2026-27 Season
Opening Night Carmina Burana
October 2, 2026 | 7:30PM
Lila Cockrell Theatre
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Tessa Lark, violin
Rachele Gilmore, soprano
Brian Giebler, tenor
Christopher Rodriguez, baritone
San Antonio Mastersingers
Children’s Chorus of San Antonio
UT San Antonio Chamber Singers
Youth Orchestras of San Antonio
Gabriela Ortiz: Antrópolis (2019)
Michael Torke: "Sky" Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (2019) Texas Premiere
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana (Side-by-Side with YOSA)
A Special Evening with Yo-Yo Ma
& Jeffrey Kahane
November 16, 2026 | 7:30PM
Lila Cockrell Theatre
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Youth Orchestras of San Antonio
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, op. 19
Andrea Casarrubios: Herencia (Texas Premiere)
Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor (Side-by-Side with YOSA)
Beethoven Celebration: 200th Anniversary of His Death,
Part I
Program I
January 9, 2027 | 7:30PM
Lila Cockrell Theatre
Stephanie Childress, conductor
Daniela Liebman, piano
Britten: Simple Symphony
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, op. 19
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, op. 21
Program II
January 10, 2027 | 3:30PM
Lila Cockrell Theatre
Stephanie Childress, conductor
Elena Urioste, violin
Tommy Mesa, cello
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Mary Kouyoumdjian: Tagh (Diary) of an Immigrant (2014)
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, op. 56
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 36
Program III
January 16, 2027 | 7:30PM
Trinity Baptist Church
Jeffrey Kahane, piano and conductor
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15
Andrea Casarrubios: Afilador for orchestra (Texas Premiere)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60
Discover “Eroica” - A Journey into Beethoven’s Third Symphony
January 17, 2027 | 1:00PM
Trinity Baptist Church
Jeffrey Kahane, tour guide
Led by Artistic Director Jeffrey Kahane with the full orchestra onstage, this evening will provide a unique, interactive exploration of Beethoven’s watershed masterpiece, the “Eroica” Symphony, a work which, in a single stroke, changed the course of music history, and represents the immensity of Beethoven’s genius and his revolutionary vision of what music can be and do.
January 17, 2027 | 3:30PM
Trinity Baptist Church
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55
Nancy Zhou Plays Bach & Contreras
February 13, 2027 | 7:30PM
Trinity Baptist Church
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Nancy Zhou, violin
Bach: Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042
Juan Pablo Contreras: La Minerva (VIolin Concerto) (Texas Premiere)
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor
Bach: The Complete Brandenburg Concertos
TWO DATES
February 20, 2027 | 7:30PM
Alamo Heights United Methodist Church
February 21, 2027 | 5:00PM
Stable Hall at The Pearl
David Belkovski, harpsichord & leader
Members of Harmonium of Texas
Bach: The Complete Brandenburg Concertos
St. Matthew Passion
February 26-28, 2027
University Methodist Church
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Brian Giebler, Evangelist
Hadleigh Adams, Christus
Megan Pachecano, soprano
Josefina Maldonado, mezzo-soprano
Aaron Crouch, tenor arias
Will Liverman, baritone
San Antonio Chamber Choir (Rick Bjella, director)
Children’s Chorus of San Antonio (Carolyn Cruse, director)
Bach: The Passion According to St. Matthew
Tchaikovsky Resonance
March 19-21, 2027
Location TBA
Cosette Justo Valdes, conductor
Inna Faliks, piano
Youth Orchestras of San Antonio
Derrick Skye: Prisms, Cycles, Leaps (Texas Premiere)
Clarice Assad: Lilith (Piano Concerto) (Texas Premiere)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor
Voice & The Violin
April 4, 2027
Lila Cockrell Theatre
Joshua Bell, violin
Larisa Martínez, soprano
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
An evening with Joshua Bell, Larisa Martínez, and Jeffrey Kahane, in recital
Emanuel Ax Plays Mozart
April 14, 2027
The Majestic Theatre
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Oswald Huynh: Nu’oc (Texas Premiere)
Juan Pablo Contreras: Symphony No. 1 “MyGreat Dream” (Texas Premiere)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
Aoife O’Donovan & Gabriel Kahane in Celebration of America at 250
April 17, 2027
Empire Theatre
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Aoife O’Donovan
Gabriel Kahane
Children’s Chorus of San Antonio
Songs by Aoife O’Donovan, Gabriel Kahane, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and Bob Dylan.
Featuring Aoife O’Donovan’s song cycle “America, Come” with orchestra & children’s chorus.
Beethoven Celebration: 200th Anniversary of His Death
Part II
Program I
May 14, 2027 | 7:30PM
Trinity Baptist Church
Michael Stern, conductor
Roman Rabinovich, piano
Louis Andriessen: Nine Symphonies of Beethoven for orchestra & ice-cream vendor’s bell
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”
Program II
May 15, 2027
Trinity Baptist Church
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”
Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67
Michael Stern, conductor
Program III
May 16, 2027
Trinity Baptist Church
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor & piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58
Piazzolla: Three Tangos (arr. John Adams)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92
Program IV
May 21, 2027
Lila Cockrell Theatre
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Roomful of Teeth
San Antonio Mastersingers (Yoojin Muhn, director)
Danielle Talamantes, soprano
Crystal Jarrell Johnson, mezzo-soprano
David Portillo, tenor
Kerry Wilkerson, bass-baritone
Berio: Sinfonia (1968/69)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
Season Finale
June 6, 2027
Lila Cockrell Theatre
Enrico Chapela: Los Braceros - Cantata for Mariachi & Orchestra (Texas Premiere)
Mahler: Symphony No. 1
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor