The concert offers families the opportunity to enjoy the orchestra in an outdoor setting while the hot air balloons glow in the background.
As previously announced in May, as part of the Plano Symphony Orchestra's 40th Anniversary Season and in partnership with the H-E-B | Central Market Plano Balloon Festival, the PSO will open this year's festival a day early with a special outdoor community concert on Thursday, September 22 at 7 PM. The concert offers families the opportunity to enjoy the orchestra in an outdoor setting while the hot air balloons glow in the background.
Tickets to the four-day festival are on sale now at https://www.planoballoonfest.org/p/tickets. A limited number of $150 VIP tickets will be available for the 40th Anniversary concert that ticket includes Thursday VIP parking, festival admission and prime seating for the 7 PM concert. A special wine and cheese reception will be hosted in the VIP tent at 6 PM prior to the 7 PM concert. General admission tickets, which provide access to the concert, are $10 per person, $5 for children age 12 and under and seniors age 65 and up.
The concert will include music for the entire family beginning with the "The Star Spangled Banner" and followed with pieces by Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Bernstein, and Ellington. Concertgoers will also hear selections from films like Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Magnificent Seven, Silverado, and favorites from James Bond films. The PSO's Maestro Héctor Guzmán will conduct the orchestra. The PSO's appearance at the 2022 Balloon Festival is made possible, in part, by the support of H-E-B/Central Market, Tammy and Charles Miller, and Dianne and Marion Brockette.
For more information on the Plano Balloon Festival, please visit www.planoballoonfest.org.
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