Events & Programs

2025-2026 Concert Season

The TCU School of Music has an exciting concert season planned for 2025-2026! Please join us for a wide variety of unforgettable ensemble performances, operas, and intimate recitals, featuring TCU students, faculty, and esteemed guest artists.

Tickets for the majority of ensemble concerts and special events are $15 each or free with a TCU ID. Tickets may be purchased through the online Box Office.

Visit https://calendar.tcu.edu/school_of_music and follow @TCUMusic on Facebook and Instagram for the latest event information.

Updated 8/2025

In the TCU School of Music, we host over 300 musical events each year from annual festivals to guest artist recitals. Visit the link below to see our upcoming events. You can also watch our events through our livestream option.

At TCU, we offer a range of music education opportunities for all ages. Instruction ranges from baby classes for infants and caregivers to beginning keyboard and Rhythm Kid™ classes for preschool and elementary students as well as private lessons for various age groups.

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The TCU Summer Music Institute provides an intensive, yet fun-filled educational experience through two-, three- and four-day camps and workshops. Middle school, high school, and college-age students participate in a variety of masterclasses, rehearsals, concerts, and recreational activities in a welcoming and supervised environment.

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December 8

5:30 PM: Muyan Xin, violin; Edward Newman, piano

December 4

7:00 PM: Daniela Katherine Herrera Garcia, cello; Huan Yang, piano

December 3

3:00 PM: 10th Annual Horns for the Holidays

December 3

8:30 PM: Catalina Arteaga, piano

November 20

8:30 PM: “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” A Senior Recital presented by Sofia Dahm, soprano; Ashley Chua, piano

November 18

8:30 PM: Julia Rose Arduino, soprano; Edward Newman, piano

November 17

8:30 PM: First Harvest – a recital featuring the voice studio of Dr. Eric Laine
in collaboration with Dr. Quanzhou Yan, piano

November 17

7:00 PM: Fall Cello Studio Recital presented by the Students of Dr. Juliette Herlin

November 17

7:00 PM: Ethan Ifert, bassoon; Syuzanna Kaszo, piano

November 16

5:00 PM: TCU Clarinet Studio Recital

November 16

8:30 PM: Pedro Reyes, saxophone; Cecilia Lo-Chien Kao, piano

November 15

9:30 AM: Apurva Mamidenna, tenor trombone; Elijah Ong, piano

November 15

3:00 PM: Blake Crosslin, trumpet; Martin Shahbazyan, piano

November 15

5:30 PM: Refugio Andrade, trumpet; Sara Steele, piano

November 15

8:30 PM: Matt Waller, tuba; Dr. Cecilia Lo-Chien Kao, piano

November 14

5:30 PM: Carlie Toliver, piano; Annika Jonson, second piano

November 14

8:30 PM: Aleksandra Czerniecka, piano

November 13

7:00 PM: Brian Clark, Tuba

November 13

7:00 PM: Brian Gao, piano

November 12

3:00 PM: Fall 2025 SCI 24 Hour Composition Competition

November 12

7:00 PM: Double Bass Studio Recital, Syuzanna Kazso, piano

November 11

8:30 PM: Thankful: Songs of Love, Joy & Family Recital presented by Myles Pinder’s Vocal Studio

November 10

8:30 PM: TCU Tuba/Euphonium Studio Recital

November 9

3:00 PM: Viola Studio Class Recital

November 9

4:30 PM: Courtney Parnitke, soprano; Elijah Ong, piano

November 9

5:00 PM: TCU Saxophone Studio Recital

November 7

5:30 PM: Liz Valentina Muñoz Morales, violin; Edward Newman, piano

November 7

7:00 PM: Ethan Peel, bassoon; Huan Yang, piano

November 5

8:30 PM: Fall 2025 TCU Student Composers’ Concert

November 2

12:00 PM: Roger Gonzalez, horn; Edward Newman, piano

November 2

2:00 PM: Derek Smilowski, flute; Elijah Ong, piano; José Barrientos, alto saxophone

