"Season ticket sales for 2007-2008 are already running more than 10% ahead of that pace," said Matthew VanBesien, executive director and CEO of the orchestra.
Most significant, the orchestra says, is a new three-year labor contract with its musicians, made close to four months before the expiration of the current agreement.
The orchestra also exceeded $1 million in revenues from Symphony Ball, its black tie fundraising event, for the second consecutive year.
Music director Hans Graf recently agreed to continue his post though the 2011-2012 season, an action Jesse B. Tutor, president of the Houston Symphony Society, called "a strong indication of our future stability and continued success."
