Composers Alliance of San Antonio Concerts Spring 2024
Wild Symphony: YOSA Philharmonic & San Antonio Zoo
May 12, 2024 (Sunday)
7 p.m. @ Tobin HEB Performance Hall
Experience the world premiere of compositions by CASA members inspired by animals at the San Antonio Zoo: “A San Antonio Carnival of the Animals.” This concert will also feature Respighi’s show-stopping "Pines of Rome" with special guest the San Antonio Brass Band, plus a solo performance by the 2023/24 YOSA Concerto Competition Winner. Don’t miss this wild musical adventure through the animal kingdom.
Address: Tobin Center for the Performing Arts,
100 Auditorium Circle, San Antonio, TX 78205. Tickets.
Season Brochure
CASA season brochure designed by Yvonne Freckmann. Download PDF.
CASA is proud to invite YOU to its 2024 season of concerts with great partners in San Antonio, Texas: January - May 2024.
Program
Made in SA IX
January 28, 2024 (Sunday)
3 p.m. @ DoSeum
CASA proudly presents "Made in SA IX," the ninth edition of concerts of new compositions by area composers written specifically for student performers. Program PDF
Address: 2800 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209
Concert free & Open to the Public (does not include museum admission). Donations accepted.
Salon Concert
February 18, 2024 (Sunday)
3 p.m. @ Peter Petroff Residence
Hosted by Dr. Peter Petroff, the third annual salon concert features a potpourri of chamber and solo music performed by musicians of all ages from the community.
Address: 28247 Ruffian Dr. Fair Oaks Ranch, TX 78015
Free & Open to the Public. Donations accepted.
Adelante Winds
March 23, 2024 (Saturday)
3:45 p.m. @ University of the Incarnate Word
The 2nd International Arts Festival
Adelante Winds will perform chamber music by CASA. Adelante, which means forward, is the ensemble’s mantra in exploring new sounds and imaginative ideas.
Address: Luella Bennack Music Center, University of the Incarnate Word, 4301 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209.
Wild Symphony: YOSA Philharmonic & San Antonio Zoo
May 12, 2024 (Sunday)
7 p.m. @ Tobin HEB Performance Hall
Experience the world premiere of compositions by CASA members inspired by animals at the San Antonio Zoo: “A San Antonio Carnival of the Animals.” This concert will also feature Respighi’s show-stopping "Pines of Rome" with special guest the San Antonio Brass Band, plus a solo performance by the 2023/24 YOSA Concerto Competition Winner. Don’t miss this wild musical adventure through the animal kingdom.
Address: Tobin Center for the Performing Arts,
100 Auditorium Circle, San Antonio, TX 78205. Tickets.
About Our Partners this Season
The DoSeum
The DoSeum is much more than a children’s museum: it’s a place where interactive fun and hands-on learning come together—a place where minds are always at play. The DoSeum offers exhibits, programs, camps, classes, and field trips designed for all learners, encouraging young minds to explore the joy of learning through connections to STEM, the arts, and literacy.
This will be the second year that the DoSeum hosts the Made in SA series, which will also feature informational music and instrument tables for attendees to explore after the concert.
Adelante Winds
Adelante Winds enjoys working with living composers and expanding the wind quintet repertoire. The ensemble aspires to challenge itself and its audience to approach music in innovative ways. An expanded and exciting repertoire has allowed the quintet numerous performance opportunities throughout Texas.
Adelante Winds seeks to present concerts that expose audiences to underrepresented composers while fostering a sense of fellowship for socioeconomically disenfranchised communities.
University of the Incarnate Word - International Arts Festival
Join us for the second International Arts Festival at UIW from 3-6 p.m. on March 23, 2024! This year's festival explores connections between faith and artistic expression through three diverse programs: Prokofiev's Visions fugitives with choreography by Violeta De Leon Davila and costumes by UIW's Ashleigh Poteat; Adelante Winds, performing a program of new works by members of the Composers Alliance of San Antonio; and renowned kathak dancers Marami Medhi and Meghranjani Medhi from Assam, India. Free to the public. Light refreshments served.
Youth Orchestras of San Antonio
Youth Orchestras of San Antonio (YOSA) provides young musicians of all backgrounds the opportunity to play music together so they can learn, grow, and thrive while connecting with the community.
About the conductor: Troy Peters is the Music Director of YOSA since 2009, conductor of the YOSA Philharmonic, and is also a composer and champion of new music.
San Antonio Zoo
San Antonio Zoo®, operating since 1914, is a non-profit zoological facility committed to securing a future for wildlife. Through its passion and expertise in animal care, conservation, and education, the zoo's mission is to inspire its community to love, engage with, act for and protect animals and the places they live.
The zoo welcomes over a million visitors yearly and is open year-round.
Composers Alliance of San Antonio members participating in this project all visited critters and their care specialists at the San Antonio Zoo to learn more about them and the zoo’s conservation programs. Then, the composers wrote the music for the YOSA Philharmonic orchestra, each piece inspired by the chosen animal, creating a new collective suite.
Past Concerts
For past events, see our "About" page for a complete listing.
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