November 2

3:00 PM: Nathan Pippin, saxophone; Dr. Cecilia Lo-Chien Kao, piano

November 2

4:00 PM: Abby Losos, flute; Dr. Cecilia Lo-Chien Kao, piano

November 2

5:00 PM: Maya Huffman, horn; Edward Newman, piano

November 2

6:30 PM: Angelene Ku, violin; Ye Eun Kwag, piano

October 30

7:00 PM: David McDaniel, Bass; Elijah Ong, collaborative piano

October 30

7:00 PM: Ashlyn Bailey, percussion

October 30

8:30 PM: Adam Mackay, percussion

October 29

7:00 PM: Marshall Turner, euphonium; Martin Shahbazyan, piano

October 28

7:00 PM: 1st & 2nd Year Student Showcase

October 24

5:30 PM: Annika Jonson, piano

October 24

7:00 AM: Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams A Collaborative Senior Recital
featuring Lydia Taylor, soprano; Dory McDonald, soprano, Cataline Arteaga, piano

October 24

8:30 PM: Maya Kamal, saxophone; Dr. Cecilia Lo-Chien Kao, piano

October 19

7:00 PM: Viola Friends Concert

October 17

7:00 PM: The Studio of Dr. James D. Rodriguez; Elijah Ong and Dr. QuanZhou Yan, pianists
presents “A Halloween Recital”

October 15

8:30 PM: Daniel Compton, viola; Svetlana Eminova, piano

October 8

7:00 PM: Phoebe Haun, viola

September 21

4:30 PM: The National Association of Composers, USA Concert I

7:00 PM: The National Association of Composers, USA Concert II

August 28

7:00 PM: New Faces in Concert

Continue scrolling to see Ensemble, Faculty Recital, and Special Events

* For programs from previous semesters, please email music@tcu.edu.

December 3

7:00 PM: TCU Symphonic Band presents “Yuletide Tunes”

December 2

7:00 PM: Gloria! -TCU School of Music’s Fourth Annual Christmas Festival

December 1

7:00 PM: Gloria! -TCU School of Music’s Fourth Annual Christmas Festival

November 20

7:00 PM: TCU Wind Symphony presents “Harmonic Landscapes”

November 19

7:00 PM: Chamber Music Recital

November 19

7:00 PM: University Singers presents “Beautiful Wild Forces”

November 18

5:30 PM: 2025 Fall Mariachi Concert

November 18

7:00 PM: TCU Symphony Orchestra

November 17

7:00 PM: TCU Purple, White, & Blues and I M Terrell HS Gold ‘n Blues present “Invitation, a fall concert”

November 16

6:00 PM: Chamber Music Recital

November 16

7:00 PM: A Service of Love

November 15

7:00 PM: A Service of Love

November 14

7:00 PM: A Service of Love

November 10

7:00 PM: TCU String Orchestra

November 9

7:00 PM: TCU Percussion Orchestra 2025 PASIC Tour Send Off

November 7

7:00 PM: Collegium Musicum Mikhail Galaganov and Stuart Cheney, directors

November 3

5:30 PM: Vocal Arts Division Concerto Competition Prelims 2025

November 3

7:00 PM: TCU Jazz Ensembles

November 2

2:00 PM: TCU Opera & TCU Opera Student Society present L’Enfant Et Les Sortilèges & The Medium

November 1

7:00 PM: TCU Opera & TCU Opera Student Society present L’Enfant Et Les Sortilèges & The Medium

October 27

8:30 PM:TCU Horn Ensemble and Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble Program

October 26

3:00 PM: The TCU Harp Ensemble presents The 3rd Annual “Harp-o-Ween”

October 26

7:00 PM: TCU Percussion Orchestra 2025 PASIC Tour

October 25

7:00 PM: The TCU Concert Chorale presents Many Waters

October 22

7:00 PM: Vox Resonare presents “The Song that I Came to Sing”
University Singers presents “Always Singing”

October 20

7:00 PM: The 2025 TCU Choral Invitational

October 15

7:00 PM: TCU Jazz Ensembles

October 14

7:00 PM: Frog Corps & Friends Fall Concert

October 6

7:00 PM: Elegy for Ivan: TCU Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony Program

* For programs from previous semesters, please email music@tcu.edu.

