Built on the footprint of Palmer Auditorium in part with reclaimed materials from its predecessor, the Long Center opened in 2008. It serves as home to the Austin Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Austin, and Austin Opera. Between a marquee setting across the lake from Downtown and civic-minded integration with surrounding areas, the Long has proven transformational. The multi-tiered Dell Hall, the complex’s largest venue, seats 2,442. Even the upper balcony seats provide good sight lines. The hall’s acoustics eliminate dead zones by design and a series of movable banners and curtains enable the room to be custom-tuned for the music at hand.
The ASO invitees you to revel in our country's natural beauty with compositions written by American composers, conducted by Peter Bay, and featuring pianist John Novacek joining the Symphony for Gould’s Interplay and then Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. This evening of glory will conclude with the Grand Canyon Suite by Grofé. Fri.-Sat., May 20-21, 8pm. $19 and up.