page_title: San Antonio Symphony
section_title: Artistic and organizational facts
hierarchical_section_title: San Antonio Symphony / Artistic and organizational facts
caption_attribution_description: English: some members of SA Symphony rehearsing right before their performance with Sarah Chang.
context_page_description: The San Antonio Symphony is a full-time professional symphony orchestra based in San Antonio, Texas. Its season runs from late September to early June. Sebastian Lang-Lessing is Music Director.
  The orchestra is a resident organization of the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in San Antonio.
context_section_description: The San Antonio Symphony presents a large and diverse selection of music on its concert schedule.  The 2018–2019 season includes 14 different classical subscription programs (each performed twice), six Pops programs (also performed twice each), four different programs in a Young People's Concerts series (each performed between four and eight times), a Family Concert, a concert featuring the musical soundtrack with the screening of a major motion picture, community outreach programs, and others.  Many orchestral concerts feature performances by guest artists.  The San Antonio Symphony also presents soloists in recital, open rehearsals, and an annual string-instrument master class by a visiting guest artist.
  The 2018–2019 artistic staff of the San Antonio Symphony consists of Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Assistant Conductor Noam Aviel, Mastersingers Conductor John Silantien, and 72 full-time musicians.  Christopher Wilkins holds the title of Music Director Emeritus.  The orchestra musicians collectively belong to the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians (ICSOM), and virtually all individually are members of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM).  The San Antonio Mastersingers is a chorus that performs frequently with the symphony. Its members participate on a volunteer basisy. Each year the San Antonio Symphony are joined by the Philharmonic Orchestra of YOSA, Youth Orchestras of San Antonio, for a side-by-side concert.
  The San Antonio Symphony's primary performance venue is the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in downtown San Antonio.  It became the Symphony's home in 2014.
  The Symphony Society of San Antonio manages operations of the San Antonio Symphony. As of January 2019, Kathleen Weir Vale is the board chair and Corey Cowart is the executive director.
  The organization is a member of the League of American Orchestras.
caption: Some members of the San Antonio Symphony warming up before their grand performance with Sarah Chang at The Majestic, March 2009.
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "", "Image Make": "SONY", "Image Model": "DSC-H3", "Image DateTime": "2007:06:15 10:16:56", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ExifOffset": "192", "Image PrintIM": "[80, 114, 105, 110, 116, 73, 77, 0, 48, 51, 48, 48, 0, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0]", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/10", "EXIF FNumber": "4", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "400", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2007:06:15 10:16:56", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2007:06:15 10:16:56", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "4", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "29/8", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "323/10", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "2592", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1944", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal"}