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Dallas Symphony Orchestra

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra's beginnings can be traced to May 22, 1900, when a 40-member ensemble performed under the direction of German-born conductor Hans Kreissig. Kreissig led the orchestra for five seasons while also helping to finance the organization.

In the ensuing years, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra began to grow into a major American orchestra. Between 1945 and 1949, the Dallas Symphony took great strides under the direction of Conductor Antal Dorati, who transformed the ensemble into a fully-professional, first rate orchestra which won national attention through a series of RCA recordings, expanded repertory, more concerts and several national network radio broadcasts.

In 1977, Mexican-born Eduardo Mata was appointed music director and conductor of the orchestra. When Mata retired in June of 1993, he had the longest tenure as music director in the orchestra's history and was named conductor emeritus of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. During his tenure, in addition to excelling creatively, the orchestra saw the dedication of its permanent home, the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, which opened in September 1989.

In December of 1992, the Dallas Symphony Association named a young American, Andrew Litton, to succeed Mata as music director and conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Litton, a regular guest conductor in the world's leading concert halls and opera houses, assumed the position of music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 1994. At the age of 34, Litton became the first American conductor appointed to a native orchestra in more than a decade.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra enjoys the support of the citizens of Dallas as demonstrated by capacity crowds for the classical and pops subscription performances. This success has been instrumental in expanding the orchestra's services to include free concerts in the Meyerson Symphony Center, as well as High School Concerts and Youth Concerts in the hall. In addition, orchestra ensembles perform in area elementary schools, the DSO presents a free Community Concert Series in area parks and the orchestra annually hosts free Hispanic and African-American Festival concerts in the Meyerson Symphony Center.


online: http://www.dallassymphony.com/
email: customerservice@dalsym.com

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2301 Flora Street
Dallas, TX 75201
214.692.0203


Arts Groups

Choral
Arts District Chorale
Children’s Chorus Of Greater Dallas
Irving Chorale
Orpheus Chamber Singers
Resounding Harmony
The Texas Voices
Turtle Creek Chorale
Vocal Majority Chorus
Women’s Chorus of Dallas
Dance and Ballet
Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Dallas Black Dance Theatre II
Dallas Metropolitan Ballet
Momentum Dance Company
Texas Ballet Theater
Tuzer Ballet
Latin Arts
Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico
Cara Mía Theatre Company
Daniel de Córdoba Bailes Españoles
Teatro Dallas
Live Theater
A Repertory Company Theatre
Audacity Theatre Lab
Contemporary Theatre of Dallas
Dallas Children’s Theater
Dallas Summer Musicals
Dallas Theater Center
Dupree Theater
Echo Theatre
Enter Stage Left
Flower Mound Performing Arts Theatre
Garland Civic Theatre
Garland Summer Musicals
Greater Lewisville Community Theatre
Irving Community Theater
Kaufman County Civic Theatre
Kitchen Dog Theater
Level Ground Arts
Lyric Stage
MBS Productions
Mesquite Community Theatre
Pocket Sandwich Theatre
Richardson Theatre Centre
Rockwall Community Playhouse
Rover Dramawerks
Runway Theatre
Second Thought Theatre
Shakespeare Dallas
Theatre Three
Undermain Theatre
WaterTower Theatre
WingSpan Theatre Company
Wyly Theatre
Museums
Dallas Center for Contemporary Art
Dallas Museum of Art
Nasher Sculpture Center
Performing Arts
Bath House Cultural Center
Carpenter Performance Hall
Caruth Auditorium at SMU
Chamber Music International
Charles W. Eisemann Center
Dallas Chamber Music Society
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Wind Symphony
Fine Arts Chamber Players
Garland Symphony Orchestra
Granada Theater
Greater Dallas Youth Orchestras
Irving Symphonic Band
Irving Symphony Orchestra
Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra
Lone Star Wind Orchestra
Metropolitan Winds
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center
Music Hall at Fair Park
Orchestra of New Spain
Plano Symphony Orchestra
Plaza Theatre
Richardson Community Band
Richardson Symphony Orchestra
Sammons Center for the Arts
The Dallas Opera
The Majestic Theatre
TITAS
Voices of Change
Winspear Opera House

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