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A dedicated violinist and proud 11th grade student at Irving's Nimitz High School, Ariana was born into a musical family who enjoyed and
performed mariachi and inspired her own love of music. She wanted to master all the instruments: guitar, bass guitar, double bass, violin!
Today, with 6 years' experience in playing the violin, this young artist is honored as the winner of our 2025 Richard Giangiulio Concerto Competition, receiving a $1,000 prize funded in part by an endowment honoring Betty Miller, a founding member of this orchestra.
Her talent and dedication have earned her a seat in the All-Region Orchestras for three years and All-City orchestras for four. This year she also won first place in the Lone Star Youth Orchestra competition.
She explains that to her, orchestra is more than a school activity, it's
a way to express herself "beyond words." Music has shaped her identity, she says, and will always remain an important part of her life.
FOLKTALES AND FOLKTUNES
A concert for all audiences. Be transported to Eastern Cultures with Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre and Brahms' Hungarian Dances. Leading to the great orchestral masterwork: Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.
With narrator, Kathleen Dennehy-Taylor.
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Kathleen Dennehy-Taylor grew up in North Hertfordshire, England. She has performed commercial voiceover and voice work for on-hold and auto-attendant telephone messages, marketing and promotional spots, and legal tutorials. Kathleen is a parishioner of Holy Trinity Catholic church in Dallas where she is a lector and a member of the Schola Cantori. She is a supporter of the arts and is delighted for the opportunity to perform with the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Irving.
HOLIDAY CLASSICS WITH THE ARTS DISTRICT CHORALE
Celebrate the holidays with NPOI and our friends from the Arts District Chorale with holiday classics old and new.
Holiday classics with the Arts District Chorale - Blaire King, conductor.
SYMPHONIC MASTERWORKS
Our own Sheri Oestreich leads the way in a glorious evening culminating in Beethoven's indelible Symphony No. 5.
Masterworks for the Orchestra with principal flute, Sheri Oestreich.
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FROM COMMON MEN
Titans of their countries, Aaron Copeland and Rimsky Korsakov bookend Rachmaninov's indelible Concerto No. 2.
Masterworks for the piano with pianist, Thiago Nascimento.
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PIÈCES DES RÉSISTANCE
Close out the NPOI season playing some of the greatest in music: Beethoven, Mozart, Weber, Wagner, and more!
Season finale with students of Irving ISD orchestras.
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