DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Review: A gloriously played Mahler Ninth Symphony from Spano, Fort Worth Symphony
"With music director Robert Spano conducting, the Bass Performance Hall stage was filled with the large complement of musicians called for in the score. And, start to finish, the orchestra played gloriously. From the gentlest intimacies, to great explosions of sound, to the final strands trailing off into silence, this was a superbly engineered and polished performance."
- Scott Cantrell
Photo credit: Karen Almond
EarRelevant
Robert Spano and Fort Worth Symphony deliver a masterful Mahler Ninth
"Maestro Spano is a workman-like conductor...like a gifted artisan, he has a solid concept of the entire piece and how every note fits into that, like tiny bits of stained glass that combine into a magnificent window."
- Gregory Sullivan Isaacs
Photo credit: Karen Almond
FORT WORTH REPORT
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra announces return of the Mercedes T. Bass Sounds of the Summer series in 2025
FWSO Summer concerts have become a hallmark of the Fort Worth summer experience, and the Sounds of the Summer Series expands on this seasonal staple, offering residents and visitors alike the opportunity to enjoy exceptional performances in beautiful indoor and outdoor settings.
Summer Series On Sale April 10
Dallas Morning News
Fort Worth Symphony plays Russian music, with dancers in Stravinsky’s ‘Rite of Spring’
"The Rite of Spring adds new layers of modernist dissonance and rhythmic asymmetry. Friday’s performance, at Bass Performance Hall, proved that, as Ezra Pound said of great literature, the Rite is news that stays news."
- Scott Cantrell
Photo credit: Karen Almond
EarRelevant
FWSO and glo merge movement and music in a bold pairing of Russian masters
"Spano delivered a vivid reading of this amazing score, with sudden explosions of sound contrasted with more vacant and lyrical passages. His tempo throughout kept a keen edge on the forward push through Stravinsky’s violent score.
It was a fascinating evening."
-Gregory Sullivan Isaacs
Photo Credit: Karen Almond
EarRelevant
Creative consonance: The evolving collaboration of Robert Spano and Lauri Stallings brings forth a new ‘Rite of Spring’
"In the anticipation that precedes an innovative performance, there’s an electric charge in the air, a silent promise of something extraordinary. This is the atmosphere surrounding the upcoming rendition of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring this weekend by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (FWSO), conducted by Robert Spano and choreographed by Lauri Stallings, featuring her intersectionality-centered movement platform, glo.
The creative relationship of Stallings and Spano, a blend of passion, innovation, and deep-seated mutual respect, is set to manifest in a way that will reframe your mind regarding the boundaries of ballet and orchestral music."
- Mark Gresham
Photo Credit: glo
FORT WORTH REPORT
Science fiction fans can hear their favorite film scores live at Fort Worth concert
"When preparing to conduct an orchestra through film scores, Di Russo said she studies the movie, its characters and what is happening during that moment in the music."
- Erin Ratigan
EarRelevant
Jake Heggie’s ‘Earth 2.0’ delivers a searing environmental plea and stirring call for climate action
On Friday evening, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, music director Robert Spano, and composer Jake Heggie brought the awesome communicative power of music to reiterate increasingly disastrous predictions about global warming.
Photo credit: Karen Almond
DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Review: Fort Worth Symphony Premieres New Jake Heggie Work
"...Heggie effectively exploited Murrah’s powerful countertenor voice and vivid delivery, with blazing high notes in soprano range."
- Scott Cantrell
Photo credit: Karen Almond
Dallas Morning News
Review: Guest conductor Jane Glover leads Fort Worth Symphony in Mozart, Ravel, Britten
"The Ravel ‘Tombeau de Couperin’ and Mozart ‘Paris’ Symphony were highlights."
- Scott Cantrell
Photo credit: Karen Almond
FORT WORTH REPORT
Latin American music takes center stage at bilingual Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra concert
Michelle Di Russo, who co-created the nonprofit Girls Who Conduct during the pandemic, wants to help welcome more people of all backgrounds into the world of classical music.
The orchestra’s upcoming concert, produced in partnership with Artes de la Rosa, aims to do just that.
EarRelevant
From elegance to wild drama: Fort Worth Symphony thrills under Spano, Steele shines in Schumann
"The level of playing in this orchestra continues to astound by its remarkable growth during my tenure in the Metroplex. The program was a challenging one, but they exceeded any expectations all evening."
