All Reg­u­lar Sea­son Con­certs Begin at 7:30 PM at the Abi­lene Civic Cen­ter
Music Direc­tor and Con­duc­tor: David Itkin

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MASTERWORKS I: HEROIC BEETHOVEN
Sep­tem­ber 21, 2013

Nielsen Masker­ade Over­ture
Con­certo — to be announced

• Fea­tur­ing the Crys­tal Award Win­ner from the 2013 Van Cliburn Inter­na­tional Piano Competition

Beethoven Sym­phony No. 3 “Eroica”

 

MASTERWORKS II: ENCHANTING DUO from a MOVIE MUSIC MASTER
Octo­ber 26, 2013

Rossini William Tell Over­ture
Rosza Sin­fo­nia Con­cer­tante for Vio­lin, Cello and Orchestra

• Fea­tur­ing Maria Schle­un­ing, vio­lin and Jolyon Pegis, cello

Bizet Sym­phony in C

 

POPS I: HOLIDAY POPS with BEN UTECHT
Decem­ber 7, 2013

• FAMILY MATINEE per­for­mance begins at 3 PM
• EVENING PERFORMANCE begins at 7:30 PM

Bring the entire fam­ily and cel­e­brate the joy of the hol­i­days with us.  Fea­tur­ing vocal­ist and for­mer Tight end from the Super Bowl Cham­pion Indi­anapo­lis Colts, Ben Utecht and the Pure Gold show choir from our own Abi­lene High School.

 

MASTERWORKS III:  MAD FOR MOZART
Jan­u­ary 25, 2014

Mozart Eine Kleine Nacht­musik
Mozart Piano Con­certo No. 23

• Fea­tur­ing Halle Puck­ett, piano — First Prize Win­ner of the 2012 Young Artist Schol­ar­ship Competition

Mozart: Sym­phony no. 39

 

POPS II: JAZZ NIGHT AT THE PHIL
Feb­ru­ary 22, 2014

Join guest artist, com­poser and arranger Rich DeRosa in an evening of clas­sic jazz stan­dards from the “Great Amer­i­can Song­book” includ­ing Autumn in New York, Old Devil Moon, and The Man I Love.  Also fea­tur­ing jazz vocal­ists and musi­cians from the Grammy-nominated UNT One O’clock Lab Band.

 

SPECIAL CONCERT with KRISTEN HERTZENBERG
March 7, 2014

Per­for­mance at 8:00 PM at the His­toric Para­mount Theatre

She’s back!  Texas-born Broad­way star Kris­ten Hertzen­berg sings Coun­try, Gospel, Broad­way and Amer­i­can stan­dards with Mae­stro Itkin at the piano and jazz trio.

 

MASTERWORKS IV:  CARMINA BURANA!
April 12, 2014

Schu­bert Sym­phony No. 5
Orff Carmina Burana

• Fea­tur­ing soloists Jen­nifer Youngs, soprano, Sam Cook, tenor, and Jef­frey Snider, bari­tione along with the Abi­lene Chris­t­ian Uni­ver­sity, Hardin-Simmons Uni­ver­sity and McMurry Uni­ver­sity choirs

 

POPS III: DISNEY IN CONCERT — A TALE AS OLD AS TIME
May 3, 2014

Expe­ri­ence the magic of Dis­ney, fea­tur­ing music and visu­als from your favoirite Dis­ney movies like, Beauty and the Beast, The Lit­tle Mer­maid, The Lion King, Aladdin and more!

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