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For Release: September 8, 2025–Kerrville’s Symphony of the Hills, a 70-member professional orchestra that draws membership from Kerrville to San Antonio and throughout the Hill Country, has teamed up with Trinity University in San Antonio to offer a benefit concert in San Antonio on Thursday, October 16, at 7:30pm, in Laurie Auditorium, 1 Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX.
The concert is titled “A Time To Remember: Tribute Concert for Kerrville.”
“Shortly after the July 4 catastrophic flooding and loss of life and property along the Guadalupe River, musicians from the Symphony of the Hills volunteered their services to perform a concert in San Antonio that would represent the Hill Country arts community’s care and sympathy towards flood victims,” said Dr. Eugene Dowdy, Conductor & Artistic Director. “Musicians expressed grief, shock, anguish, and charity in response to the historic damage and loss of life. Orchestra members suggested that the symphony perform in San Antonio as a sign of outreach and community partnership in responding to the great need present in our area. The Trinity University Department of Music and Laurie Auditorium quickly stepped up to co-sponsor this event, providing both musical support with the Trinity choirs appearing, as well as logistical support in providing a beautiful venue.
The music program is a modified version of the orchestra’s season-opening October 9 concert in Kerrville:
Gustav Mahler—Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A Major, 1st and 2nd movements
Amy Beach – “Gaelic” Symphony, 4th Mov’t
Mozart – Concerto for Clarinet in A, K. 622, 2nd and 3rd movements
-Vanguel Tangarov, clarinet
Arvo Pärt – Da pacem Domine for Choir and Orchestra
-Trinity University Choirs, Anna Osterman & Gary Seighman, conductors
“We pivoted on our opening work and decided to offer Gustav Mahler’s peace and soul-filled Adagietto from his Symphony number 5,” Dowdy said. “We’ll end with a piece for Choir and Orchestra, featuring the Trinity University Choirs under the direction of Anna Osterman and Gary Seighman.”
Seating will be General Admission, by donation. Further information is available at:
info@symphonyofthehills.org
symphonyofthehills.org
(830) 792-7469
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