DSO on the go

Dallas Symphony's Concert Truck hits the road for free outdoor shows in May and June

The Concert Truck will hit more than two dozen locations this spring.

Photo courtesy of The Concert Truck

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra's Concert Truck is on the road again, bringing mobile concerts to more than 30 locations around the city in May and June.

A favorite pandemic-time pivot from 2020, the Concert Truck is a 16-foot mobile box truck converted into a fully functioning concert hall on wheels - complete with lights, sound system, and piano. Musicians and soloists arrive, set up, and give performances from the truck's stage outdoors.

From May 17 to June 11, the Concert Truck will visit more than two dozen Dallas locations, from Klyde Warren Park and NorthPark Center to local hospitals and residential communities. Each concert will be free, family-friendly, and last no more than 60 minutes.

The complete Concert Truck schedule can be found here .

Concerts kick off 2:30 pm Wednesday, May 17 at The Landon at Lake Highlands, followed by a performance at 6:15 pm at Highland Park Library.

Pianists Susan Zhang and Nick Luby founded the Concert Truck in 2016 as a mobile concert stage that could take classical chamber music directly to communities, and they travel all over the United States. They first took up residence with the DSO during the 2020 holiday season and have returned to Dallas for four more residencies.

Dallas performances will feature Zhang and Luby, as well as DSO musicians in small configurations – from solo violin to brass combo. Audiences this spring can expect to hear works by Amy Beach, Johannes Brahms, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Florence Price, Robert and Clara Schumann, Maurice Ravel, and more, they say.

“We are thrilled to partner once again with The Concert Truck, continuing our ability to bring fantastic music out of the Meyerson and into Dallas communities,” says Kim Noltemy, Ross Perot President & CEO of the Dallas Symphony, in a release. “Our time with The Concert Truck remains a programming highlight and I hope to see many faces – new and familiar – this summer at our performances.”

To keep up with the Concert Truck, visit dallassymphony.org

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Museum News

National Medal of Honor Museum offers preview at downtown Dallas event

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The AT&T Discovery District hosted a mobile museum pop-up.

A high-profile museum opening in 2025 offered a preview in downtown Dallas: It's The National Medal of Honor Museum, slated to open in Arlington, at Nolan Ryan Expressway and AT&T Way in the Stadium district in spring 2025.

To give folks a preview of coming attractions, the institution dispatched a mobile museum to make a visit to the AT&T Discovery District on November 20, during lunchtime when foot traffic is brisk.

Imagine the sense of wonder and amazement that downtown Dallas denizens must have felt upon the sight of a double decker bus, parked in the District, equipped with video and historical information about the Medal of Honor award, stories of the recipients, and a rendering of how the museum in Arlington will look.

The National Medal of Honor MuseumCourtesy rendering

The goal of The National Medal of Honor Museum is to inspire Americans by honoring and preserving the history of the highest military decoration awarded for valor in combat.

They hope it will serve as a national landmark, illustrating the historical thread of sacrifice and patriotism that runs through all U.S. military service members, past and present.

Beyond its state-of-the-art, interactive experiences, a critical part of the Museum’s mission will be to use the stories of Medal of Honor recipients to inspire their fellow Americans.

It will incorporate the AT&T Virtual Recipient Theater, an augmented reality experience where visitors can interact with with Medal of Honor recipients. The space will be equipped with cutting-edge conversational AI technology complete with voice recognition to allow museum goers to have a conversation in a 3D format with medal of honor recipients living and past.

It will also have AT&T Branded Wi-Fi throughput the museum.

Interior of the mobile Medal of Honor Museum.AT&T