The RSO Family Concert is Sunday, November 8 at 2 p.m. at the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts. Designed to showcase the development of orchestral music from the chamber music of Bach to a full orchestra of the present. The program includes J.S. Bach, "Air", W.A. Mozart, Overture to "Marriage of Figaro", Beethoven's finale from "Symphony #5 in c minor", Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers" from "The Nutcracker", a selection from Stravinsky's "Firebird ", John William's "Theme from Star Wars" and additional surprises. Our conductor, Clay Couturiaux, wears various wigs and hats as he becomes each composer - adding an element of fun and visual cues to help the audience differentiate each segment of the performance. This year, we are adding an "Instrument Petting Zoo" and a Coloring Station starting at 1 p.m. We hope that you can join us for this afternoon of fun for the whole family! 

Join us for the RSO Opening Night concert on Saturday, October 4 at 8 p.m. The orchestra will perform: 

Suppé: Overture to Poet and Peasant and Glazunov

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 82 - featuring soloist, Elena Urioste

Mussorsky/Ravel: "Pictures at at Exhibition"

Tickets on sale by calling the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts at 972.744.4650. Located at 2351 Performance Drive in Richardson. 

ELENA URIOSTE, recently selected as a BBC New Generation Artist andfeatured on the cover of Symphony magazine, has been hailed by critics and audiences alike for her lush tone, the nuanced lyricism of her playing, and her commanding stage presence. Elena’s debut performances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra were praised by three separate critics for their “hypnotic delicacy,” “expressive poise,” and “lyrical sensitivity.” Since first appearing with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age thirteen, she has made acclaimed debuts with major orchestras throughout the United States, including the Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Buffalo Philharmonic, and the National, Atlanta, Baltimore, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Richmond, and San Antonio Symphony Orchestras. In Europe, Elena has appeared with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Würzburg Philharmonic, and Hungary’s Orchestra Dohnányi Budafok and MAV Orchestra. She has performed recitals in such distinguished venues as Wigmore Hall in London, Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, and the Mondavi Center at the University of California-Davis. Recent engagements have included return performances with the Chicago Symphony and Detroit Symphony Orchestras as well as the BBC Philharmonic; debuts with the Tucson Symphony, Asheville Symphony, and Edmonton Symphony Orchestras; as well as recitals at Wigmore Hall, the Sage Gateshead in Newcastle, and the Konzerthaus Berlin, among others.

As first-place laureate in both the Junior and Senior divisions of the Sphinx Competition, Elena debuted at Carnegie Hall's Isaac Stern Auditorium in 2004 and has returned annually as soloist. She has collaborated with acclaimed conductors Sir Mark Elder, Christoph Eschenbach, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Robert Spano, and Keith Lockhart; pianists Mitsuko Uchida, Christopher O’Riley, and Ignat Solzhenitsyn; cellists Peter Wiley, Carter Brey, and Colin Carr; and violinists Joseph Silverstein, Shlomo Mintz, and Cho-Liang Lin. An avid chamber musician as well as soloist, Elena frequently performs in recital with pianist Michael Brown and has been a featured artist in the Marlboro, Ravinia and Ravinia's Steans Music Institute, La Jolla, and Sarasota music festivals, as well as Switzerland’s Sion Valais International Music Festival. 

Elena is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Joseph Silverstein, Pamela Frank, and Ida Kavafian. She completed graduate studies with Joel Smirnoff at The Juilliard School. Other notable teachers include David Cerone, Choong-Jin Chang, Soovin Kim, and the late Rafael Druian. The outstanding instruments now being used by Elena are an Alessandro Gagliano violin, Naples c. 1706, and a Pierre Simon bow, both on generous extended loan from the private collection of Dr. Charles E. King through the Stradivari Society of Chicago