Welcome to the TSO's 78th Season!

2023 - 2024 SEASON

NOMO FOMO—No More Fear Of Missing Out!

Get off of the couch and into the concert hall!

THE WORLD IS BACK UP AND RUNNING. Tourists are traveling the globe. Restaurants are filling their tables. Audiences are back at concerts. And here at the Topeka Symphony, we are excited to help you avoid the dreaded #FOMO—Fear Of Missing Out! Don’t miss our thrilling concert line-up filled with you-have-to-be-there-yourself nights at the symphony. Our 2023-24 season will take concert-going to a new level. Each concert will feature something you have to experience in person—from incredible photography shows that accompany the music, to musicians placed around the hall for the original surround-sound effect, to some of the all-time-greatest movie soundtracks, to a Van Cliburn Gold winner pianist playing arguably the most romantic piano concerto ever written, to a can’t-miss solo by the almost-never-featured bass trombone by one of the top performers in the world. And, of course, there’s always the amazing, life-changing experience of hearing live music at a packed concert hall by your own Topeka Symphony and the energy of an excited crowd to enjoy it with. So get off your couch, come to the symphony, and don’t miss out on a season full of live music and thrilling experiences at the hall. You have be there — NOMO FOMO!

#OpeningNight

White Concert Hall, Washburn University Saturday, September 30, 2023
7:30 PM

Jump off your couch and run, don’t walk, to the symphony for a can’t miss Opening Night! We start with audience-favorite Sorcerer’s Apprentice and an exquisite recent work for clarinet played by our own principal clarinetist, Trevor Stewart. Then we’ll blow the roof off the hall with the thrilling Pictures at an Exhibition, complete with the original artwork that inspired this masterpiece. You have to be there to see and hear it all!

DUKAS
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

OSCAR NAVARRO
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 — Il Concerto
Trevor Stewart, Clarinet

MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL
Pictures at an Exhibition

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#SpaceExplorer

White Concert Hall, Washburn University Saturday, November 4, 2023
7:30 PM

Explore the heavens with us for a night of ethereal otherworldliness and majestic vistas in music that takes us to the unknown beyond. We begin with the world premiere of the orchestral version of Ingrid Stölzel’s beautiful Musica Ignota, followed by our always-exciting Young Artist Audition Winner. On the second half of our concert, we will accompany our performance of The Planets with astrophotos taken by our own Conductor Kyle Wiley Pickett.

INGRID STÖLZEL
Musica Ignota

Young Artist Audition Winner

HOLST
The Planets
With combined Topeka Festival Singers
and Washburn Choir women’s chorus

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#MostWonderfulTime

Capitol Federal® Holiday Pops Concert

White Concert Hall, Washburn University Saturday, December 2, 2023
7:30 PM

Let us put you in the holiday mood at our traditional holiday concert where you not only get to sit back and listen to all the seasonal favorites, but also join the crowd in our annual carol sing-a-long.There’s not much better than lifting your voice up with others to celebrate this most wonderful time of the year.

Holiday Favorites

With Local High School Choirs

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#Rivers

White Concert Hall, Washburn University Saturday, January 20, 2024
7:30 PM

Ride the rivers of the world with our concert featuring music celebrating the mighty Mississippi River in Florence Price’s jazzy suite and the Thames in Handel’s regal Water Music. Violin virtuoso Francesca Anderegg will also join us for Astor Piazzolla’s tango-influenced Four Seasons of Buenos Aire.

HANDEL
Water Music Suite in D Major Mvts. 1 and 2

PIAZZOLLA
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Francesca Anderegg, Violin

FLORENCE PRICE
Mississippi River Suite

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#UnfinishedBusiness

White Concert Hall, Washburn University Saturday, February 17, 2024
7:30 PM

Buckle up and get ready for a concert unlike anything you’veever heard. We are thrilled to welcome to our stage Metropolitan Opera Orchestra trombonist Denson Paul Pollard for not just one, but two spectacular bass trombone solos with the orchestra. We will also play Sibelius’s charming Karleia Suite, and we get down to some unfinished business with Schubert’s famous Unfinished Symphony.

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8 – Unfinished

ELIZABETH RAUM
Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra
Denson Paul Pollard, Bass Trombone

DAVID BAKER
Concert Piece for Trombone and String Orchestra–Mvts. 1 & 2
Denson Paul Pollard, Bass Trombone

SIBELIUS
Karelia Suite

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#ItalyTravel

White Concert Hall, Washburn University Saturday, March 30, 2024
7:30 PM

Italy is home to some of the most picturesque landscapes in the world, and you won’t want to miss this trip to the heart of it on our tour of Italy. Since all roads lead to Rome, we head to the Eternal City to bask in the glory of its majestic pines. Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Jon Nakamatsu is one of the most popular pianists performing today, and we are thrilled to bring him back to Topeka to perform Rachmaninoff’s bold and beloved second piano concerto.

RACHMANINOFF
Piano Concerto No. 2
Jon Nakamatsu, Piano

VERDI
La Forza del Destino Overture

RESPIGHI
The Pines of Rome

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#Hollywood

White Concert Hall, Washburn University Saturday, April 27, 2024
7:30 PM

Let’s get off our couch and go to the movies! At this exciting concert, we’ll play the classics like Lara’s Theme from Dr. Zhivago and Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and beautiful scores from newer Hollywood releases like the love theme from the Star Wars Prequels and the score from Angela’s Ashes. Don’t miss this finale to our year of FOMO concerts with a night of unforgettable music from the silver screen.

NEWMAN
20th Century Fox Fanfare

JONES/EDELMAN
Last of the Mohicans

JARRE
Dr. Zhivago – Lara’s Theme

WILLIAMS
Across the Stars
(Love Theme from Star Wars: Episode II)

HORNER
The Mask of Zorro

KAMEN
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

MANCINI
Moon River

WILLIAMS
Angela’s Ashes - Theme

ZIMMER
King Arthur

HUPFELD
Casablanca–As Time Goes By

HORNER
Music from Titanic

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Single Ticket Pricing:

(Section 1/Section 2)

Adult – $44/$42

Senior (65 & older) – $39/$37

Young Adult (25 & younger) – $16/$13

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NOTE: Previous season ticket holder's seats will now be held through August 31st!

 


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