Today's standards for business formal dress or business casual dress are both acceptable for concerts.  Jeans are acceptable but shorts and t-shirts are discouraged.

Tickets may be purchased in person, by mail, telephone or online.  See our “Contact Us” form at the bottom of the page for directions and our phone/ fax numbers.

The Victoria Symphony performs at the Victoria Fine Arts Center located at 1002 Sam Houston Drive, 77901 on the corner of Airline and Sam Houston.  For parking, enter the front lot on Sam Houston Drive.  Additional parking is located next to the stadium off Miori Drive.

We suggest you arrive 20 to 30 minutes before the concert is scheduled to begin, as Victoria Symphony concerts begin promptly at the announced starting time. Ticket holders who come late will not be seated in the hall until after the conclusion of the first work on the program.

You applaud to greet the Concertmaster, the violinist who sits in the first chair of the first row of the Orchestra, when he or she comes onstage. You applaud again a few moments later when the Conductor comes onstage. You do not applaud again until the end of each piece of music, and the audience does not applaud between movements of a piece.

Program length varies, but a typical master series concert performance lasts about two hours, including one intermission.  Symphonic Spooktacular lasts approximately one hour.

Yes, but the Victoria Symphony requests that you turn off all cell phones, pagers, beeping watches, and other electronic devices before the performance begins - and that you check to see that they are again turned off after the intermission, before the second half of the performance begins. No photo-taking or use of recording devices is allowed at any time.

No. One of the great joys of going to a Victoria Symphony concert is being introduced to a great piece of music you've never heard before, or listening to a superb performance of a piece you haven't heard in years.

It is very likely that you will recognize parts of many symphonies, concertos and overtures.  Music written by the great classical composers is often used in movie soundtracks, television shows, and commercials.