Join us for our 32nd season
New works, New projects, and New experiences!
From exciting new initiatives like Feature Focus to showcasing the exceptional new voices from our 30x30x30 Project, and a landmark celebration of our nation’s 250th anniversary, this season offers a rich experience for every music lover, breaking boundaries and sparking meaningful musical conversations.
All Concerts are FREE and OPEN to the Public
We believe that live music should be accessible to everyone. Your support helps us keep our concerts open to all. Consider contributing what you can to help make that possible.
SHOWCASE III
October 18 - 19, 2025 | 1:00 PM
Ruth Taylor Recital Hall | Trinity University
SOLI Chamber Ensemble opens its 32nd season with the third and final installment of its visionary 30x30x30 Project. Showcase features seven of the 30 remarkable chamber works selected through the 30x30x30 initiative, and offers an inside look at the creative process behind each piece. From open rehearsals to recording sessions and culminating performances, audiences are invited to experience the music as it comes to life. Throughout the weekend, guest composers will be present for interactive sessions, in-depth conversations, and casual gatherings, creating a rare opportunity to engage directly with the artists behind the music.
Weekend Schedule
1:00 - 3:30 PM | Showcase Sessions – Interactive discussions and deep dives into each work with SOLI and guest artists and composers
4:00 PM | Concert + Composer Q&A
5:00 PM | Reception
Guest Artists
Camerata San Antonio – Laura Scalzo, violin, Emily Freudigman, viola, Kenneth Freudigman, cello | Rachel Woolf, flute | Morgan Manifacier, tenor | Corinne Penner, piano
You can watch interviews with the composers HERE
These events are FREE and open to the public
We believe that live music should be accessible to everyone. Your support helps us keep our concerts open to all. Consider contributing what you can to help make that possible.
Feature Focus
with Edna Longoria
November 11, 2025 | 7:30 PM
Ruth Taylor Recital Hall | Trinity University
SOLI Chamber Ensemble is proud to introduce Feature Focus, a bold new multi-year initiative celebrating creativity, collaboration, and community.
The inaugural residency spotlights Texas native and San Antonio–based composer Edna Alejandra Longoria, a rising force in contemporary classical music whose work blends Latin American traditions with bold modern expression. This season, SOLI welcomes Longoria for a ten-day residency filled with masterclasses, workshops, and world premiere performances.
Longoria's residency culminates in Suite Connections, a co-curated concert centered on the premiere of Longoria’s Serenata al más allá, a SOLI commission inspired by Día de los Muertos. The work offers a moving homage to memory, reverence, and ancestral connection.
Featuring works by Edna Alejandra Longoria | Gabriela Ortiz | Adriana Verdié | and Arturo Márquez
Guest Artists
Brad Beckman, piano | Camerata San Antonio: Matthew Zerweck, violin, Emily Freudigman, viola.
This concert is FREE and Open to the public
open mic NIGHT IX
November 16, 2025 | 3 PM
Malú and Carlos Alvarez Theater | TPR
SOLI’s ninth annual Contemporary Music Open Mic Night, in partnership with Texas Public Radio highlights San Antonio’s closet crooners and avid weekend-warrior performers presenting their favorite classical works written after 1970.
For more information about this fun event please visit our website or click the button below.
This event is FREE and open to the public
Feature Focus
with Kelley O'Connor
January 20, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Ruth Taylor Recital Hall | Trinity University
World-renowned and Grammy® Award-winning mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor joins SOLI Chamber Ensemble for an inspiring ten-day residency filled with performances, recordings, and community engagement.
From January 12–22, O’Connor will lead inspiring vocal workshops, engaging masterclasses, and lively Q&A sessions for students across all area colleges, including Trinity University, Alamo Colleges, UT San Antonio, University of the Incarnate Word, Texas State University, and UT Austin, as well as students from local middle and high schools.
The culminating program, Songs for the Heart will showcase powerful new commissions alongside landmark repertoire, offering San Antonio audiences a chance to hear two world premieres, a new realization of a major work, and a contemporary reimagining of a timeless story.
Featuring works by Nicolás Lell Benavides | Anne Guzzo | Michael Ippolito | and Peter Lieberson
This concert is FREE and open to the public.
Echoes of Home
with Jaquelyn Matava
May 5, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Ruth Taylor Recital Hall | Trinity University
SOLI Chamber Ensemble is deeply honored to represent Texas’s 20th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives as part of the America 250 initiative.
Echoes of Home is both a tribute and a musical reflection on the diverse voices that shape the American story. This program honors the journeys of composers from across the globe who have come to call the United States home. By showcasing composers and performers who live and create in our own district, as well as those who embody the broader American mosaic, Echoes of Home presents a vibrant “musical collage of America.”
Winner of The American Prize for Women in Art Song (2023), American mezzo-soprano Jacquelyn Matava commands the stage with a voice that seamlessly traverses opera, oratorio, and art song genres. Ms. Matava will join SOLI for this concert celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, while also lifting up the diverse voices that continue to redefine and enrich what it means to be American.
Featuring works by Ethan Wickman | Reena Esmail | David Fick | Juri Seo | Roy Harris | Shulamit Ran | Robert Xavier Rodríguez | Pierre Jalbert | Aaron Copland | Jessie Montgomery | and John Williams
This concert is FREE and open to the public.