- Gregory Sullivan Isaacs
Photo Credit: Karen Almond
Dallas Morning News
Review: Another superb concert from the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
"If critics had the power people imagine, readers of this review would be battling for tickets for a repeat of Friday’s Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra concert. At Bass Performance Hall, start to finish, the concert was a display of high standards both technical and interpretive."
- Scott Cantrell
Photo Credit: Karen Almond
WRR101 Focus on the Arts
FW Symphony’s Principal Cello brings a Schumann favorite to Bass Hall
In this feature with WRR’s Amy Bishop, Allan talks about his favorite part of Schumann’s Cello Concerto, and the enduring popularity of the other piece in this weekend's program, Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.
DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Review: Up and down an Alp, brilliantly, with the Fort Worth Symphony
"If you’re a Dallas lover of orchestral music and haven’t heard the Fort Worth Symphony anytime recently, may I recommend a westbound trip? You’ll almost certainly be amazed at the high current standards of the Fort Worth orchestra."
- Scott Cantrell
Culturemap Fort Worth
A Strad-tastic night!
"The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra has a lovely tradition of opening each new season with an exhilarating concert followed by an elegant dinner that brings together the orchestra musicians and passionate patrons who keep the music playing.
Opening Night of the 2024/2025 Season recognized another vital part of FWSO's composition for success: the instruments played onstage. Specifically, one very special instrument on loan from a Fort Worth family."
- Stephanie Allmon Merry
Photo credit: Jill Johnson
Onstage NTX
Berlioz / Sibelius / Tchaikovsky @ Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
"Conductor Spano and the orchestra provide the perfectly balanced canvas on which Ehnes paints his reading of the work."
- Wayne Lee Gay
Photo credit: Randal Vanderveer
Dallas Morning News
Review: A super season opener from Robert Spano and the Fort Worth Symphony
"Led by Robert Spano, starting his third season as music director, every section of the orchestra played with pizzazz where called for, well-bred finesse everywhere."
- Scott Cantrell
Photo Credit: Randal Vanderveer
95.9 The Ranch
Pat Green Talks Nerves, Family, and His New Project with the FWSO
"I've done the things that any musician would want to do but Bass Hall, here in my hometown...is at the top of my list." - Pat Green
FWSO Press Release
Jane Glover Appointed Principal Guest Conductor
The FWSO is excited to announce the appointment of British conductor Dame Jane Glover as our next Principal Guest Conductor beginning August 1, 2025.
Following her debut with the FWSO in 2023, the Dallas Morning News praised Dame Jane, “Hearing Glover’s spirited and elegantly nuanced Mozart 40th, it was clear she has this music in her blood and sinews. And the orchestra gave her every detail she’d obviously prepared and expressively conducted.”
360 WEST
Leading With a Vision
"Every move made to expand the symphony's reach has been purposeful, a consistent theme throughout Cerny's tenure." -Tori Couch
FORT WORTH REPORT
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, I.M. Terrell students share music, stage
For senior and double bass player Ava Hoyt, it was exciting to work with a larger ensemble — including a four-person bass section.
“I’ve been watching the symphony and all their work since I was a little girl,” she said. “So it’s really nice to be able to work with people that you’ve been looking up to and almost see as celebrities.”
FORT WORTH REPORT
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra aims to connect with Latino audiences. Here’s how.
The number of Hispanic and Latino orchestra members across the country is low, but growing.
Over the summer, the League of American Orchestras released a study of 156 orchestras that showed growth in the number of Hispanic and Latino musicians: 4.8% today, up from 2.5% during the 2013-14 season.
The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra is just one group working to address diversity both within its ranks and in its audiences.
Press Conference Video
If you were unable to attend our in person event or view our live stream, you can watch the full announcement below.
March 10, 2025
January 22, 2025
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Announces 2025-2026 Season
April 29, 2024
April 9, 2024
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Receives a Transformative Gift from Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass
April 2, 2024
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Announces The Mercedes T. Bass Sounds of the Summer Series 2024
February 26, 2024
Dame Jane Glover Appointed Principal Guest Conductor of FWSO
January 11, 2024
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Announces 2024-2025 Season
January 12, 2023
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Announces 2023–2024 Season
and Contract Extension for Robert Spano
January 12, 2022
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Announces 2022–2023 Season
Robert Spano’s Inaugural Season as Music Director
February 9, 2021
Robert Spano Appointed Music Director Designate
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