Cliburn in the Community Presents Free Spooky Sounds Concerts

In the spirit of the Halloween season, the Cliburn presents free Community Concerts featuring spooky sounds October 30–31 and November 1, 2025 in Fort Worth and Dallas. See below for more details.

Cliburn in the Community provides the experience of live classical music performance for free to a broad audience through partnerships with vibrant venues and organizations throughout North Texas.  cliburn.org/concerts/free-concerts 

Spooky Sounds under the Singing Trees
with Downtown Fort Worth Inc.
Thursday, October 30, 2025  I  5:30 p.m.
Burnett Park
501 W. 7th Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Dress up in costume and revel in the lights of the Singing Trees as they synchronize to the spooky sounds of Cliburn in the Community. Also enjoy family photo ops in a Halloween photo booth and free candy and snacks.

Downtown Dallas presents
Trick or Treat on Downtown Streets
Friday, October 31, 2025  I  4:00–7:00 p.m.
The Eye at the Joule
1503 Main Street
Dallas, TX 75201
Dress up in your scariest or silliest costumes and get ready for a night filled with music, treats, tricks, and lots of laughter. Cliburn performances will occur for 10 minutes each at every half hour.
Learn more about Trick or Treat on Downtown Streets.

Artes de la Rosa presents
Día de los Muertos Festival
Saturday, November 1, 2025  I  1:20 p.m.
Marine Park Stage
303 NW 20th Street
Fort Worth, TX 76164
Join us as we celebrate with the 22nd Annual Día de los Muertos en Fort Worth – Celebración de Vida, Arte y Cultura. The celebration parade and festival takes center stage on North Main Street, in the heart of the Historic Northside District of Fort Worth! 
Día de los Muertos Parade: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. 
Día de los Muertos Festival:11:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn more about the Día de los Muertos Festival.

Cliburn Community also provides private concerts for James L. West Center for Dementia Care and The Warm Place, both of which are closed to the public.

PROGRAM

WILLIAMS Devil’s Dance
GLÜCK—KREISLER “Dance of the Blessed Spirits” from Orfeo ed Eurydice
BAZZINI Dance of the Goblins, op. 25 
BOLCOM Graceful Ghost Rag
SAINT-SAËNS Danse Macabre 

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Florence Wang Conrad
violin

Originally from China, Florence Wang Conrad began her musical studies at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. She later moved to the United States after accepting a full artist scholarship at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University, studying under Chee-Yun. 

Ms. Conrad has spent many summers at Tanglewood Music Center, where she was concertmaster of the Contemporary Music Ensemble; Music Academy of the West; Spoleto Festival USA; Sarasota Music Festival; and Utah Festival Opera. 

Currently, she serves as acting assistant concertmaster of the Dallas Opera Orchestra. She has also performed with the Dallas Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, and Charleston Symphony in South Carolina. An active chamber musician, she appears on stage with Dallas area ensembles such as Ensemble 75, Avant Chamber Ballet, and the Basically Beethoven Festival. 

Apart from the violin, she enjoys life with her husband Wayne and their two young children. 

Daria Kiseleva
piano

Pianist Daria Kiseleva debuted with orchestra at age 10. She has since won top prizes at some of the world's most renowned music competitions and performed at famous concert halls such as Carnegie Hall in New York and the Salle Cortot in Paris. She has brought her music to Europe and North and South America and looks forward to visiting even more continents.

Born in Russia, Daria started piano lessons at the age of 4 and graduated from Moscow State Gnesin College and Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 2014, she moved to Fort Worth to pursue an artist diploma and doctor of musical arts at TCU.

Apart from music, Daria loves ballet. She danced throughout childhood and now shares that joy with her own daughter. She also can’t live without trips to the mountains or good coffee!