Passion & Pomp

A “Salute to Schreiner” kicks off the 2023-2024 season of Symphony of the Hills

For Release: Aug 7, 2023

August 15 is the deadline for subscribers to select their favorite seats to enjoy the entire Symphony of the Hills 2023-2024 season. It is also the final opportunity to reserve seating at legacy pricing.

Subscribers can purchase season seating at its posted price for all five performances. Those levels range from $25 to $55 per seat per person, meaning a person can subscribe to a pair of seats for the entire season for as low as $250.

Seats for individual concerts will be opened to the public on September 5 at the new pricing level, starting at $29.

Details on pricing, benefits, and deadlines can be accessed online at www.symphonyofthehills.org, via email at info@symphonyofthehills.org, or by calling 830-792-7469.

This season, concerts will begin one-half hour earlier at 7:00 p.m. A pre-concert reception at 6:00 p.m. is included for all ticket holders.

Concerts are held at the Cailloux Theater, 910 Main, Kerrville TX. Their website is caillouxperformingarts.com.

Full descriptions and musical programs for each concert, along with ticket information and signup forms, are available at www.symphonyofthehills.org.

This season’s concerts:

A Salute to Schreiner: 100 Years of Passion and Pomp

October 5, 2023

Brahms – Academic Festival Overture

Elgar – Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1

Donald Grantham – Everyone Sang (composed in commemoration of the Schreiner Centennial)

-Haley Dove Montoya, soprano soloist

Lalo – Cello Concerto in D Minor

-Qizhen Liu, cello soloist

Many Moods of Christmas

Featuring the Grand Symphony Chorus, Andrea Runnels, directtor

December 7, 2023

Strauss, II – Overture to Die Fledermaus

Arr. Shaw – Many Moods of Christmas, Suite 1

Adler – Feast of Lights from The Hanukkah Suite

Arr. Ceruli – Christmas Carol Sing Along

Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite

POPS: Pops and Popcorn: A Night at the Movies

January 6, 2024

Mancini – Music from Charade

Barry (Arr. Rosenhaus) – Dances with Wolves, Concert Suite

Arr. Custer – Somewhere in Time

Arr. Phillippe – Band of Brothers

Gregson-Williams (Arr. Lopez) – Wonder Woman

Elfman (Ed. Bartek) – Batman Theme

Legrand (arr. Fink) – Brian’s Song

Morricone (Arr. Morley) – Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme

Williams – Star Wars Suite

Spring! Leaping Forward

February 29, 2024

Verdi – Overture to Nabucco

Spirituals Arranged by David Mairs

Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending

-Ryan Coppin, violin soloist

Schumann – Symphony No. 1 in Bb “Spring”

Larger than Life: Family & Friends

April 25, 2024

Elgar – Enigma Variations

Pachelbel – Canon in D

Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1, 1st movement, in Bb Minor

-Donald Crandall, piano solo