
Best Of - Season 1
On today's episode, we're looking back at some of our favorite moments from season 1. Find us on social media @dallassymphony, and be sure to follow Music Makers wherever you’re listening so you never miss an episode.

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Hosted by Dallas Symphony Orchestra · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 13 episodes
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Music Makers is your ultimate backstage pass to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Join host Chelsey Norris each week to hear directly from a DSO Music Maker and discover what makes them tick… Or pluck. Or bow. You get it. These are the stories that don’t make it into the concert programs or social media feeds. This is your chance to meet the real people who make the music happen on stage and off.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra hosts Music Makers, a arts show with 13 episodes published.

On today's episode, we're looking back at some of our favorite moments from season 1. Find us on social media @dallassymphony, and be sure to follow Music Makers wherever you’re listening so you never miss an episode.

Each performance at the Dallas Symphony begins long before the musicians play a single note on stage. There’s an entire world of preparation that happens behind the scenes, and today, we’re pulling back the curtain on on

Today’s Music Maker is Anthony Blake Clark, director and conductor of the Dallas Symphony Chorus, the all-volunteer official vocal ensemble of the DSO, just in time for our performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8. If you

This week’s music maker is DSO Principal Viola Meredith Kufchak. Have you ever wondered why the viola gets so much hate? As Meredith explains, there’s actually good reason — and it goes all the way back to the instrument

Meet DSO violinist Jenna Barghouti! Jenna grew up in Ramallah, in Palestine’s West Bank, where she began music lessons at just six years old. At the time, she was one of only six students at her conservatory, and for muc

Today’s Music Maker is DSO violinist Daphne Volle. Daphne has been part of the orchestra since 1996 and has witnessed decades of change—from a new generation of musicians joining the ensemble to the DSO's expanded presen

This week’s music maker is DSO’s Composer-in-Residence Sophia Jani, who spoke with us over Zoom from her homebase in Munich ahead of the world premiere of her new Violin Concerto. If you’re listening on February 12, toni

This week’s music maker is DSO Principal Horn Daniel Hawkins! Originally from Chandler, Texas, about an hour-and-a-half southeast of Dallas, Daniel is no stranger to the Texas heat or our famous barbeque. And like many T

In today’s episode, you’ll meet the DSO’s Assistant Conductor, Shira Samuels-Shragg, who, at the time of recording this interview, had just finished her first season with us. A big part of Shira’s job is acting as a cove

Pour yourself some eggnog and cozy up for this episode of Music Makers because we’re introducing you to the maestro who has led the DSO's holiday concerts for nearly two decades, Lawrence Loh. In this very special, very

In today’s episode, you’ll meet the DSO’s Principal Second Violinist, Angela Fuller Heyde (Barbara K. & Seymour R. Thum Chair)-- “Angie,” to her friends and colleagues. Angie and Chelsey cover a lot of ground, from the y

When you know, you know! From the moment she first heard about the harp at just four years old, Emily Levin decided she simply had to play it — and she didn’t stop asking until her parents finally found a teacher nearby.

What if we told you that legendary composer John Cage paid for the birth of one of our musicians? You're intrigued, aren't you? Well, Principal Bassoon Ted Soluri drops this unforgettable fun fact in the very first episo
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