Celebrate 2023 with the Dallas Symphony

As we ring in 2023, the DSO can help you with some of your new year’s resolutions.

TRAVEL

While you could hit the airports and put your feet on fresh ground, you could also make a trip to the Meyerson and let the DSO transport you to new places. Composer Gabriela Ortiz’s Antrópolis will take you on a tour of the discotheques of Mexico City, while Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2 will harken the Nordic shores of Finland.

BURN SOME CALORIES

Everyone knows that dancing is terrific cardio, and the DSO has at least two programs perfect for your dancing feet. Join us for Kings of Soul celebrating the music of legends such as Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Otis Redding and The Temptations (March 10-12), and Decades: Back to the 80s, where hits from Madonna, Debbie Gibson, Queen and more will get your blood pumping. (April 14-16).

SPEND MORE TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Music is a social bonding experience. We perform on stage for our audiences and our community, and we welcome you and music lovers of all ages to join us. Bring your youngest fans to our sensory-friendly family concert, The Unicorn’s Birthday, on June 3. Have some classical music skeptics in your life? Invite them to enjoy Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony (February 2-5) and enjoy the sounds of the countryside that inspired the composer.

LEARN AN INSTRUMENT

While we can’t oversee your practice, we can inspire you with some of the top performers from around the world. Violinist Randall Goosby will make his DSO debut with the pyrotechnics of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (January 27-29). Pianist Paul Lewis will perform one of the most famous piano concertos – Grieg’s A minor – with the DSO (January 12-13). Joining a choir? Enjoy the incredible sounds of the Dallas Symphony Chorus in Mendelssohn’s “Lobesang” (March 2-5) and Carmina Burana (May 11-14).

STRESS LESS

A night out doesn’t need to be challenging. Come to the Meyerson and dine in our Opus Restaurant pre-show. Walk into the hall for a concert you’ll never forget, and cap off the evening with a drink at one of the bars across the street. Make an evening with the DSO, and stop the worrying!

And things that only the DSO can provide:

EXPERIENCE JAZZ AT THE MEYERSON

The DSO will welcome jazz artist and composer Terence Blanchard to the Meyerson for two special evenings. Assistant Conductor Maurice Cohn will lead the DSO in selections from Blanchard’s groundbreaking Fire Shut Up In My Bones, a work he called “opera in jazz” and the first opera by a Black composer commissioned by The Metropolitan Opera (February 8). The next night, Blanchard returns to his roots with a jazz performance with his band the E-Collective and Turtle Island String Quartet (February 9).

FRESH SCENT

Did you know that Music Director Fabio Luisi is a celebrated perfumer? His hand-crafted scents are available at the DSO’s store. Come by and see which notes match your mood.

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CONTACT ALIEN LIFE

It’s true! The DSO will screen E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial in concert with the full orchestra performing the score live (May 19-21). Celebrate the joy of the Steven Spielberg classic while John Williams’s iconic music fills the hall.

BE PART OF HISTORY

Join the DSO for one of two world premiere performances in 2023. American composer Katherine Balch will visit Dallas for the performances of her Cello Concerto written for cellist Zlatomir Fung (April 20-22). DSO Composerin-Residence Angélica Negrón will present Arquitecta, a work for orchestra and written for Colombian singer Lido Pimienta (May 4-7).

HEAR A LEGENDARY VIOLINIST

Pinchas Zukerman is one of the most important violinists of our time. In 2023, he will play/conduct a concert on the Meyerson stage including the Beethoven Violin Concerto and Elgar’s popular Enigma Variations (January 1922). In addition, Zukerman, DSO musicians and SMU faculty will come together for an evening of chamber music at the Meadows School of the Arts (January 26). Want more ideas for the new year? Visit dallassymphony.org and chart your musical course for the year!