Longhorn Singers: Fame & Fortune

Nov 14, 2025 - Nov 15, 2025

Fame & Fortune is the Longhorn Singers’ first show returning as an official ensemble of Butler School of Music! Inspired by dreamers and the pursuit of success, this show bursts with high-energy numbers that celebrate ambition and courage. Featuring timeless songs from “Starman” and “Let Me Be Your Star” to show-stopping performances of “Forget You,” “Don’t Stop Believin’,” and “One,” each piece dives into the glitz and glamour of Fame & Fortune.

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Jazz Orchestras

Friday, November 14, 2025 - 7:30 PM CST

The Jazz Age: 1920’s and 2020’s 


Diego Rivera and Mike Sailors, directors 



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Butler Holiday Concert

Dec 6, 2025 - Dec 7, 2025

Featuring Chamber Orchestra and Choirs 


 

Ring in the season with the Butler School of Music in this annual favorite. The concert will be anchored by our new Chamber Orchestra and choirs but will feature ensembles and student performers from across the program. You can expect to hear favorite carols and a few surprises.  

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Mallory McHenry, harp

Monday, December 8, 2025 - 7:30 PM CST

Telling Their Stories


Asriel Davis, piano & organ 

Invoke String Quartet 

 

James Weldon Johnson, arr. Younger 

Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing 

 

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Jackson 

Deep River 

 

Florence Price, trans. McHenry 

Meditation 

Sketches in Sepia 

 

William Grant Still 

Ennanga 

 

Zenobia Powell Perry, trans. McHenry 

Homage 

 

Brandee Younger 

Essence of Ruby 

 

Maurice Draughn 

A Canon of Peace 

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Liliana Guerrero, soprano & James Maverick, piano

Sunday, January 25, 2026 - 3:00 PM CST

I Dissent: Songs of American Protest


Irving Berlin 

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor from Miss Liberty 

 

Lee Hoiby 

Lady of the Harbor from Three Women 

 

Evan Mack 

Preach Sister, Preach 

 

Rosephanye Powell 

Then, Here, and Now 

 

Patrice Michaels 

The Long View: A Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Nine Songs 

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Miró Quartet

Friday, January 30, 2026 - 7:30 PM CST

Wilhelm Magner, viola 

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516 

 

Franz Schubert 

String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887 

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Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, February 1, 2026 - 4:00 PM CST

Farkhad Khudyev, conductor

Behzod Abduraimov, piano


Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 

Polonaise from Eugene Onegin 

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23 


Margaret Bonds 

Montgomery Variations 

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Wind Ensemble

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 7:30 PM CST

Jerry F. Junkin, conductor

Douglas Henderson, guest conductor 

Gao Hong, pipa 


Gao Hong 

Musical Journey for Pipa and Band 


John Mackey 

Symphony No. 2 (U.S. premiere)

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Butler Opera Center: Downwind

Feb 19, 2026 - Feb 22, 2026

Music by Michael Robert Smith

Libretto by Demian Chavez Galvan


Madison Jackson, director | Douglas Kinney Frost, conductor


Sung in English with supertitles.


On July 16, 1945, New Mexicans awoke to Trinity, the world’s first nuclear test. Manhattan Project leaders did not inform residents, despite tens of thousands living nearby. In the years that followed, people in the surrounding areas began to report serious health issues. These individuals would be known as “Downwinders.” Downwind is the story of these people. 


This opera is a world premiere, written by students Michael Smith and Demian Galvan, who traveled to New Mexico to help bring this story to life. Smith writes, “While the family in our opera is fictional, the reality that they face is not.” 

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Jazz Orchestras

Friday, February 20, 2026 - 7:30 PM CST

Diego Rivera and Mike Sailors, directors 


Peter Bernstein, jazz guitar 

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The Great American Songbook, Classically Speaking

Monday, February 23, 2026 - 7:30 PM CST

Leah Crocetto, soprano 

Donnie Ray Albert, baritone 

Ebonee Thomas, flute 

James Maverick, piano 


 

Sister Rosetta Tharpe 

Up Above My Head, I Hear Music in the Air 

 

Give Me Jesus, traditional 

  

Selections by Ricky Ian Gordon 

 

Samuel Barber 

Nocturne 

 

Carlisle Floyd 

Ain’t it a Pretty Night? from Susannah 

 

Cole Porter 

So in Love from Kiss Me, Kate 

  

George Gershwin from Porgy and Bess 

I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ 

Bess, You Is My Woman Now 

My Man’s Gone Now 

  

Stephen Sondheim 

Selections from Sweeney Todd 

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Andrew Brownell & Patti Wolf, two piano

Sunday, March 1, 2026 - 3:00 PM CST

Gustav Holst 

Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity from The Planets 

 

Claude Debussy, arr. Ravel 

Trois Nocturnes 

 

Muzio Clementi 

Duet in B-flat Major Op. 12, No. 5 

 

Leonard Bernstein, arr. Brownell 

Three Dance Episodes from On the Town 

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Wind Ensemble

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 - 7:30 PM CST

Jerry F. Junkin, conductor

Emily Warren & T.j. Anderson, guest conductors 

Ebonee Thomas, flute 

Seraph Brass


Lindsay Bronnenkant 

Tarot 

 

Anthony DiLorenzo 

Chimera 


John Corigliano 

Pied Piper Fantasy 

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Seraph Brass

Thursday, March 12, 2026 - 7:30 PM CST

Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet 

Raquel Samayoa, trumpet 

Layan Atieh, horn 

Lauren Casey-Clyde, trombone 

Robyn Black, tuba 

 

In its 11th season, Seraph Brass was founded by trumpet soloist Mary Elizabeth Bowden with a mission to showcase the excellence of women brass players. Winners of the American Prize in Chamber Music, the group has been praised for its “beautiful sounds” (American Record Guide), “fine playing” (Gramophone), and “staggeringly high caliber of performance” (Textura). Seraph Brass performs a diverse body of repertoire, ranging from original transcriptions to newly commissioned works and core classics. Members of Seraph Brass are passionate about music education and hold teaching positions at the University of North Texas, Shenandoah Conservatory, Texas State University, and Texas Lutheran University. 

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Longhorn Jazz Festival

Saturday, April 4, 2026 - 8:00 PM CST

Melissa Aldana, tenor saxophone


Diego Rivera and Mike Sailors, directors 



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Wind Ensemble

Friday, April 10, 2026 - 7:30 PM CST

Jerry F. Junkin, conductor

Cody Ray, guest conductor 

James Dick, piano


Sergei Rachmaninoff, arr. Patterson

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganinini, Op. 43


Samuel Barber

Commando March

Symphony No. 1 in One Movement (arr. Patterson)

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