PLANO, TX: The Plano Symphony Orchestra (PSO) continues its 2025/2026 Season, Music That Matters, with Beethoven’s Fifth and the Music of Star Wars on Saturday, November 15, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. at the Robinson Fine Arts Center in Plano. The concert opens with Beethoven’s iconic Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, a powerful and dramatic masterpiece that has captivated audiences for centuries. The second half takes patrons on an epic journey through the Star Wars universe with selections from John Williams’ legendary scores, including music from The Phantom Menace, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and The Force Awakens.
“The music of Beethoven has had an enduring influence on contemporary film music composers, and John Williams is no exception,” commented Maestro Héctor Guzmán. “And much like Beethoven, Williams’ use of themes associated with specific characters or ideas—think Imperial March, Luke’s Theme—enhance an audience’s connection to the story. They both employ rich orchestrations, evoking powerful and memorable experiences in the lives they touch.”
Tickets for the concert range in price from $33-$95 with $15 student tickets available in most sections and can be purchased through the Plano Symphony Orchestra Box Office (972-473-7262/planosymphony.org). The Robinson Fine Arts Center is located at 1800 Alma Drive in Plano, Texas.
This concert is dedicated to the memory of Wanda June Parker.
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 President & CEO 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, The National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, Communities Foundation of Texas, Rea Charitable Trust, Atmos Energy, AWARE Fund of The Dallas Foundation, The PSO Guild, The PSO Virtuoso Society, The PSO Corporate Council, City of McKinney Arts Commission, Frisco Arts Foundation, H-E-B | Central Market, Retirement Planners of America, The Dallas Morning News, Signs By Tomorrow, SoloShoe Communications, PISD, Bartlett & West, the Plano Rotary Club, Plano Mayor Summer Internship Program, Fireside Capital, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano, Veritex Community Bank, Frost Bank, Baylor Scott & White, Sandy Nachman, Cliff Parker, Dianne Brockette, Nancy Freeman, Carol and William Tempest, and hundreds of individual donors, foundations, and corporations who make transformative gifts to the PSO.