SEASON NINE
2024-2025

September Concert: “Exuberance”
Sunday, September 22nd, 4pm
Alamo Heights United Methodist Church

Rossini:                  Overture to Semiramide
Ravel:                     Tzigane
                                           Stephanie Westney, violin
Beethoven:            Symphony No. 8 in F Major

Our September program, entitled “Exuberance”, explores energetic and celebratory works by Rossini, Ravel, and Beethoven and features the electrifying playing of violinist, UTSA faculty, and SA Philharmonic member Stephanie Westney.
November Concert: “Dreams and Fate”
Sunday, November 3rd, 4pm
Travis Park Church

Falla:                     Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Mvt. I)
                                            Paul Jensen, piano                           
Tchaikovsky:        Symphony No. 5 in E Minor  

In November’s “Dreams and Fate” concert, Viva is joined by pianist Paul Jensen for the first movement of Manuel de Falla’s atmospheric “Nights in the Garden of Spain”, after which the orchestra will probe the depths of Tchaikovsky’s momentous Symphony No. 5.
December Nutcracker
Saturday, December 21st, 2pm and 7pm
Sunday, December 22nd, 2pm and 7pm
Thiry Auditorium, Our Lady of the Lake University

Tchaikovsky:              The Nutcracker

No season would be complete without our full production of The Nutcracker with the Alamo City Dance Company, complete with live orchestra, stunning costumes, and exciting onstage talent, both young and young-at-heart!
February Chamber Orchestra Concert: “Spring”
Sunday, February 9th, 4pm
St. Luke's Episcopal Church

Vivaldi:           “Spring” from The Four Seasons
                                    Ryan Coppin, violin
Vivaldi:           Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op. 10, No. 2
                                    Greg Obregon, flute
Copland:         Appalachian Spring (13 Instruments)

Our February program features Copland's timeless Suite from Appalachian Spring (for 13 Instruments) from his Pulitzer Prize-winning ballet, along with a pairing of Vivaldi concertos (including his famous “Spring” violin concerto from his “Four Seasons”), performed by Symphony Viva concertmaster Ryan Coppin and principal flutist Gregory Obregon.
March Concert: “Viva Mariachi"
With Campanas de America
Sunday, March 23rd, 4pm
Thiry Auditorium, Our Lady of the Lake University

Program:                     Selections to be announced

Viva is honored to partner again with the nationally renowned Mariachi ensemble Campanas de America in a program that is sure to be a thoroughly entertaining collaboration!
May Ballet
Saturday, May 10th, 2pm and 7pm
Thiry Auditorium, Our Lady of the Lake University

Delibes:                       Coppélia

As always, we anchor each season around two wonderful collaborations with our Alamo City Arts artistic partner, the Alamo City Dance Company. May's full production features Léo Delibes’s classic comedic ballet, Coppélia, the tale of love and an enchantingly life-like doll.
June Season Finale Concert: “Endless Light”
Sunday, June 8th, 4pm
Travis Park Church

Handel:                       Zadok the Priest
Gjeilo:                         Sunrise Mass
                                             San Antonio Choral Society
                                             Dr. Jennifer Seighman
Stravinsky:                 Suite from The Firebird (1919)

Following last season's exhilarating collaboration of Fauré’s Requiem and Poulenc’s Gloria, the San Antonio Choral Society joins us once again for a thrilling program of Ola Gjeilo’s transcendental Sunrise Mass and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite.