Two for one
Turtle Creek Chorale The Turtle Creek Chorale meets the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for the first time in new concert RICH LOPEZ | Staff writerrich@dallasvoice.com Dallas Symphony Orchestra On Tuesday night, a bit of history will be made.
The unbelievable part of that is that it hasn’t been made before in this arts community. The Turtle Creek Chorale will share the stage with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for the very first time in Dallas for Sing for Our Lives at the Morton H.
Meyerson. “We’ve crossed paths with the DSO so many times but never performed with them,” TCC Artistic Director Sean Baugh said. “We can’t figure out how that happened in all these years.” The two have shared the Meyerson stage for decades — just not with both on the stage at the same time.
That was inconceivable to Baugh and the organization — the idea that never in their long history have two of the oldest and largest performing arts organizations in Dallas joined forces. “We needed to fix that,” Baugh said. “It was Kim at the DSO who extended that invitation.” Kim Noltemy is the president and CEO of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
