December 1 & 2, 2023
A BROADWAY CHRISTMAS
El Paso Symphony Orchestra
Bohuslav Rattay, Conductor
Katie Travis, Soprano
and the UTEP Choral Union
Celebrate the sparkling sounds of the holidays – Broadway style! Treat the entire family to an evening of musical cheer with the El Paso Symphony and the joyful voices of the UTEP Choral Union and special guest soprano Katie Travis.
featuring Holiday favorites like Sleigh Ride, White Christmas, Silent Night, Let it Snow, Joy to the World, Believe from Polar Express, Hallelujah Chorus and more!
KATIE TRAVIS is an award-winning singer/actor best known for playing Christine Daae in The Phantom of The Opera for over 700 performances throughout North America. Broadway: The Phantom of the Opera Regional: Cosette in Les Miserables at The MUNY, Fireside Theater, Liederkrantz Opera Theater. Katie has performed with the Saginaw, Midland, El Paso and Mt Rainier Symphonies. In the fall of 2022, Katie did a 37-city tour of Japan as a soloist with the Orchestra Japan in their “Disney On Classic” show. She is a winner of the Lys Symonette award in the Lotte Lenya Competition.
EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Bohuslav Rattay, Conductor
February 17 & 18, 2023 – Mozart & Arias
Cristina Jones, Soprano; Meaghan Heath, Mezzo-soprano
Angelo Ferrari, Tenor; Levi Hernandez, Baritone
UTEP Choral Union
Dr. Elisa Fraser Wilson, Chorus Master
Strauss Overture Die Fledermaus
Donizetti Regnava nel silenzio Lucia di Lammermoor
Puccini Questo amor, vergogna nia Edgar
Dvořák Song to the Moon Rusalka
Mozart Rivolgete a lui lo sguarrdo, K. 584
Puccini Nessun dorma Turandot
Verdi Brindisi La Traviata
Mozart Requiem
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Join “Opening Notes” with Nathan Black, 6:30pm Philanthropy Theatre prior to each
classical concert for insights on the evening’s program.
Beethoven & Shostakovich
February 18 & 19, 2022, 7:30pm Plaza Theatre
El Paso Symphony Orchestra
Bohuslav Rattay, Conductor
Beethoven Symphony No. 5, op.67, C minor
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, op. 47, D minor
This programming replaces the originally programmed Ode to Joy. Due to Covid, the Ode to Joy could not be performed. For further information call (915) 532-3776.
Celebrating Beethoven’s 250th Birthday!
OPENING NOTES
Join us at 6:30pm Philanthropy Theatre prior to each classical concert for OPENING NOTES and get insights on the evening’s program.
Home for the Holidays
December 3 & 4, 2021, 7:30pm Plaza Theatre
El Paso Symphony Orchestra
Bohuslav Rattay, Conductor
UTEP Choral Union
Laura Tate Goldman
John Williams Home Alone Suite
Handel Messiah “Hallelujah Chorus” Sing- Along
Christmas Favorites with Laura Tate Goldman
Join us for a joyful family concert and sing-along!
OPENING NOTES
Join Jessie O’Hara Maestas, 6:30pm Philanthropy Theatre prior to each classical concert for insights on the evening’s program.
El Paso Requiem: A Community for Peace Concert
October 22 & 23, 2021, 7:30pm Plaza Theatre
El Paso Symphony Orchestra
Bohuslav Rattay, Conductor
DZMITRY ULASIUK, Piano
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
Jorge Martin El Paso Requiem* [World Premiere]
with UTEP Choral Union
Jamille Lea, Soprano; Cherry Duke, Mezzo-Soprano
Brian Downen, Tenor; James Carney, Cello
*Commissioned by Communities for Peace; a historic partnership of El Paso Pro-Musica, El Paso Opera, El Paso Symphony Orchestra and the University of Texas at El Paso Music Department, in tribute to the victims and survivors of the August 3, 2019 attack in El Paso.
“A Communal Act of Remembrance for the Victims of Random Gun Violence in America Specifically for the 23 who lost their lives from the shooting in El Paso, Texas on August Third, Twenty-Nineteen,” Jorge Martin
Watch Dzmitry Ulasiuk
OPENING NOTES
Join Dr. James Welsch, EPSO Assistant Conductor, 6:30pm Philanthropy Theatre prior to each classical concert for insights on the evening’s program.
