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About Me

Flutist Judy Dines, a member of the Houston Symphony, is also a very active performer in Houston and beyond. Locally, she performs in the Greenbriar Consortium, and The Foundation for Modern Music, where she also sits on the board.Outside of Houston, Ms. Dines is a member of the Ritz Chamber Players, and Principal Flute of the Gateways Festival Orchestra. She has also participated in the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and has performed at several National Flute Association Conventions. In the orchestral world, Ms. Dines has performed selected weeks with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.Born in Washington, DC, Ms. Dines attended Temple University in Philadelphia, PA and the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, MD before coming to Houston. She joined the Houston Symphony in 1992.

November 2025

Welcome to November!November starts with the unofficial Flute Extravaganza Concert of the Year! This weekend's concert is conducted by our associate conductor Gonzalo Farias. He has chosen to open the concert with Debussy‘s Afternoon of a Faun and Ginastera’s Variaciones Concertantes, both of which have great flute solos in them. The Debussy quite famously begins with the flute, and features it throughout the piece. You'll hear our principal flute, Aralee Dorough play it beautifully. The Ginastera is like a concerto for orchestra - every instrument gets a variation, so you'll enjoy hearing “soloists” in every section getting a chance to shine. The second half begins with the delightful Enescu Romanian Rhapsody no. 1, continues with Gabriela Ortiz’s fun and colorful Antrópolis and ends with the incredible Symphonic Metamorphoses by Hindemith (another piece with a great flute solo!). In case you do not know, Aralee Dorough is retiring from the Houston Symphony in December, so this will be one of the last chances to hear her play. I suggest you go out of your way to hear this concert - she will be fabulous! November 8th, 7:30 p.m.; November 9th, 2:00 p.m. (with live stream).The orchestra will welcome the return of the music director during the week of November. Maestro Valčuha brings with him famed violinist Baiba Skride. She will be playing the Britten Violin Concerto. The second half will feature Shostakovich 10, which is one of his best and most intense symphonies. Friday, November 21st, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, November 22nd, 7:30 p.m. with live stream; Sunday, November 23rd, 2:00 p.m.The music director returns the week of Thanksgiving and will bring with him Behzod Abduraimov playing Tchaikovsky's famous Piano Concerto no. 1. He's a fabulous pianist and I hope you will be able to come hear him play. The first half starts with a commission from Slovak composer L’ubica Čekovská . The second half has the epic tone poem Ein Heldenleben, or A Hero’s Journey by Richard Strauss. If you don’t know it, it’s quite the ride! Friday, November 28th, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 29th, 7:30 p.m. with live stream and Sunday 2:00 p.m. November 30th.That's it for November. See you in December!tickets

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