What if impossible was just the beginning? After all, a little magic can change everything… Step into a world of Imagination with Longhorn Singers for A Night of Magic. Join us for a night filled with mystical storytelling, enchanting choreography, and of course, spellbinding vocals! The show features iconic sensations such as “Hotel California” and “Superstition” that truly encapsulate the enigma of not knowing what comes next… Whether it's the magic found in little moments, or the larger marvelous themes of life, Longhorn Singers explores all of these supernatural moments that make life magical. Sit back, relax, and let the show begin… 

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. 

William Mathias 

Zodiac Trio, Op. 70 

Kaija Saariaho 

New Gates 

Maurice Ravel, tr. Salzedo 

Sonatine en trio 

Kareen Roustom 

Trio: “…and every hour will tell its own tale”  

Ashley Dixon, mezzo soprano

Mikeila McQueston 

ever unleaving

Ralph Vaughan Williams
On Wenlock Edge

Mallory McHenry, harp 

Joel Braun, double bass 

Ludwig van Beethoven 

String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 

Marcel Tournier 

Trio for Violin, Cello, and Harp 

Franz Schubert 

Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, “Trout”

Margarita Denenburg, piano  

Mikhail Smigelski, bass-baritone  

Rick Rowley, piano  

Soha Quartet  

Georgy Sviridov 

Piano Sonata, Op. 4 

Piano Quintet in B Minor 

Russia Cast Adrift: Vocal Poem in Twelve Songs on Texts by Sergey Yesenin

Jerry F. Junkin, conductor

Blake Hordé & Cody Ray, guest conductors 

Ralph Vaughan Williams 

English Folk Song Suite 

Derrick Skye, tr. Ray 

Prisms, Cycles, Leaps 

Adam Schoenberg 

Symphony No. 2, Migration 

Farkhad Khudyev, conductor

Sergei Rachmaninoff 

Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

Music by Osvaldo Golijov

Libretto by David Henry Hwang

Douglas Kinney Frost, conductor

Garnett Bruce, stage director

Sung in Italian with Spanish with supertitles.

Diego Rivera & Mike Sailors, directors

Wycliffe Gordon, jazz trombone

Ludwig van Beethoven 

Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24, “Spring” 

Sergei Prokofiev, arr. Baich/Fletzberger 

Suite from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 

César Franck 

Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano

Jerry F. Junkin, conductor

Emily Warren, guest conductor 

Epoch Percussion Quartet

Maurice Ravel, tr. Warren 

Le tombeau de Couperin 

Christopher Cerrone 

Meander, Spiral, Explode 

Viet Cuong 

Deep Down: Symphony No. 1

Bion Tsang, cello 

Anton Nel, piano

This program spans two days to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death (December 16, 1770 – March 26, 1827). Tickets will be sold separately for each day. 

7 Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, WoO 46  

Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5, No. 1 

Twelve Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Op. 66  

Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op.5, No.2 

Bion Tsang, cello 

Anton Nel, piano

This program spans two days to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death (December 16, 1770 – March 26, 1827). Tickets will be sold separately for each day. 

Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1 

Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 

12 Variations on “See the Conqu’ring Hero Comes” from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45 

Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69

Farkhad Khudyev, conductor

Emil Khudyev, clarinet 

Leah Crocetto, soprano

Chase McCay 

Svatba! from Songs of Bulgaria (world premiere of orchestral version) 

George Gershwin, arr. Mangani 

Blues from An American in Paris 

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. Rubtsov 

Lensky's aria “Kuda, kuda, vi udalilis” from Eugene Onegin 

Béla Kovács 

Shalom Aleichem, rov Feidman! 

Isaak Dunayevsky 

Overture to The Children of Captain Grant 

Dmitri Shostakovich 

Waltz No. 2 from Suite for Variety Orchestra 

Pietro Mascagni 

Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana 

John Scott 

Selections from Lionheart Suite 

Ennio Morricone 

Suite from Once Upon a Time in America 

John Williams 

Flying Theme from E.T.