45 years of, Basically, Beethoven ...

In June 2024, we changed our logo and “doing business as” name to Basically Beethoven in deference to Fine Arts Chamber Players' original and flagship festival of the same name that began in Dallas in 1981.

 

The Basically Beethoven Festival was modeled after Lincoln Center's famous Mostly Mozart Festival, whose repertoire included many composers from the classical era as well as Mozart - and through the Romantic movement into the modern era. All 10 free Basically Beethoven concerts per year, including the festival at Moody Performance Hall and the Hallam concerts at Central Commons are similarly curated, sometimes featuring Beethoven, sometimes featuring other composers in the traditional canon as well as contemporary composers.

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Basically Beethoven's mission is to provide - for free - all concerts and music education in our programming. Our mission puts us in a unique position as high-level concert producers to open our doors 100% of the time to anyone who can attend a concert or access our YouTube channel. In our world, "free" doesn't equate to "less than." Our concerts are professionally produced and executed, and players are among the best classical players in Dallas, performing regularly or permanently with the DSO, FWSO, Dallas Opera Orchestra, or professors and teachers with terminal degrees from area colleges, universities, and private studios.

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Basically Beethoven Music Residencies provide free group and private lesson in violin, voice, and piano to students attending Dallas schools without robust music programs. Our students have gone on to careers in music and/or used their musical background and arts education as a stepping stone to college careers in other fields. Several BB students receive scholarships from the Rogene Russell Scholarship through the Dallas Foundation, including 2 singers this year (2026) from David W. Carter High School - one a full scholarship to Dallas College and another a large partial scholarship to a Dallas-area private college.

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As we don't charge for anything we produce - no tickets, no lesson fees - we rely on community support for every single aspect of our organization. Please visit our Candid profile for specifics including financial breakdowns or donate here via Zeffy.

 

Our supporters and sponsors include Fanchon & Howard Hallam, Capital One, The City of Dallas Office of Arts & Culture, TACA - The Arts Community Alliance, Texas Commission on the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, Moody Fund for the Arts, DART, our Board of Directors, Individual Donors like You, and Sammons Center for the Arts, Moody Performance Hall, and Central Commons, who rent to us at reduced nonprofit rates.

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This July 2026, we will celebrate the 45th year of the Basically Beethoven Festival at Moody Performance Hall. We hope to see you there.

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