Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Co-presented with KMFA 89.5 as part of the Declaration Project celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States
Lara Downes, piano
Donnie Ray Albert, baritone
Aaron Copland
Lincoln Portrait
Valerie Coleman
Life (TX premiere)
Arturo O’Farrill
Liberty (TX premiere)
Christopher Tin
The Pursuit of Happiness (TX premiere)
Jerry F. Junkin, conductor
Hila Plitmann, soprano
Stephen Montague
Introit St John’s (U.S. premiere)
Morton Lauridsen, tr. Reynolds
O Magnum Mysterium
Sam Lipman
The World Will Open (world premiere)
Donald Grantham
All You Who Sleep Tonight
Benjamin Horne
Spiritual Symphony
As part of the Butler Opera Center, and led by its visionary director, Tamar Sanikidze, the competition promotes the center’s mission of crafting the next generation of opera professionals. The competition’s judging panel unites the most influential experts in opera, representing many of the world’s leading opera companies and training institutions. Made possible by the support of Dr. Ernest and Mrs. Sarah Butler, over $35,000 in prize money and encouragement awards will be presented at this year’s competition.
Judges
Colin Brush, Houston Grand Opera
Dominic Domingo, San Diego Opera & Askonas Holt
Paul Hopper, LA Opera
David Lomelí, Santa Fe Opera
Lee Anne Myslewski, Wolf Trap Opera & OPERA America
Tamar Sanikidze, Butler Opera Center & Music Academy of the West
Pianists
James Maverick, Butler School of Music
Nino Sanikidze, Shepherd School of Music
Competitors will be announced by the end of summer 2026.
Diego Rivera & Mike Sailors, directors
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Bion Tsang, cello
Adam Schoenberg
Go
Gara Garayev
Layla and Majnun
Antonín Dvořák
Cello Concerto, Op. 104
Douglas Kinney Frost, conductor
Yingmeige Xiong, stage director
Sung in Italian with English with supertitles.
Jerry F. Junkin, conductor
The Mariachi Paredes de Tejastitlán
Jimmy Santos-Rivera, guest conductor
Arturo Márquez, arr. Nickel
Danzon No. 2
H. Owen Reed
La Fiesta Mexicana
Arturo Márquez
Symphony no. 5, Sinfonía Nómada (consortium premiere)
J.D. Burnett, conductor
Page Stephens, mezzo soprano
John Corigliano
Fern Hill
Omar Thomas
Shenandoah
Inocente Carreño
Pregúntale a ese mar
Gerald Custer
Innisfree
Paul John Rudoi
As One Sky
Jean Sibelius, arr. Morgan
This is My Song (Finlandia)
Johannes Brahms
An die Heimat, Op. 64
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, Pathétique
Jerry F. Junkin, conductor
Michael Lebrias & Alec Rodriguez, guest conductors
John Williams
Liberty Fanfare
HyeKyung Lee
A-ri-A-rang (premiere performance for band)
Lucio San Pedro
Lahing Kayumanggi (U.S. premiere)
Zhou Tian
Petals of Fire
Adam Schoenberg
Symphony No. 2, Migration
Diego Rivera & Mike Sailors, directors
Featuring
Chamber Orchestra
Concert Chorale
University Chorus
Longhorn Singers
Bereket Middle Eastern Ensemble
Soha Quartet
Horn Choir
Bassoon Ensemble
Musical Theatre Workshop
Jazz Combos
Gregory Eaton, organ
Ring in the season with the Butler School’s annual Holiday Concert with music for everyone to enjoy. You’ll hear traditional holiday carols and winter favorites across many genres, including excerpts from Bach’s Magnificat, jazz standards like “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” and Hanukkah songs from Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewish traditions.
Jerry F. Junkin, conductor
Blake Hordé & Cody Ray, guest conductors
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
Derrick Skye, tr. Ray
Prisms, Cycles, Leaps
David Maslanka
Symphony No. 2
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Douglas Kinney Frost, conductor
Garnett Bruce, stage director
Sung in Italian with Spanish with supertitles.
Diego Rivera & Mike Sailors, directors
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