Waltzes, Wizards and Worlds

February 16, 2027 at 11:30 AM
Robinson Fine Arts Center

Under the direction of PSO Assistant Conductor, Alexandra Kovatch, the PSO will be performing masterworks from the orchestral repertoire by Holst, John Williams and more. Texas Ballet Theater’s Professional Training Division, along with choreographer and instructor Mishic Liberatore, joins the PSO for a performance of Strauss’ On the Beautiful Blue Danube and excerpts from Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite No. 1.  Grace Li, the Grand Prize Winner of the 2026 Collin County Young Artist Competition, brings an exhilarating performance of the third movement of Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major

REPERTOIRE

Star Spangled Banner……………………………………………J. Smith

Symphony No.9, Movement 4……………………….L.V. Beethoven

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Movement 1……………J.S. Bach

Piano Concerto No. 1, Movement 3……………..F. Mendelssohn

Soloist- Jenna Tran

Excerpt from The Peasant Prince………………………..Katy Abbott

Accompanied with narrator and dance

Finale from the Firebird Suite…………………………….I. Stravinsky

–Instrument Demos–

How to Train Your Dragon…………………………………..John Powell

Arr. Sean O’Loughlin