 1 by George Gershwin, arr Stewart
“Petite Suite” for Bassoon Trio, Overture and Gallop by Aaron Robinson
Chahagir for Viola Solo, Op. 56a by Alan Hovhaness
A Punta y Taco by Jose Carli
Halloween Night: The Witches and Pumpkins by Fabrizio Ferrari
Sinfonia 13 by J.S. Bach
Miniatures by William Grant Still, arr. Lesnick
String Quartet in D Minor, Op 9 No. 4, I. Moderato by Franz Joseph Haydn
Tango d’Elinora by David McKewon
Six Studies in English Folk Song by Ralph Vaughan Williams
2-Bit Contraptions by Jan Bach
Agua de Beber (water to drink) by Antonio Carlos Jobim, arr. by Shuster and Fry
Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral, from Lohengrin by Richard Wagner
Brook Green Suite, III. Dance by Gustav Holst

Link to view the entire concert program.
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The Beat Goes On: September Concert
2020-09-26 19:30 - 21:00 | TX
Join the Austin Civic Orchestra in its first installment of “The Beat Goes On,” a series of virtual events featuring ACO musicians organized into chamber ensembles – strings, wind and brass quintets, duets, and solos. The program includes music by J.S. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, John Williams, and more! The concert will be streaming on our YouTube and Facebook pages. More details TBA.
The program includes:

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Adagio ma non tanto by Johann Sebastian Bach, adapted by Joel Lish
Six Studies in English Folksong by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Songs by The Beatles, arranged by Mathew Naughtin
Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, “Spring” by Ludwig van Beethoven
Harry Potter Suite by John Williams
Plus more TBA

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