The Lone Star Wind Orchestra embarks on its 17th season with thrilling music filled with color, intrigue, and innovation. Along with the Lone Star Youth Winds, LSWO’s season features the music of Frank Ticheli, Giovanni Santos, and Leonard Bernstein; band classics to premieres of new works; Latin-inspired music featuring Hispanic guest artists; the new multimedia experience that is Julie Giroux’s Symphony No. 6 “The Blue Marble”, and DFW’s very own award-winning pianist Aaron Kurz returning home to perform George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.
Led by Music Director Eugene Migliaro Corporon and Youth Winds Director Andrew Trachsel, this season’s concerts are in Moody Performance Hall in Dallas and the Eisemann Center in Richardson. Concerts fall on select Sundays at 3 pm.
LATIN IN MANHATTAN on November 6, 2022
Latin, Jazz, and New York! On Sunday, November 6th at Moody Performance Hall in Dallas, the Lone Star Wind Orchestra will open the season with Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Under the direction of Music Director Eugene Migliaro Corporon, the LSWO will perform a Latin-infused concert with works rooted in jazz, many composed in Manhattan, along with music inspired by Hispanic tradition. The concert will feature two premieres including a movement from Orishas by LSWO’s own Eddie Jimenez, in addition to saxophonist Joey Resendez performing a transcription of Astor Piazzolla’s Escualo never performed in the United States. In addition, the LSWO will perform the music of George Gershwin and Anthony O’Toole.
RHAPSODIES IN BLUE on January 29, 2023
A New Year brings shades of blue on Sunday, January 29th as Music Director Eugene Migliaro Corporon and the Lone Star Wind Orchestra presents “Rhapsodies in Blue” at the Eisemann Center in Richardson. The LSWO presents three masterpieces from the far past, not too long ago, and a brand-new innovative work which has already cemented itself as a groundbreaking composition. The Lone Star Wind Orchestra presents the multimedia experience that is Julie Giroux’s Symphony No. 6 “The Blue Marble.” Giroux’s new symphony is accompanied by three movie screens with various videos and pictorials of what makes up our world that is Earth. The concert welcomes home DFW’s very own award-winning pianist Aaron Kurz to perform George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and in addition features Frank Ticheli’s Blue Shades.
FANTASIES & FIESTAS on March 5, 2023
The Lone Star Youth Winds presents its first concert of the season on Sunday, March 5th. Led by Youth Winds Director Andrew Trachsel, the LSYW will take us on a journey celebrating the vibrancy of Hispanic culture to stories of courage from comic books to real-life. The Youth Winds will present a premiere of a new work by Giovanni Santos honoring civil rights leader César Chávez; Fields of Gold by Julie Giroux tells the early story of Superman; and percussionists from the Lone Star Wind Orchestra will be featured in a work by UNT professor Mark Ford titled Stubernic Fantasy. The LSYW will also perform the music of Katahj Copley, Clifton Williams, and John Philip Sousa.
MARCH ON on April 23, 2023
Band lovers unite as the Lone Star Wind Orchestra celebrates all things band with classics and marches on Sunday, April 23rd at Moody Performance Hall in Dallas. Led by Music Director Eugene Migliaro Corporon, the LSWO will perform marches by Percy Grainger, Julius Fucik, and Paul Hindemith and include a rare opportunity to hear in its entirety American composer Morton Gould’s West Point Symphony. LSWO trumpeters Eddie Jimenez and Megan Bailey will be featured on a concerto by Erik Morales, and educator Lynne Jackson will be honored at the concert, guest conducting a piece with the Lone Star Wind Orchestra. There will also be a special pre-concert performance by the St. Philip’s Percussion Ensemble.
TICHELI’S AMERICA on May 14, 2023
The Lone Star Youth Winds will close out the 2022-2023 concert season on Sunday, May 14th with a Mother’s Day concert celebrating the music of Frank Ticheli. Frank Ticheli is one of the preeminent and world-renowned composers of wind band music. A native of Richardson, Texas, Ticheli will be returning home for this Eisemann Center performance. Under the direction of Andrew Trachsel, the LSYW will present a concert featuring music inspired by and capturing the essence of Americana, including Frank Ticheli’s Shenandoah, Cajun Folk Songs, and San Antonio Dances. The program also includes the composer’s Nitro and Life-Stream along with featuring the 2023 Youth Winds Concerto Competition Winner.
This season will enhance, engage, and excite the soul – truly changing lives through music!
Tickets to all the concerts this season will be available by the end of August.
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE