Augusta Symphony sets "Classical Crossroads" for its own stage, the Miller Theater, Feb. 27

Mozart, Strauss and a tango concerto for viola with guest Amaro Dubois: the orchestra's late-February Masterworks program plays the Broad Street theater it owns.

For Augusta Symphony fans, the late-winter concert is now on the calendar. On Saturday, Feb. 27, 2027, the orchestra plays Classical Crossroads at the Miller Theater on Broad Street. The program runs from Mozart to tango.

The details, from the Miller Theater's event page: doors at 6:30 p.m., concert at 7:30 p.m. The concert is part of the Piedmont Augusta Masterworks Series, conducted by music director Dirk Meyer. The guest artist is violist Amaro Dubois. The program:

Mozart, Symphony No. 41 Strauss, Intermezzo: 4 Interludes Aguila, Concierto en Tango

The concert was announced Oct. 16, and tickets are available through the Miller Theater. Resale sites are already listing very different prices for this date. Buy from the venue so you pay face value.

The program is built like a crossroads. It opens with Mozart's last symphony, a cornerstone of the repertoire. Strauss's interludes come from his opera *Intermezzo*. Then the night turns to the Americas with a tango concerto. The viola isn't usually the solo instrument people expect at a symphony concert, and that's part of the draw. Hearing it in front of the full orchestra, playing tango rhythms, is not something Augusta audiences get every season.

Mozart's last symphony and a tango concerto for viola, under one roof on Broad Street.

The room matters too. The Miller Theater, at 708 Broad Street, is owned by the Augusta Symphony and seats about 1,300 (Wikipedia gives 1,284). The orchestra is playing its own house. Wikimedia Commons describes the building as a former movie theater and vaudeville house. A full symphony now plays where vaudeville acts once did, and that history is part of why a night downtown at the Miller feels like an occasion.

If you're planning dinner before the show, a 7:30 start on a Saturday leaves plenty of time to eat on Broad Street. Doors at 6:30 give you time to find your seat. For anyone who has only seen the Miller with a touring act on stage, this is a chance to hear what the room was restored for.

Tickets: Miller Theater box office. Saturday, Feb. 27, 2027; doors 6:30 p.m., concert 7:30 p.m.

It's four months away, which gives you plenty of time to pick good seats, and maybe to listen to the Mozart once or twice before you go.

Sources: Miller Theater — Classical Crossroads: Augusta Symphony (millertheateraugusta.com); Miller Theater (official site) (millertheateraugusta.com); Wikipedia — Miller Theater (en.wikipedia.org); Wikimedia Commons — Category: Miller Theater (commons.wikimedia.org); Symphony No. 41 (Mozart) - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)