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Mission Statement

Symphony Arlington’s mission is to enhance the quality of life in our growing and diverse community by inspiring, entertaining and involving citizens and organizations through music concerts of superior cultural and educational value.

Performances

The 2009-2010 season will explore the seas by way of a symphony voyage entitled "Set Sail with the Symphony".  The orchestra hoists the Jolly Roger October 2009 for a “Skull and Crossbones” opening concert featuring Bellini’s Overture to Il Pirata, music from Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, and Hans Zimmer's rousing score from the hit motion picture Pirates of the Caribbean.  Subsequent performances will offer Debussy's La Mer, Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, Beethoven's Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Britten's Four Sea Interludes, and many more masterworks inspired by the sea.  The year's pops concerts will include the fifth edition of the popular  “Movie Score Quiz" (featuring movies with nautical themes, of course) and a "Broadway at Sea" program with music from Anything Goes, On the Town, Dames at Sea, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, and South Pacific. More info... | Contact

Performance Venue

The 98,000 square foot MetroCenter includes a full side fly stage, with spacious back stage dressing and holding areas. Theater productions are enhanced by fully equipped lighting systems, catwalks, and retractable orchestra pit. Concert goers enjoy the state-of-the-art sound system and expansive video image magnification screens. The MetroCenter currently accommodates 1700 guests and is scheduled to expand to 3200 seats by fall 200.  More info...  

Musicians

The orchestra is comprised of 93 professional musicians. Over 19 different nations are represented in the musician roster and this talent is complemented with internationally renowned featured soloists. More info...  

Music Director

Robert Carter Austin is the founder of Symphony Arlginton and the Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra. A graduate of M.I.T., Cambridge University, and Stanford University, Maestro Austin has served as Music Director of Chattanooga Opera, Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, East Texas Symphony Orchestra, and the Southern Regional Opera.  His guest-conductor appearances are numerous. National credits include symphonies and operas in nine different states. Internationally Maestro Austin appeared with orchestras all over South America, Europe and Asia. He also serves as the Music Director of the Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Arlington.

Off the podium Maestro Austin describes himself as an avid skier, as a closet country music fan, and a notorious oenophile. Contact

General Manager 

Bethany Siler Contact

Education and Community Programs

Each year the education programs of SA reach over 8,000 students from pre-K through high school and encourage a life-long love of music and the performing arts. Maestro Robert Carter Austin and SA are dedicated to providing quality music education programs to Arlington and throughout the Metroplex. More info... | Contact

Achievements

• Symphony Arlington is one of the five biggest core arts & culture attractions in Arlington

• Symphony Arlington is a Level 1 Artistic organization per the Texas Commission for the Arts classification
  Artistic Organization - Level 1
  Artistic organizations further the artistic and cultural offerings of the community or state with a mission that clearly speaks to the arts or a specific arts discipline. In addition, these organizations are recognized by the IRS with their final letter of determination as a 501(c)(3), nonprofit organizations incorporated in Texas, for over one year.
  A level 1 Organization:
  · has a cash operating budget of $50,000 or more for the last completed fiscal year
  · maintains an annual operating budget of less than $1,000,000
  · may have full-time, part-time, paid or volunteer artistic and management personnel
  · must operate as a full-time arts organization offering public programs on a year-round basis