2022-23 Concert Tickets Available Now!
Tickets are available through The Grand 1894 Opera House box office.
Call The Grand box office at 409-765-1894
Upcoming Season Concerts
Schedule Change Notice:
Anton Nel, piano (originally scheduled to perform April 2) had to reschedule for a later date. Apparently, Pickleball can be a dangerous sport! We wish Mr. Nel a speedy recovery and look forward to his return to Galveston Symphony’s stage.
We are pleased to have Cliburn artist Daniel Hsu for our April 2 concert. Quite an impressive young talent!
2017 CLIBURN BRONZE MEDALIST
Sunday | April 2 | 4:00 pm
Masterworks IV: Saint-Saëns and Ravel
Daniel Hsu, piano
Mr. Hsu appears by arrangement with the Cliburn
Saint-Saëns’ dazzling 2nd piano concerto surrounded by French works of amazing women composers Mel Bonis and Lili Boulanger – ending with the second suite from Ravel’s magnificent orchestra piece: Daphnis and Chloe.
Mel Bonis: Ophelia
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
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- Daniel Hsu, piano
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Lili Boulanger: D’un Soir Triste
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe, Suite II
Sunday | May 14 | 4:00 pm
Masterworks V: Tchaikovsky’s Second
Andrew Staupe, piano
World Premiere of a new piano concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Second Symphony.
Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila Overture
Hvoslef: Piano Concerto No.2
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Andrew Staupe, piano
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— Intermission—
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2
Current Galveston Symphony Orchestra programs are supported by corporate and individual donations and with generous grant support from:
THE TRUBE FOUNDATION
Past Concerts
Sunday | February 26 | 4:00 pm
Masterworks III: Valentine Concert
Ji-Young Jeon, soprano
Since her debut as Queen of the night in Mozart’s Magic Flute, dramatic coloratura soprano, Ji-Young Jeon has performed the role over 500 times – and has sung with opera companies worldwide, including Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, Ireland, Slovakia, Thailand, Japan, China, United States and her native South Korea. Critics have praised her for her “stunning, sensational vocal talent, paired with supreme musicianship and an immense dramatic stage presence.” We are thrilled to be working with Miss Jeon and will complement her arias with some of opera’s most beautiful orchestra pieces, including Wagner’s gorgeous prelude to Lohengrin, Act I -ending with Respighi’s thrilling – and loud, be prepared! – Pines of Rome; with a different kind of song: live recordings of birds in Rome!
Rossini: Overture to Gazza Ladra (the Thieving Magpie)
Puccini: Quando me’en vo / Ji Young Jeon, soprano
Puccini: Crisantemi
Puccini: Vissi d’Arte / Ji Young Jeon, soprano
Wagner: Prelude to Lohengrin, Act I
Johann Strauss, Jr: Klange der Heimat / Ji Young Jeon, soprano
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Richard Strauss: Morgen / Ji Young Jeon, soprano
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Jan. 8 | 4:00 pm
Pops Concert: Happy New Year!
Nov. 13 | 4:00 pm
Masterworks II: Mahler’s Fifth
plus World Premiere by composer Braxton Blake
Oct. 9 | 4:00 pm
Masterworks I: Brinton Smith, cello
Malcolm Arnold: English Dances, set II
Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto in D major
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- Brinton Averil Smith, cello
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Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto in C major
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- Brinton Averil Smith, cello
Gustav Holst: “Planets:” Venus and Jupiter
Labor Day Pops Concert
September 4, 2022 – 4 pm
The Grand 1894 Opera House
2020 Post Office Street – Galveston
GSO welcomes our audience back with a festive Labor Day celebration that combines audience favorites from our standard repertoire with selections from Broadway, jazz – and some very fast marches!
PROGRAM
- Smith/Luck: The Star-Spangled Banner
- Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
- Mozart: Three Short German Dances
- Rimsky Korsakov: Dance of the Tumblers
- Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
- Chambrier: Espańa
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- Buck: Festival Overture on The Star Spangled Banner
- Rodgers/Bennett: Oklahoma!; Selections for Orchestra
- Bagley: National Emblem March
- King:, Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite March
- Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever
