Acadiana Symphony Orchestra and Conservatory of Music

02/05/2025

✨What's Interesting About This Concert✨
The program features 'Piano Trio in B-flat Major, op. 11', by L. van Beethoven. The main theme of the final movement of this piece is a tune from an opera by Joseph Weigl titled, 'L’Amor Marinaro'. The tune has a frivolous character, and its first line can be translated as: “Before I go to work, I must have something to eat!”.
🌹Join us at , for an exquisite afternoon of classical music, masterfully performed by piano virtuoso, and the A*O Chamber Ensemble.
👉Tickets: bit.ly/4aFFhdO
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02/04/2025

🙌Calling All Volunteers🙌
Help us give the gift of music to 2,500 enthusiastic 3rd graders on February 11th, at the Heymann Performing Arts Center! This is our third year collaborating with Lafayette Parish Public Schools, to provide students with an educational Symphony experience, as part their annual curricula, through the Arts Experiences for All program. All of the music and content is adapted for children, which makes it all the more fun!
👉Sign up: acadianasymphony.org/volunteer
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02/04/2025

We’re excited to follow Acadiana Center for the Arts' incredible educational performances, with two back-to-back Symphony concerts at the Heymann Performing Arts Center on Feb. 11th, for more than 2,500 LPSS students, as part of the program! This is our third year collaborating with LPSS, AcA, Performing Arts Serving Acadiana, and the Hilliard Art Museum, to provide Lafayette public school students with opportunities to experience and engage with the arts. A very special and heartfelt thank you to Louisiana Blue, for supporting our efforts through their community grant program.
✨ offers cultural field trips to see live performances and exhibits, visual arts & movement lessons, and in-school arts experiences for LPSS students, pre-K - 8th grade.

01/28/2025

🌹Join us for the third performance of the new Richard Goula Distinguished Piano Series, featuring Italian piano virtuoso, Antonio di Cristofano (), performing some of the greatest works ever written by Frédéric Chopin, Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt, and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
👉Tickets: bit.ly/4axE0FL
$20 | General Public
$10 | Faculty
FREE | Students (show ID at door)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette School of Music Chan Kiat Lim

01/22/2025

Due to ongoing weather-related complications at our building, A*O’s Conservatory will remain closed for the rest of this week. Please check in with your teacher to schedule make up lessons. Thanks to everyone for their patience and understanding. We’ll see you next t week!

01/22/2025

As temps soar back into the 60s this weekend, thaw out with us at the season premiere of - presenting a lovely afternoon of chamber music with clarinet virtuoso Dark Brlek, Sunday, at 2pm.
👉 Tickets: acadianasymphony.org/the-listening-room
🎧 Learn more: https://bit.ly/KRVS-TLR
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01/20/2025

In accordance with LPSS' school closures on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, A*O's Conservatory will also be closed, and all music lessons are canceled. Makeup lessons will be scheduled for a later date. Stay safe and warm out there, Acadiana! ❄️☔️🥶

01/19/2025

A*O’s Offices and Conservatory will be closed Monday, January 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. As we celebrate Mr. King’s profound and lasting legacy, here’s a quick and interesting read, highlighting a few of the most remarkable aspects of his life: s.si.edu/3U0LdaW
Have a happy and mindful !

01/16/2025

Exciting news in our world! 🙌🎻🪄

01/15/2025

💋 Don't miss your chance to be a part of one of Lafayette's hottest events of the season.
💎 Only 14 tables left! Diamond-level tables SOLD OUT.
💐 Sponsorship opportunities still available.
🥂 Theme: 'Paris & Prosecco' - a celebration of Parisian glamor, sophistication & style, complemented by the effervescent and aromatic allure of Italy's sparkling nectar.
💄 acadianasymphony.org/mad-hatters OR 337-769-3011
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01/14/2025

What a joy it is to know and work with Anya Burgess. Not only is she a gifted musician and luthier, as well as an ardent champion of our beloved city and musical culture - she’s also a devoted advocate for music education and cultivating homegrown musicians. Each year, Anya and Sola Violins provide tuition scholarships for select students in our Acadiana Symphony Youth Orchestra, for which her own sons also perform, helping us to ensure that cost is never a barrier for children who want to learn how to play a stringed instrument. Check out this great article about her, then pay a visit to Sola Violins. It's seriously one of the coolest places in Lafayette! 🫶🎻🎶

"What’s a luthier? What’s the difference between a fiddle and a violin?," and other questions for Anya Burgess.

01/13/2025

✨Season 3 of begins January 26!
🎶Join us for the first performance, with Slovenian Clarinet virtuoso, Darko Brlek, accompanied by the A*O Chamber Ensemble.
👉Tickets: acadianasymphony.org/the-listening-room
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01/10/2025

With less than 5 hours left until the concert, there’s still a handful of great seats available in orchestra rows G-P! Snag yours before someone else does!
🤘🎸Tickets: heymanncenter.com
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01/10/2025

When the lead singer (migayesa) and guest conductor (Brent Havens) land in town, we are ready to roll. See you tonight!
🤘🎸Tickets: heymanncenter.com
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01/08/2025

A*O Board President and storyteller-extraordinaire, Kohlie Frantzen () had a great interview with 's Cheryl Devall () yesterday, about our next concert, Windborne's The Music of Queen.
Check out their discussion for some playful insights about what to expect.
🎙 bit.ly/KRVS-Queen
Then, get your tickets before it's too late!
👉 heymanncenter.com
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