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Founded in 1911, the Austin Symphony Orchestra is Austin's oldest performing arts group. The ASO offers a complete season of musical and educational programming. Classical concerts include a series of eight concert pairs running monthly September through May in Bass Concert Hall. Our season also features the Sarah & Ernest Butler Pops Series: Fall & Winter Pops at Riverbend Centre and Holiday & Promenade Pops at Palmer Events Center. Programming for the entire family includes the Halloween Children's Concert, Christmas Sing-Along and the Family Concert, as well as popular educational concerts like Children's Day Art Park, Young People's Concerts, High School Concerts and other school programs.

Symphony Square at 11th and Red River is home to the ASO's administrative offices. This complex of four historic Austin buildings is also home to a popular restaurant, Serranos, and the headquarters of the Women's Symphony League of Austin.

ASO STAFF

Executive Director
Anthony Corroa
Assistant to Executive Director
Barbara Uhlaender
Director of Operations & Production
Craig Hahn
Controller
Donna Burch
Director of Development
Peggy Gunn
Director of Information Systems
Denice Yeagin
Director of Marketing
Jason Nicholson
Director of Education
Diana Eblen
Director of Public Relations/Development Coordinator
Don Hill
Director of Patron Services & Ticketing
Jaime Bain-Garcia
Assistant Director of Patron Services & Ticketing
Shari Hickey
Principal Librarian/Assistant Director of Operations
Jeanne Rogers
Group Sales Representative & Facilities Manager
Shaler Wells
Director of Volunteer Ushers
Pat Cherico
Endowment Associate
Sharlene Strawbridge
Office Assistant
Amanda Grant

2010 - 2011 ASO EVENTS

1st Annual Young Composers Competition
September 1, 2010

André Watts, piano
September 10-11, 2010

Free Concert at the Mexican-American Cultural Center
September 19, 2010

Judith Ingolfsson, violin
October 8-9, 2010

Cirque de la Symphonie
October 23, 2010

Halloween Children’s Concert
October 24, 2010

Mexico’s 200/100 with Francisco Ladron de Guevara-Finck, violin
November 19-20, 2010

Handel’s “Messiah”
December 7, 2010

Classical Mystery Tour - A Tribute to The Beatles
December 30-31, 2010 *HOLIDAY POPS Series

Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s “Beyond the Score”
January 14-15, 2011

Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
February 18-19, 2011

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
March 5, 2011

Benedetto Lupo, piano
March 11-12, 2011

NEXUS, percussion ensemble
April 1-2, 2011

Centennial Gala Concert with Itzhak Perlman
April 28, 2011

Jon Kimura Parker, piano
May 13-14, 2011

The Manhattan Transfer
June 3-4, 2011 *POPS Series