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First Responders and Essential Employees can receive 50% off tickets to select concerts during the season!

Ticket Availability

First Responders and Essential Employees can receive 50% off tickets to select concerts during the season by bringing their work ID or other proof of employment to the DSO’s Guest Services counter or by using promo code FIRST50 at checkout.

Available Concert Dates

Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky

Immerse yourself in powerful emotions as Edward Gardner, Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, leads the DSO in the first classical concert of the season.

Sep 12 + 14

Organ Recital: Alcee Chriss III

Celebrated for his “grace, skill and abundant proficiency” by the Journal Assist News, Albuquerque, come see Alcee Chriss III in an astounding organ recital.

Sep 15

Twist and Shout: The Music of the Beatles – A Symphonic Experience

Beatlemania comes to the Meyerson when Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik, outstanding vocalists and instrumentalists and the DSO celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Fab Four’s appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show (can you believe that was in 1964?!) and won our hearts with the songs we cherish to this day.

Sep 20-22

Ring Cycle: Siegfried

Siegfried answers the question: What has become of Brünnhilde these 20-or-so years since DIE WALKÜRE? As Wagner’s epic continues to unfold, you might think you’ve entered the world of Dungeons and Dragons: the young hero of the story goes in search of a rich treasure, slays the monstrous cave-dwelling dragon who guards the hoard, and discovers a beautiful woman on a mountain top protected by impenetrable fire.

Oct 5 + 17

Ring Cycle: Götterdämmerung

In the shattering, world-ending conclusion of The Ring, the golden ring is finally restored to its rightful owners. On this odyssey you’ll thrill to Siegfried’s Rhine Journey, the stentorian Calling of the Vassals, Siegfried’s gripping Funeral March, Brünnhilde’s tragic Immolation as she joins her beloved on a funeral pyre whose sparks set Valhalla on fire.

Oct 8 + 20

Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold

Tonight, the “Prologue” of Wagner’s masterpiece The Ring of the Nibelung sets the mighty saga in motion and prepares you for what is to come: the conflict between love and power, and, ultimately, redemption through love.

Oct 13

Ring Cycle: Die Walküre

The most well-loved opera of the tetralogy, it encompasses some of its most beautiful music: impassioned expressions of love, Wotan’s farewell to his beloved child Brünnhilde, the Magic Fire Music, and, of course, The Ride of the Valkyries, the rousing battle cry sung by eight Valkyrie sisters (memorably on the soundtrack of Apocalypse Now). With English supertitles.

Oct 15

GO NOW! The Music of the Moody Blues

It’s the ultimate tribute to the iconic Moody Blues — put together by drummer Gordy Marshall who toured with the band for 25 years — as the DSO beautifully recreates the glory of one of their concerts with unforgettable hits like “Nights in White Satin,” “Tuesday Afternoon,” “Go Now,” “Isn’t Life Strange,” “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere” and “The Story In Your Eyes,” with the spectacular sound of some of today’s very best singers and instrumentalists and your Dallas Symphony.

Oct 25-27

Día de los Muertos

Join us for a vibrant Day of the Dead concert, celebrating our lost loved ones with a colorful affirmation of life.

Oct 29

Elgar’s Enigma Variations

It’s a harmonic convergence of distinguished women in music. DSO favorite Anne-Marie McDermott joins with Estonian conductor Anu Tali for Amy Beach’s Piano Concerto and Alisson Kruusmaa’s ethereal Arabesques.

Nov 1-3

Ravel’s Boléro

Gershwin’s Concerto in F is a concert favorite that speaks in America’s musical vernacular— jazz — and is the perfect vehicle for the showstopping talents of Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Internationally renowned conductor Juanjo Mena returns to lead the DSO’s first-ever performance of Bartók’s The Wooden Prince.

Nov 14-17

Dvořák’s New World Symphony

Led by Austrian conductor Markus Poschner, Dvořák’s most-beloved symphony, the Ninth, beguiles you with cascades of hummable tunes, bold horn calls and suggestions of African- and Native American melodies he heard during his American sojourn.

Nov 29

Family Christmas Pops

Experience a special one-hour performance of Christmas Pops with the whole family! Featuring the Dallas Symphony Children’s Chorus and an appearance by Santa himself, you won’t want to miss it.

Dec 7 at 11AM

Christmas Pops

Come enjoy the glorious sounds of the season with your DSO, the magnificent Dallas Symphony Chorus and Children’s Chorus, and fantastic vocalists Capathia Jenkins — actress, Broadway, TV and movie star — and Ryan Shaw, three-time GRAMMY®-nominated artist — all joining together to perform your favorite seasonal songs, carols, and thrilling choruses.

