Opening Night: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2SEPTEMBER 19, 2015, 7:30 PM Michael Butterman, conductor

KABALEVSKY The Comedians SuiteSHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 Gabriela Montero, pianoExperience this all-Russian spectacular, featuring international piano star Gabriela Montero performing the best loved piano concerto on the planet!

Cirque de la Symphonie:Halloween ExtravaganzaOCTOBER 31, 2015, 7:30 PM Spooky musical fun for all ages!

SSO Rising Stars: Mendelssohn Violin ConcertoNOVEMBER 21, 2015, 7:30 PM Michael Butterman, conductor

HAYDN Sinfonia concertante for oboe, bassoon, violin and cello MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto Yu-Chien Tseng, violinBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8Welcome Singapore International Violin Competition winner Yu-Chien “Benny” Tseng to the stage for the sublime violin concerto by Mendelssohn. The concert opens with a work featuring SSO musicians and closes with Beethoven’s sunny Symphony No. 8.

Holiday Pops: Stars on Stage with Doug LaBrecqueDECEMBER 19, 2015, 7:30 PM at RiverView Theater DECEMBER 20, 2015, 6 PM at Cypress Baptist Church, Benton Fresh from the stages of Broadway (where he starred in The Phantom of the Opera and Showboat), Carnegie Hall, and some of the world’s finest symphony orchestras, Doug LaBreque joins the SSO for an evening of holiday favorites.

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Wideman Piano Competition 65th Anniversary CelebrationJANUARY 23, 2016, 7:30 PM Michael Butterman, conductor

SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 2 Stanislav Khristenko, pianoGRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor Tomer Gewirtzman, pianoPOLING Symphony No. 1 (“Shreveport Symphony”) WORLD PREMIEREFor 65 years, the Wideman Competition has brought an incredibly talented group of pianists to Shreveport to compete, and many winners have gone on to great careers. Hear not one but two of these winners as part of the celebration, featuring the Grieg Piano Concerto and the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2. The evening will also include the premiere of a new work by Kermit Poling, commissioned in honor of SSO’s Honorary Board Chair, Virginia Shehee.

The Broadway TenorsFEBRUARY 27, 2016, 7:30 PM Three of musical theater’s best leading men transport you from the Golden Age and back again in a thrilling and moving evening of Broadway’s most beloved hits from South Pacific, West Side Story, Les Misérables, Jersey Boys and more.

Northern LightsMARCH 19, 2016, 7:30 PM Michael Butterman, conductor

SIBELIUS Karelia SuiteLAURIDSEN Lux aeterna Centenary College and NSU ChoirsSIBELIUS Symphony No. 5Join the Centenary College and Northwestern State University Choirs for the ethereal and uplifting Lux aeterna by Morten Lauridsen. Paired with the incomparable symphonic style of Finnish master, Jean Sibelius, this promises to be a luminous evening!

Pines of Rome Orchestra SpectacularAPRIL 30, 2016, 7:30 PM Michael Butterman, conductor

LIAS Gates of the ArcticDEBUSSY La Mer HEITZEG Ghosts of the GrasslandsRESPIGHI Pines of RomeClose the season with the original “surround sound” experience, Pines of Rome, and other nature-inspired orchestral showpieces!

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