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The Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and Corporate Presentations is a performance hall, which opened in September 2002 in Richardson, Texas. The center is named for local philanthropist , Charles W. Eisemann, in recognition of a $2,000,000 gift [ 1 ] from the Eisemann Foundation Fund of The Communities Foundation of Texas .
The Richardson Symphony Orchestra (RSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Richardson, Texas. The orchestra is resident at the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts . [ 1 ]
The orchestra was founded in 1983 as the Plano Chamber Orchestra; its name was changed to Symphony in 1998. [1] [2] In November 2021, the Symphony received its largest-ever donation of $410,000, which will be used for various improvements including upgrading ticketing systems, creating a new strings section, and underwriting the Symphony's 2022-23 40th anniversary season.
Upon completion, the hall was donated to the city, [3] and today is operated by the Houston First Corporation. [6] Designed by the Houston-based architectural firm Caudill Rowlett Scott, the hall, which occupies an entire city block, features a white Italian marble exterior with eight-story tall columns. The interior includes a basement and a ...
The tour wraps Dec. 30 with concerts in Oklahoma City and Toronto. Presales for TSO fan club members begin Sept. 5 at 10 a.m. local time, with additional presales starting Sept. 12 at 10 a.m ...
The orchestra is a member of the Regional Orchestra Players Association and is a per service orchestra. No music director was appointed during the Walter Herbert years (1955–72) until 1971, when longtime assistant conductor and chorus master Charles Rosekrans was named.
C3 Presents is a concert promotion, event production and artist management company based in Austin, Texas. [1] C3 also produces several multi-day festivals including Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin Texas, [2] Two Step Inn Music Festival in Georgetown Texas, [3] Voodoo Music + Arts Experience in New Orleans, [4] and Lollapalooza in Chicago along with its six international editions. [5]
The orchestra continued to expand over the next several decades, and its first 52-week contract was signed in 1971. In 1946, the present-day Houston Symphony Chorus was founded as the Houston Chorale, and the chorus has performed with the Houston Symphony since then. [1] Leopold Stokowski was music director from 1955 to 1961.