Student Concerts - February 2025
The San Antonio Symphony League and Agarita announce a new collaboration to bring live classical music concerts to local students. These concerts are part of the Agarita Inspires! series and will support the League’s 51st Paint to Music contest. Schools will incur no cost to attend the concerts other than transportation for their students.
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Agarita nourishes the local community through artistic collaborations, education, community engagement, and free, adventurous programming. Founded by four musicians rooted in San Antonio, Agarita is devoted to reaching new audiences by reinventing the concert experience.
From San Antonio, Agarita provides world-class, innovative performances for San Antonio, in San Antonio, and with San Antonio. For these concerts, Agarita will be augmented with musicians from the New World Symphony so the ensemble will include 10 musicians.​​
The Concert
The concert theme is American Roots: Tracing the American Experience Through Music. It will include these pieces:
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Nonet in F minor, movement 1
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Florence Price, Adoration
- Steve Reich, Clapping Music
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Camile Saint Saens, Dance Macabre
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Arturo Marquez, Danza de Mediodía, Marquez
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Jessica Meyer, Getting Home
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Miguel del Aguila, “obsessed milonga” from Salon Buenos Aires
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John Williams, Air and Simple Gifts
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Dates and Locations
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​February 18, Edgewood Theater of Performing Arts​ 9:50 and 11:10 AM
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February 19, Madison High School theater
9:50 and 11:10 AM -
February 20, Southwest High School auditorium
9:50 and 11:30 AM -
February 21, Edgewood Theater of Performing Arts
9:50 and 11:10 AM
Concert Registration
Registration for each concert is free and on a first-come/first-served basis.
Registration for
public/private schools is here.
Registration for home schools is here.
Concert Resources
Agarita is providing a Teacher Guide and a Student Guide in English and Spanish:
Guidelines and forms for the 2025 Paint to Music contest are here.