Season includes Grammy Award-winner Branford Marsalis, the music of Star Wars
and a multi-sensory concert fusing art and science.
PLANO, TX: Plano Symphony Orchestra (PSO), Music Director Héctor Guzmán, and President & CEO Gregory Patterson announced today the 2025/2026 Season lineup. The 43rd season, themed “Music that Matters,” will feature international guest artists, iconic music, and a celebrated multi-Grammy winner. Maestro Héctor Guzmán will lead the orchestra in a variety of genres showcasing the virtuosity of the musicians. The season will open on Saturday, September 13, 2025, at the Robinson Fine Arts Center.
“Music Matters! It inspires us, it moves us, it stirs our soul…but more importantly, it touches the heart,” says Music Director Héctor Guzmán. “Whether it’s a celebration, a solemn occasion, a wedding, a performance, a concert…music always seems to stir every fiber of our being. In our spectacular 2025-2026 season the PSO will be performing music that is not only beautiful, but that matters indeed!”
“I hope you will join us as we explore all that music has to bring us individually and as a community during our 2025-2026 season,” added PSO President and CEO Gregory Patterson.
Season highlights include:
- Michael Cavanaugh: The Music of Billy Joel and Elton John. This opening night celebration showcases the hits of two of the greatest piano-rock legends of the modern era starring Grammy and Tony nominated artist Michael Cavanaugh.
- Strings in Motion: Vivaldi and Piazzolla. Featuring the acclaimedLatin American String Quartet.
- Beethoven’s Fifth & The Music of Star Wars. Experience the timeless brilliance of Beethoven alongside the thrilling sounds of one of the most beloved film franchises in history.
- Home for the Holidays. The annual holiday traditionwill feature Grammy-nominated guest artist Charles Billingsley and the Plano West Senior High Choir.
- Sound and Vision: A Multi-Sensory Journey. Featuring the KV 265 Science Through Art project Aurora Triptych and former PSO concertmaster Vesselin Demirev performing Bruch’s Violin Concerto.
- Branford Marsalis Jazz Quartet. The multi-Grammy Award winner brings three friends along in his return appearance with the PSO for an evening of incredible jazz music.
- A Night in Paris! A celebration of French composers featuring guest soloist Rosana Eckert.
- The Grand Finale! Carmina Burana. With orchestra and large choir, the final concert features the extraordinary Krisztina Fejes, as the guest soloist, showcasing her brilliant performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D. Also joining the PSO will be the Plano West Senior High Choir.
For more information about the 2025/2026 season, please visit planosymphony.org.
About the Plano Symphony Orchestra:
Founded in 1983, the Plano Symphony is a non-profit symphony organization dedicated to providing the citizens of North Texas with rich and varied programming of orchestral music and to educating the youth and adults of the community about the joy of classical and popular music through live performance.
The Plano Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is widely acknowledged as one of the leading professional symphony orchestras in the region. Under the artistic and musical direction of Maestro Héctor Guzmán and leadership of Executive Director Gregory Patterson, the PSO produces eight subscription concerts annually as well as myriads of music education and community outreach programs that serve nearly 150,000 people annually.
Of the 18,000 students who participate in its School Concert Program, over 40% attend various Title I schools in Dallas or Collin counties.
The Plano Symphony Orchestra is supported, in part, by the City of Plano, Tammy and Charles Miller, The Andrea-Mennen Family Foundation (TAFF), Atmos Energy, the Aware Foundation, Baylor Scott & White Plano, Dianne and Marion Brockette, the City of Richardson, The Dallas Morning News, Nancy Freeman, Frisco Association for Arts, Frost Bank, Gittings, H-E-B, Sandy Nachman, National Endowment for Arts, Nylo Hotel, Wanda and Cliff Parker, Plano ISD, the Plano Rotary Club, the Plano Symphony Orchestra Guild, the Plano Symphony Orchestra Virtuoso Society, the Rea Charitable Trust, Retirement Planners of America, Signs by Tomorrow Plano, SoloShoe Communications, Carol and Bill Tempest, Texas Commission on Arts, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano, Veritex Community Bank, Methodist Hospital for Surgery, Bartlett & West, GP Consulting, LLC, and hundreds of individual donors, foundations, and corporations who make transformative gifts to the PSO.
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