Art
Turtle Creek Chorale-Sammons Center for the Arts
3630 Harry Hines Boulevard Dallas, Texas
Founded in 1980, the 225 member Turtle Creek Chorale is one of the world’s premier men’s choruses and the world’s most recorded men’s chorus. They perform an annual full concert series at its performance home, the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. They have presented concerts in North America and Europe.
- Phone: 214.526.3214
The Dallas Wind Symphony
Founded in 1985, the Dallas Wind Symphony is “comprised of 50 woodwind, brass and percussion members who play an eclectic blend of musical styles ranging from Bach to Bernstein and Sousa to Strauss.” The group performs at the Meyerson Symphony Center and at the historic Fair Park Bandshell.
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra
2301 Flora Street Dallas, Texas 75201
Under the direction of Jaap van Zweden, the award winning Dallas Symphony Orchestra is the largest performing arts organization in the southwest. It was founded in 1900 and has grown from 40 musicians to nearly 100 today. The DSO tours extensively, records CD’s and performs special community and education concerts at the Myerson Symphony Center.
Tickets range from $50 to $120 and can be purchased online or by phone.
- Phone: 214.871.4000
The Dallas Symphony Chorus
2301 Flora Street Dallas, Texas 75201
The Dallas Symphony Chorus is the official vocal ensemble of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Founded in 1977, the volunteer chorus consists of more than 200 voices-61 sopranos, 53 altos, 42 tenors, and 51 bass baritones. The chorus has graced the stage at New York’s Carnegie Hall nearly a dozen times.
The Dallas String Quartet
Ion Zanca 6601 Village Bend Drive Dallas, Texas 75206 P.O. Box 600377 Dallas, Texas 75360
Let the classical sounds of two violins, a viola, and a cello serenade your sweetheart. The Dallas String Quartet are Meadows School for the Arts graduates and also attended famous European schools. The Quartet plays an average of 75 weddings and private/corporate events every year.
- Phone: 214.288.2440
The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts
2106 Boll Street Dallas, Texas 75204
Opening in fall 2009, the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts’ four venues including the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, Annette Strauss Artist Square, City Performance Hall and Performance Park will feature a full spectrum of performing arts programs.
- Phone: 214.954.9925
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center
2301 Flora Street Dallas, Texas 75201
Opened in 1989, and named for one of Ross Perot’s business partners, the I.M. Pei-designed Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center is home to the world-class Dallas Symphony Orchestra and other Dallas-based cultural organizations like the Turtle Creek Chorale, the Dallas Wind Symphony, and the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra. The Center hosts benefit concerts, corporate meetings, religious services, band and choral festivals.
- Phone: 214.670.3600
Dallas Bach Society
P.O. Box 140201 Dallas, Texas 75214-0201
Founded in 1982, the Dallas Bach Society unites the region’s finest vocalists and instrumentalists in lively and informed performances of great instrumental, choral, vocal, operatic, chamber, and keyboard music from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The Society typically performs ten concerts per season.
- Phone: 214.320.8700
Arts and Letters Live at the DMA
1717 North Harwood Street Dallas, Texas 75201
“Arts & Letters Live” showcases regional, national and international writers, often in combination with performing or visual arts. “Hot Newcomers” was established to highlight the talents of creative writing students in the North Texas area.
Free
- Phone: 214.922.1200