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Main Office/Oficina Principal
Ed Landreth Hall 120
2800 South University Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76129

Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU
TCU Music Center
2900 West Lowden Street
Fort Worth, TX 76129

Ed Landreth Auditorium
Ed Landreth Hall
2800 South University Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76129

PepsiCo Recital Hall
Walsh Center for Performing Arts
2800 South University Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76129

Secrest-Wible (Opera Studio)
3015 Merida Ave
Fort Worth, TX 76129

Robert Carr Chapel
2855 South University Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76129

Tickets for the majority of ensemble concerts and special events are $10 each or free with a TCU ID. Tickets may be purchased through the online Box Office.

The TCU School of Music welcomes you to the 2024-2025 performance season for unforgettable concerts, recitals, masterclasses and more, presented by TCU students, faculty, and esteemed guest artists.

Visit https://calendar.tcu.edu/school_of_music and follow @TCUMusic on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for the latest events information.

Updated 7/3/2024

Tiquetes para la mayoría de los conciertos de ensambles y eventos especiales tienen un costo de $10 cada uno o gratis con una identificación de TCU. Tiquetes pueden ser adquiridos a través de the online Box Office.

La Escuela de Música de la TCU le da la bienvenida a la temporada de actuaciones 2024-2025 para conciertos inolvidables, recitales, clases magistrales y más, presentados por estudiantes de la TCU, profesores y estimados artistas invitados.

Visita https://calendar.tcu.edu/school_of_music y sigue @TCUMusic en Facebook, Twitter, e Instagram para información acerca de nuestros últimos eventos.

Actualizado 7/3/24

Yes! Please scan the QR code on the venue door to reserve a ticket via our online Box Office.

Sí. Escanee el código QR en la puerta del auditorio para reservar un tquete a través de nuestra taquilla en línea.

No. We do not require formal dress.

No. No requerimos ropa formal.

Parking lots available for School of Music events are indicated on the maps below. Generally, parking is free and does not require a permit, after 5 PM on weekdays and all-day on non-football game weekends.

Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU
The most convenient parking lots for the VCCH are EC-11 and EC-11RB. If EC-11 and EC-11RB are full, it is recommended that you drop off your passengers at the MSC entrance and park your vehicle in EC-15. View Map

PepsiCo Recital Hall and Ed Landreth Auditorium
Free parking for PRH and ELA is available, after 5 PM and all-day on non-football weekends in the University Christian Church parking lots and the University Baptist Church parking lots. View Map

You can view an interactive campus map here.

Los estacionamientos disponibles para los eventos de la Escuela de Música se indican en los mapas a continuación. Por lo general, el estacionamiento es gratuito y no requiere un permiso, después de las 5 PM de lunes a viernes y todo el día los fines de semana sin partidos de fútbol.

Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU
Los estacionamientos más convenientes para el VCCH son EC-11 y EC-11RB. Si el EC-11 y EC-11RB está lleno, se recomienda que deje a sus pasajeros en la entrada del MSC y estacione su vehículo en el EC-15. Ver mapa

PepsiCo Recital Hall y Ed Landreth Auditorium
El estacionamiento gratuito para PRH y ELA está disponible, después de las 5 PM y durante todo el día los fines de semana que no son de fútbol en los estacionamientos de la Iglesia Cristiana de la Universidad y los estacionamientos de la Iglesia Bautista de la Universidad. Ver mapa

Puede ver un mapa interactivo del campus aquí.

 

Digital programs are available by scanning the QR code on the venue door. A minimal number of print copies are available upon request. Please talk to Front of House staff to request a print copy of the program. You can access digital programs for the entire semester on our Concert Programs page.

Los programas digitales están disponibles escaneando el código QR en la puerta del auditorio Un número mínimo de copias impresas están disponibles a pedido. Hable con el personal de Front of House para solicitar una copia impresa del programa. Puede acceder a programas digitales durante todo el semestre en nuestra página Programas de conciertos.

Please fill out the Musician for Hire form.

Complete el formulario de contrato de Músico.

