The Season

Our Conductor, Orchestra, Director, and Symphony Chorus have prepared a season of truly spectacular music everyone can enjoy that makes Allen home for the arts. Treat yourself to one of Allen’s secret pleasures, music at the Allen Philharmonic.

Subscription Concert Series 2009-2010 Season

• Autumn Overture

  Saturday, October 3, 2009 Suncreek United Methodist Church, 8:00pm

  The Allen Philharmonic welcomes special guest Donnie Ray Albert, Baritone, in a performance of Copland’s Old American Songs, Sets I & II. Additional selections include Rossini’s Semiramide Overture, Handel’s Concerto for Harp in B flat Major, Enesco’s Romanian Rhaphsody#1, and Adagio in G minor for Strings and Organ by Albinoni/Giazotto.

  We are honored to partner with Allen Reads, the one-book program under the leadership of the Friends of the Allen Public Library. The book selection for 2009-2010 is The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway. It is a fictional story based on a true event. During the siege of Sarajevo, 22 innocent people were killed by a mortar shell while waiting in a bread line. A cellist in the city chose to honor their memory by playing Albinoni’s Adagio in G minor for 22 days. This concert will also be the kickoff of our Friends of Note’s season-long Family Literacy outreach project.

• Do You Hear What I Hear...

  Friday December 18, 2009 Cottonwood Creek Baptist Church, 8:00pm

  Join us for an evening of memorable holiday favorites with the Allen Symphony Chorus and the Allen District Honor Choir, an auditioned chorus comprised of fifth and sixth grade students representing every elementary school in Allen ISD. Cynthia Nott, Artistic Director of the Youth Chorus of Greater Dallas, returns to prepare the Honor Choir for this very special performance. Enjoy the songs of the season that include John Rutter’s Joy to the World, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Ding Dong Merrily on High, and Home Alone: Three Holiday Songs by John Williams.

• BRAVO!

  Saturday, February 27, 2010 Lowery Freshman Center Auditorium, 7:30pm

  We welcome the grand prizewinner of the 2009-2010 Roger and Ella Jo Adams Concerto Competition. This student will solo with the Allen Philharmonic in a performance of the selected concerto that earned the gold medal. Additional orchestral music selections from the Silver Screen will be performed to compliment the winning concerto. Come listen to tomorrow’s talent as the Allen Philharmonic hosts the Allen High School Chamber Orchestra in the first half of the concert evening as they perform their pre-UIL concert.

• MayFair

  Saturday, May 1, 2010 First United Methodist Church of Allen 8:00pm

  The Allen Philharmonic concludes our twelfth season with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8 in G Major. This work draws its inspiration from the Bohemian folk music that Dvorak loved. The Allen Symphony Chorus will perform Haydn’s TeDeum; Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and Rossini’s Variations for Clarinet will complete the evening.