Dec 12 at 7:30PM

Brassy Christmas at Stonebriar

Deck the halls with the DSO brass and percussion sections. This Dallas Symphony tradition returns to make your holidays merry and bright with an extra helping of Christmas cheer!

Dec 17

Disco Fever

Take a groovy trip down memory lane with the DSO to the ‘70s, when disco fever was all the rage. Relive those unforgettable moments with non-stop sensational disco tunes like “We Are Family,” “Stayin’ Alive,” “I Will Survive,” “The Hustle” and more, made famous by the Bee Gees, ABBA, and Saturday Night Fever!

Jan 10-12

Symphonie Fantastique

Berlioz’s Symphonie Fastastique is a work of opulent orchestral colors and effects that tells a “fantastic” story. Giedrė Šlekytė “the embodiment of youthful energy, enthusiasm, and determination “(La scena musicale) makes her DSO premiere leading Strauss’s tuneful Oboe Concerto, with Principal Oboe Erin Hannigan in the spotlight. 

Jan 23

Organ Recital: James McVinnie

With his diverse career, James McVinnie comes to the Meyerson for an immaculate organ recital you won’t want to miss.

Feb 16

Let’s Groove Tonight: Motown & The Philly Sound

You’ll have double the fun at this concert as Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik and the DSO Pops dive into Motown and the Philly Sound! Front and center will be Broadway star Chester Gregory (Motown: The Musical) and vocal powerhouses Ashley Jayy and Brik.Liam singing and playing timeless Motown favorites.

Feb 20-23

Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3

Arguably one of the hardest-to-master piano concertos, Rachmaninoff’s Third starts quietly, then unleashes an astonishing torrent of notes and hurtles to a jaw-dropping conclusion. In-between you’ll hear echoes of Slavic melancholy, lush themes and page upon page of passionate and virtuosic music-making.

Mar 6-9

Brahms and Schumann

Two beloved Romantic works grace this concert program: Brahm’s impassioned Fourth and Acclaimed French pianist Hélène Grimaud solos in Robert Schumann’s masterpiece.

Mar 14-16

Sibelius’ Symphony No. 3

Principal Harp Emily Levin is front and center for Henriette Renié’s gorgeous Concerto. Widely recognized for his dual career, John Storgårds both plays and conducts Beethoven’s composition of poignant lyricism and songlike eloquence as well as Keith Jarrett’s Elegy, which pushes the boundaries of what we think of as “classical.”

Apr 3-6

Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring

The Rite of Spring is an iconic work that changed classical music forever and even today continues to be a thrilling, visceral experience. Abandon yourself to its raw energy and revel in its electrifying intensity as Aziz Shokhakimov, Music Director of Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, guest conducts the DSO.

Apr 10

Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony

Inspired by seeing the ruins and moors of Scotland, and especially Mary Queen of Scots’s Holyrood Castle on a walking tour, Mendelssohn created his aptly named Third Symphony.

Apr 17-19

Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín

Experience the power of resilience and remembrance with Murry Sidlin’s Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín — a multimedia concert-drama that commemorates the remarkable story of courageous Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp (Terezín) during World War II who performed the ambitious Verdi Requiem while enduring the depths of human degradation.

Apr 23

Conrad Tao Plays Mozart

Jaap van Zweden  returns to Dallas for Shostakovich’s eloquent Fifth Symphony. Despite its grandeur and optimistic façade — huge climaxes, triumphant marches, exhilarating brass and percussion — a profound sadness cries out in the third movement, the spiritual center of the work.

May 1

¡Bailamos! A Night of Latin Music

Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik and the DSO invite you to a night of sultry Latin music, tango classics and ballads featuring the voices of Edna Vázquez and Héctor Del Curto alongside Argentine dancers Celina Rotundo and Hugo Patyn.

May 9-11

Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5

Benjamin Grosvenor “commands the stage with aristocratic ease.”  (The New York Times) is the brilliant soloist for Beethoven’s final piano concerto, “Emperor.” The nickname reflects the temperament of the masterpiece, its majesty and nobility — a crowning achievement, indeed.

May 15-18

Beethoven’s “Eroica”

World-renowned violinist Leonidas Kavakos interprets Shostakovich’s Concerto, whose sonorities range from quiet contemplation to the most spectacular cadenza you’re ever likely to witness to a frenzied finale, guaranteed to leave you amazed.

May 22-24

Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 – “Resurrection”

“What is life and what is death? Why did you live? Why did you suffer? … Do our life and death have a meaning? … Whoever hears this call must give a reply. And this reply I give in my last movement.” Thus Mahler guides us to the meaning of his stirring Second Symphony, a work with a beautiful, consoling message.

May 30-Jun 1