Other questions?
¿Otras preguntas?

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The TCU School of Music is committed to the creation of new works by not only TCU composers but other composers throughout the world. In recent years, the School of Music has commissioned and/or premiered the following new musical compositions.

Alexeychouk, Irana

  • From Shining Emptiness

Allen Jr., James P.

  • Fanfare , Dance and Chorale

Alzuyet, Claudio

  • Concerto for Bandoneon and Orchestra

Atehortua, Blas

  • Cantata for Orchestra, Wind Symphony, Choir, Soloists and Orchestra
  • Piano Concerto No. 3

Aspaas, Christopher

  • Sing On! Dance On!
  • De Profundis

Bach, Jan

  • Clef Hanger

Barfield, Anthony

  • Dreamcatcher

Beckel, Richard

  • Trombone Concerto

Bell, Micah

  • Hub-Songs
  • Midnight

Binelli, Daniel

  • Buenos Aires al Borde, for Bandoneon, Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
  • Preludio Y Candombe

Blaha, Joseph

  • Essay On Scottish Waters

Blessinger, Martin

  • Image for Percussion Orchestra
  • Paul Bunyan Suite
  • Recursion
  • Tapas Duo
  • Celebrations
  • Rhapsody for Flute and Orchestra
  • Ave Maria
  • Dark Energy
  • Diversions and Escapes
  • Fantasy On Ye Shanghai
  • Legend Suite
  • Shattered Dreamscapes
  • Waltz

Broege, Timothy

  • Enumeration of the Actual

Cangelosi, Casey

  • Occhio

Chave, George

  • Surfaces

Cheung, Pius

  • Nocturne for Percussion Ensemble

Daughtrey, Nathanl

  • Firefly

Day, Kevin

  • Pyrotechnics: Concerto for Trumpet

Dooley, Michael

  • Two Pennsylvania Scenes

Dychko, Lesya

  • From “Alcazar … Campane de Aragon”
  • Pastels

Eldridge, Andrew

  • Heart of Darkness

Ewazen, Eric

  • Symphony for Percussion
  • Trio Con Brio

Ferrandino, Blaise

  • Augenmusik
  • Berceuse
  • A Christmas Wish
  • Crucible
  • December Carol
  • Duet for Bassoon and Double Bass
  • Duet for French Horn and Trombone
  • Fanfare for Trombone Octet
  • Fantasy on “…to turn again”
  • Memoir
  • A Moment Suspended
  • More than a Time
  • Octet for Horns
  • The Old Astronomer
  • Petite Suite for Violoncello
  • Pomes
  • Prelude for Guitar
  • Prologues
  • Quintet for Violin, Oboe, Horn, Trombone, and Piano
  • Retrieving the Spirit
  • Sonata for Pianoforte and Violoncello
  • Sonata for Voice
  • Song of the Guerillas
  • Stars
  • Symphony for Violoncelli
  • Symphony for Wind Ensemble
  • Tian ya ge nu
  • …to turn again
  • Trio 2015
  • Variations on an Old Friend
  • A Cradle Song

Gabel, Gerald

  • Pasadoble
  • Three Pieces for Piano

Garwell, Robert

  • Anxieties of the Heart
  • Ballade for piano
  • Broken Solitude
  • A ‘Fair to Remember
  • Fantasy Burlesque for two trumpets
  • Fellini Remembered
  • Fleeting Memories for trumpet and piano
  • Inaugural Fanfare for Brass and Percussion
  • Mozambique
  • Points of Light
  • Purple Mosaic
  • Reflections on War for tenor and piano
  • River Boat Sketches
  • Spirited Horizons
  • Uncertain Waltzes for two pianos
  • 2nd Schooner to Papagayo

George, Ryan

  • Consider the Birds

Gilbert, Ryan

  • Sibling Rivalry

Gonzalez, Luis Jorge

  • Tangos de una Pasion

Hall, Dave

  • Death by Black Hole
  • Doors
  • Escape Velocity

Harder, Lane

  • Kylwyria

Havrylets, Hanna

  • Canticum for String Orchestra
  • Expressions for String Quartet

Helble, Raymond

  • Prelude and Rondo alla marcia
  • La Danza Delle Streghe

Klophaus, Dennis C.

