The Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra presents our 2019-2020 Season. A season of programs carefully crafted to free your mind from the four walls of today. Our orchestral masterworks will feature our master performers throughout the season in a series of collaborations that will leave you in awe. Join us for a majestic season of music as we celebrate some of the greatest masters of music!
Side by side with Huxford Symphony Orchestra
September 30, 2019
MOODY MUSIC BUILDING CONCERT HALL, 7:00PM
Adam Flatt, Music Director, Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra
Blake Richardson, Music Director, Huxford Symphony Orchestra
Clayton Stephenson, Piano Soloist
Star Spangled Banner
Elgar Enigma Variations
Conducted by Blake Richardson
Ligeti Atmospheres
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 3
Conducted by Adam Flatt
MUSIC AND WINE PAIRING DINNER WITH EVANGELINE'S RESTAURANT
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2019
EVANGELINE'S RESTAURANT, 6:00PM
Wine Pairing Dinner
Come enjoy delicious food, fine wine and beautiful music as musicians of the TSO perform and speak about all aspects of the art of classical music. Proceeds benefit the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men Opera World Premiere
Bicentennial Celebration
October 21, 2019
MOODY MUSIC BUILDING CONCERT HALL, 7:00PM
Adam Flatt, Music Director
Joseph Landers, Composer
Paul Houghtaling and the UA Opera Theatre
The Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra and UA Opera Theatre partner to present the world premiere of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, the new opera by composer Joseph Landers. This Bicentennial production celebrates the historic book by American author James Agee.
Chamber Music Old School
November 3, 2019
The Old School, Demopolis, AL, 2:00 pm
Presented by the Two Rivers Arts Council
Join musicians of the Tuscaloosa Symphony as they present a charming afternoon of chamber music at the historic Old School in Demopolis, Alabama.
Seeking, finding
Monday, NOVEMBER 25, 2019
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 7:00PM
Adam Flatt, Conductor
Margie Johnston, Chorus Director
Vocal Soloists
Haydn Symphony no. 44 "Trauer" ("Mourning")
Ives The Unanswered Question
Schubert Mass no. 2 in G
Mozart Ave verum corpus, K. 618
Annual Holiday Celebration
MONDAY, December 16, 2019
MOODY MUSIC BUILDING CONCERT HALL, 7:00PM
Adam Flatt, Music Director
Doff Procter, Artistic Director, Alabama Choir School
Leslie Poss, Director, Prentice Concert Chorale
Dr. J.F. Mark Brown, Director, Shelton Singers
TSO Christmas
Prentice Concert Chorale
Shelton Singers
Alabama Choir School
Join the Tuscaloosa Symphony, Alabama Choir School, Prentice Concert Chorale, and Shelton Singers as they perform holiday favorites that will set you in the spirit of the season.
Celebrating forty years
MONDAY, February 24, 2020
MOODY MUSIC BUILDING CONCERT HALL, 7:00PM
Adam Flatt, Music Director
Former Music Director Ransom Wilson, Flute Soloist
Stravinsky Greeting Prelude ("Happy Birthday")
Puts Flute Concerto
Beethoven Symphony no. 5
Welcome back former TSO Music Director Ransom Wilson as our flute soloist as we celebrate forty years of bringing the joy of music to our community.
Family Discovery Young Person’s Concerts
AUGUST, 2020
MOODY MUSIC BUILDING CONCERT HALL
Adam Flatt, Music Director
Wilson Give Me Space
This event has been rescheduled for community safety.
Take flight on a rocket to space with music by composer Kenyon Wilson. We will take you on a journey that you will never forget as you learn about music and space travel in the Alabama premiere of this new work.
TSO WHISKEY WALK
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020, 3:00-5:00PM
Starting at The Houndstooth Sports Bar, 3:00PM
1300 University Boulevard
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Are you a whiskey lover or are you curious about the world of fine whiskey? Join us on Saturday, April 25, 2020 from 3:00-5:00 pm for the TSO’s first annual Whiskey Walk!
Whiskey expert Olivia English of the Houndstooth Sports Bar will guide us on a whiskey walk through downtown Tuscaloosa as we learn to identify distilleries such as Whistlepig, Weller, and many more. Enjoy an introductory course at The Houndstooth followed by visits to Nocturnal Tavern, 301 Bistro, and end the evening on the rooftop of Hotel Indigo. Transportation will be provided between venues.
Tickets are $100 and benefit the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra. Don’t miss your opportunity for fun, friends, and learning something new!
Sponsored by Houndstooth Sports Bar, Nocturnal Tavern, 301 Bistro, Hotel Indigo, BMW of Tuscaloosa.
Titans of Music
MONDAY, May 4, 2020
MOODY MUSIC BUILDING CONCERT HALL, 7:00PM
Adam Flatt, Music Director
Jacob Adams, Viola Soloist
Bach Brandenburg Concerto no. 3
Telemann Viola Concerto
Mahler Symphony no. 1