Set off on a musical journey across the continents in Postcards from Around the World, a Dallas Symphony youth concert, with music by Beethoven, Marquez, Esmail, Tchaikovsky, and more! Featuring “A Transatlantic Symphony” by Welsh composer Katie Jenkins, who joins the orchestra on stage for a special Q&A before the performance of her piece!

Ring in the new year with Shira and the DSO!

Shira debuts with Basel Symphony.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan-Ouvertüre op. 62

Camille Saint-Saëns            
Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 g-Moll op. 22

Paul Lecocq, piano

Louise Farrenc
Sinfonie Nr. 3 g-Moll op. 36

Shira debuts with Basel Symphony.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan-Ouvertüre op. 62

Camille Saint-Saëns            
Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 g-Moll op. 22

Paul Lecocq, piano

Louise Farrenc
Sinfonie Nr. 3 g-Moll op. 36

Shira makes her LPO debut featuring Mendelssohn’s beloved “Scottish” Symphony.

• Fanny Mendelssohn Overture

• Spohr Clarinet Concerto No. 4

• Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3

Set off on a musical journey across the continents in Postcards from Around the World, a Dallas Symphony youth concert, with music by Beethoven, Marquez, Esmail, Tchaikovsky, and more! Featuring “A Transatlantic Symphony” by Welsh composer Katie Jenkins, who joins the orchestra on stage for a special Q&A before the performance of her piece!

Fanny Mendelssohn: Overture in C

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 with Alette Wlliams

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

Shira is one of 24 conductors selected for the 2026 edition of The Mahler Competition in Bamberg, Germany.

Smyth: Overture to The Wreckers

Mozart: Concert arias featuring Anabel de la Mora

Rodriguez: Vertigo (World Premiere)

Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite

Shira returns to the Spokane Symphony for a classical subscription weekend featuring music by the Schumanns and Brahms. Robert Schumann’s Manfred Overture opens the concert, followed by Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the fabulous Wynona Wang. Brahms’s beloved Symphony No. 1 closes the evening.

SHIRA SAMUELS-SHRAGG conductor
ANGELA FULLER-HEYDE violin

Assistant conductor Shira Samuels-Shragg leads the DSO in this “So long 2025!” and “Hello! 2026” celebratory concert on New Year’s Eve featuring Principal Second Violin, Angela Fuller Heyde. The high-spirited musical revels will include beloved waltzes, polkas, marches, overtures, favorite operetta excerpts, plus a few surprises to help ring in the new year. And you can bet that there’ll be some tunes by Johann Strauss, Jr., whose 200th birthday we celebrate in 2025! So, grab your friends and come party at this unforgettable night with the DSO!