  • Lasst uns erfreuen Flourish for Trumpets
  • Stygian Fanfare

Lavenda, Richard

  • Rhapsody
  • Heat of the Moment

Leonova, Olena

  • Hidden Secrets of the Desert
  • Kanzone

Lopez, Jimmy

  • Fiesta

Lunyov, Svyatoslav

  • Eufonia for String Trio

Mackey, John

  • Turning

Marquez, Arturo

  • Conga de Fuego Nuevo

Maslanka, David

  • Testament

McIntyre, John

  • Eligio

Meyn, Till

  • Brilliant Blue
  • Celestial Mechanics
  • Force of Nature
  • Gypsy Dances (aka Wall of Babel The Lord to Me a Shepherd Is
  • Lunaris
  • Odyssey for Seven Composers
  • Open Road
  • Orion
  • Overture and Tango
  • Phoenix
  • Red/Blue
  • Revolutions
  • Roxy’s Aria from Puddn’head Wilson
  • Salut au monde
  • Saxophone Concerto no. 2: Icon
  • Scotia Songs
  • Tango Royale
  • Urban
  • Vita Brevis
  • With Pipes of Tin and Wood Make Known
  • ZZZZing
  • Auld Lang Syne
  • More Than Love

Moore, Matt

  • Critical Mass

Muchmore, Patrick

  • [Ar]4s117d1

Perez, Francisco

  • Volcan
  • Citadel of the Stars

Plog, Anthony

  • Concerto 2010 for Brass Quintet and Wind Ensemble

Pummill, Janet

  • All the Things You Are
  • Come and See
  • Falling in Love With Love
  • Gloria in Excelsis Deo
  • Go Out With Joy
  • Hear Our Prayer, O Lord
  • Look for the Silver Lining
  • Mansion Over the Hilltop
  • Rapture of the Year
  • Shout for Joy
  • Sweet Little Jesus Boy

Reed, Alfred

  • Russian Christmas Music

Remington, Jacob

  • Prelude to Paradise
  • Collide
  • Volcan de Fuego

Rice, Dwayne

  • I Ching

Richardson, Philip

  • Transmigration

Rodriguez, Arturo

  • Mosaico Mexicano

Sacco, Steven

  • Imagination Studies

Sampson, David

  • Changewater

Shcherbakov, Igor

  • Piano-Gesang

Stitzel, Rick

  • Dream On

Skoryk, Myroslav

  • Partita #5

Sokolovsky, Elena

  • Venice Suite

Souza, Ricardo

  • Flor do Deserto
  • Offerendas No. 3

Stankovych, Yevhen

  • The Fruit Garden in Bloom…and Apples Falling into the Water
  • Trio #3: Epilogue

Stephenson, James

  • Concerto Braziliano
  • Scenes from New England
  • Tempest
  • Red

Syler, James

  • Gearbox

Talmelli, Andrea

  • Trio Con Brio

Tsepkolenko, Karmella

  • Im Träumen … Und Hier Unten Auf Der Erde

Tyson, Blake

  • A Ceiling Full of Stars

Whaley, Marsha

  • Sonata

Williams, Patrick

  • The Sun Will Shine Today

Wilson, Curt

  • Concerto For Trumpet and Wind Ensemble
  • Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Symphony
  • Fantasy Fare for Brass and Timpani
  • Fantasy Variations
  • Fantasy Variations for Wind Ensemble
  • A Lite Touch for Jazz Ensemble
  • A New Homeland
  • A New Homeland for Wind Ensemble
  • Prologue and Caprice
  • Rainbows
  • Rainbows- An Elegy for Tuba Solo and Band
  • Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra

Yurina, Ludmila

  • Gemma for Flauto
  • Irrlicht
  • Klangillusion
  • Perseus-Beta-Algol

Zagortsev, Volodymyr

  • Three Memorials for piano
  • Trio

Zazhytko, Sergey

  • Funeral Dances
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  • Zbigniew Batjuk

Zyman, Samuel

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