Megan Von Dreau just completed her 21st year teaching music to 5th and 6th grade students at Eubanks Intermediate School in Southlake, TX. She received degrees in percussion performance from the University of Colorado and the University of Oklahoma. “Music has given me the opportunity to travel all over the place. I have been… Read More
What a season it has been! As we close out the Lone Star Wind Orchestra 2021-2022 season, we look back at the many wonderful events and accomplishments we have experienced. This includes the triumphs and the challenges. We are proud of the work we did as a non-profit arts organization from our artistic partnerships to… Read More
Great news! We have rescheduled this concert for Saturday, June 11th at 7:30pm at the Eisemann Center in Richardson. Get your tickets today and we will see you on June 11th! Music Director Eugene Migliaro Corporon and the Lone Star Wind Orchestra embrace the Force to honor legendary film composer John Williams. The concert is… Read More
The Lone Star Wind Orchestra welcomes an all-female guest artist lineup to Moody Performance Hall in Dallas for a concert titled “Wonder Women of Brass.” On Sunday, April 24th at 3pm, the LSWO will feature tuba soloist Velvet Brown giving the world premiere of Anna Segal’s new tuba concerto Pandora. Also featured is euphonium soloist… Read More
The Lone Star Wind Orchestra (LSWO) and Williamson Music 1st present the highly acclaimed Barcelona Clarinet Players for a one day, clarinet-filled event! The Barcelona Clarinet Players Clinic and Concert is on Sunday, April 3, 2022, in the Montgomery Arts Theater at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas.… Read More
Director Andrew Trachsel and the Lone Star Youth Winds welcomes composer John Mackey to Moody Performance Hall with performances of Aurora Awakes and Sacred Spaces along with a consortium “premiere” of Let Me Be Frank With You. Former Youth Winds Concerto Competition winner Matthew Davis returns to perform Yasuhide Ito’s Fantasy Variations. The Youth Winds will… Read More
Keith Packman has had an active freelance career in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for the past decade. He can regularly be heard performing with various ensembles around DFW and is an active member of the Lone Star Wind Orchestra. Also, a specialist in chamber music, Keith is a part of two professional tuba-euphonium quartets.… Read More
Veronica E. Mascaro is a former Teaching Fellow at the University of North Texas, where she was a doctoral student under the tutelage of Dr. James Scott and Professor Terri Sundberg. Ms. Mascaro is a past member of the North Texas Wind Symphony and current member with the Lone Star Wind Orchestra. Originally from Philadelphia,… Read More
The Lone Star Wind Orchestra opens the 2021-2022 concert season featuring music by acclaimed composer Omar Thomas. The LSWO returns to Moody Performance Hall on Sunday, November 7, 2021 at 3pm for a program titled “Come Sunday with Omar Thomas.” Led by Music Director Eugene Migliaro Corporon, the LSWO will perform Omar Thomas’s Come Sunday… Read More
Originally from Colorado Springs, Dr. Eric Hessel joined LSWO in 2016, shortly after beginning his doctoral studies in horn at the University of North Texas. Hessel currently serves as Adjunct Professor of Horn at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth and at Austin College in Sherman, also performing with the Sherman Symphony Orchestra. Prior to… Read More