Ensembles

Flower Mound Symphony Orchestra is our top orchestra, playing classical, contemporary, and popular orchestral repertoire with exciting soloists as well as choral works. It consists of advanced players of all ages but typically high school seniors and adults. The FMSO performs the standard professional orchestral repertoire, as well as pop and jazz, conducted by interim Music Director Conner McMains.

Each season it presents a series of formal concerts featuring guest soloists, new compositions, and favorites from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. In addition to these formal concerts, the Symphony Orchestra also plays an annual winter holiday concerts and Patriotic Concerts with choir.

The Symphony Orchestra consists of musicians from Flower Mound, Highland Village, Lewisville, and other Dallas/Fort Worth area communities. They volunteer their time and considerable talents for the benefit of cultural awareness in the community and for their own enjoyment of playing in an ensemble.

Flower Mound Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Mark Scott and is geared toward children, youth, and adult amateur musicians with 4 – 7 years of experience. This includes students who want to supplement their participation in school programs as well as adults with a desire to refresh past playing experience. The Phil provides the opportunity for advancing players of all ages to further their musical development with a more challenging repertoire including selections from student, pop, and classic material. The Philharmonic Orchestra requires a modest fee for participation. Discounts are offered for siblings and families.

Conductors

Conner McMains: the FMSO is proud to announce Conner McMains as its new Music Director and Conductor of the Flower Mound Symphony Orchestra. A native of Little Rock, AR, Conner McMains began piano lessons at age seven and quickly developed a passion for music. He began accompanying for his elementary school Masses when he was 12, continuing as mass accompanist at his high school where he taught himself how to play the organ, in addition to a variety of other instruments. He began organ lessons prior to accepting his first position as Director of Music at 17. Throughout the rest of high school and college, he continued to serve as Director of Music and Organist for multiple churches in central Arkansas, in addition to positions on the Executive Committee for the Central Arkansas Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.

Mr. McMains earned a Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Performance at Hendrix College (Conway, AR) in 2012 where he studied voice, organ, and conducting (choral and orchestral). He was actively involved with nearly every music ensemble on campus, including orchestra, wind ensemble, music theatre, choir, chapel services, and more. After graduation, he moved to Arlington, TX and continued his career in Church Music with multiple churches in DFW. In 2017, he earned a Masters of Music in Orchestral Conducting with Maestro David Itkin at the University of North Texas (Denton, TX).

Mr. McMains currently serves as the Director of Music Ministries at Flower Mound United Methodist Church and as Interim Music Director of the Flower Mound Symphony Orchestra. He is also presently the Collaborative Pianist for UTA’s University Singers, the Board President of the Fort Worth Chorale, and the Volunteer Coordinator for the 2025 Fort Worth AGO Convention, in addition to active membership in numerous musical organizations and past Board/Committee leadership roles across both DFW and the country. Mr. McMains is a sought-after collaborator in many capacities, including as a teacher, competition judge, clinician and guest conductor for both orchestras and choirs, and more.

Mark Scott has served as Associate Music Director of Flower Mound Community Orchestra since 2013. After conducting the Flower Mound Preparatory Orchestra for one season, he became conductor of the Flower Mound Philharmonic in 2014. He has appeared as a guest conductor with the Flower Mound Symphony Orchestra and Coppell Community Orchestra. Mark also teaches trombone in Southlake. Since 2013, his studio of middle and high school students has grown to over 40 players, with many earning spots in Texas all-region and all-state ensembles. To supplement private instruction and combine his passions for teaching, performing, and conducting, Mark created a trombone choir in 2018. Mark earned Bachelor of Music degrees in performance and composition at the University of North Texas, and a Master of Music in conducting at the University of New Mexico. Born in Houston, Mark lives in Trophy Club, where he spends his free time watching sports, running, and traveling with his wife Sara.