The 2022-23 season’s Young People’s Concerts have reached over 26,000 students across almost 200 schools and 22 school districts. These students engage in provided cross-curricular activities in their music classrooms where they learn about the…
Please join us for this great free Cinco de Mayo performance at the Batalia de Puebla.
¡Adelante Juntos! Announcing the Old Spanish Trail Cultural Corridor, brought to us by the Texas Commission on the Arts. The San Antonio Philharmonic is performing with guest artists to kick off the Old Spanish Trail…
The Alamo City’s once-legendary symphony officially collapsed last year. But its musicians have continued to play—in a big downtown Baptist church, under famous visiting conductors and to enthusiastic audiences. Read more here.
The musicians of the San Antonio Philharmonic have reached their first collective bargaining agreement with the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) union Local 23. Texas Observer reporter Gus Bova tweeted about the agreement on Tuesday, and the musicians’ ratification was later…
It’s chill and starless in downtown San Antonio on symphony night. Just past the Express-News offices and across from the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, I arrive at the century-old First Baptist Church building. The ushers’…
As part of our innovative Community Engagement Initiative, San Antonio Philharmonic musicians visit San Antonio Public Library (SAPL) locations for special children’s presentations that include a mini-performance as well as a chance to see an…
When the Symphony Society of San Antonio announced the dissolution of the San Antonio Symphony on June 16, the decision made the city of 1.5 million the largest American city without a major orchestra. The blow came…
The San Antonio Philharmonic announced on Tuesday that it made a deal to secure the assets of the San Antonio Symphony. Philharmonic President and Bassoonist Brian Petkovich said the announcement would fill many of its fans with…
The promise of the new San Antonio Philharmonic might be in its name, which suggests a love of harmony, and in the title of its new season, “Forward Together (Adelante Juntos).” Leaving behind the dissonant conflicts that…
