The Longview Symphony Orchestra will be holding a pops concert including music from the Star Wars series on the evening of May 4th. Guest conductor will be East Texas luminary Fred Allen, formerly director of bands at Stephen F. Austin. The featured soloist will be trumpeter Paul Terrell, also an East Texas native.
For more information on the concert, visit the LSO website at www.longviewsymphony.org.
Since 1968, the Longview Symphony has provided live orchestral performances of classical music to audiences in Longview, TX. Starting as an amateur group with a few conservatory-trained musicians volunteering their time, today the orchestra is composed entirely of professional musicians from Longview, the greater East Texas area, Shreveport and the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Fourteen members are on staff at area universities and colleges, others are music educators in primary and secondary schools and many teach lessons privately.