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June 7, 2024 • 5 mins
Many classical artists are now releasing the works they composed during the pandemic. Composer Richard Danielpour is one of them. He’s released a new album: Songs in Three Languages, sung by Soprano Hila Plitmann. One section of the album pays tribute to Danielpour’s Father who wrote love poems to his wife. Then there’s the opera he composed called The Grand Hotel Tartarus.
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May 31, 2024 • 4 mins
There’s no place like home. A familiar line from a familiar movie and so very true. The Miro Quartet, The University of Texas Faculty String Quartet In Residence with an international reputation and a GRAMMY nomination, honed in on the theme with their latest album Home. They illustrated the essence of Home with a video of their performance of Over The Rainbow. Daniel Ching, one of the founding members of the group says Home is...
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May 24, 2024 • 4 mins
There’s a program coming up live and online in New York that is all about babies and music. It’s from Carnegie Hall’s The Lullaby Project. This is a concert of many of the songs composed by new parents with the help of professional musicians.
Austin Classical Guitar was involved in this program, helping local parents express their emotions about their very young children. Tiffany Or-tiz, the Director of Early Childhood Programs...
Austin Classical Guitar was involved in this program, helping local parents express their emotions about their very young children. Tiffany Or-tiz, the Director of Early Childhood Programs...
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Something special happens when two African American classical musicians come together to perform a work about the Black experience in America.
Anthony McGill, the first Black Principal Clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic, has been on a tour of sorts with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Anthony Davis.
McGill performs Davis’s reality-based work, You Have The Right To Remain Silent.
In this edition of Classical Music In Color, h...
Anthony McGill, the first Black Principal Clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic, has been on a tour of sorts with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Anthony Davis.
McGill performs Davis’s reality-based work, You Have The Right To Remain Silent.
In this edition of Classical Music In Color, h...
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May 10, 2024 • 3 mins
Imagine what it must be like to have someone give you a free trip to the arts camp you’ve always wanted to attend. That happened to 15 high school students all over Texas via the Young Masters Program of the Texas Commission on the Arts and the Texas Cultural Trust.
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May 3, 2024 • 4 mins
Something bright and refreshing graced the stage at the Long Center a few weeks ago. It was the Heller Awards for Young Artists. It honors the best high school musical productions from this school year. Two students are headed to the national competition, the Jimmys in New York next month. Ginger Morris, who runs the Hellers, is hoping more schools take part next year.
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April 27, 2024 • 10 mins
The Sphinx Organization, the group that’s been fostering diversity in classical music since 1996, has a programming chief for the first time ever. Andre Dowell is new to the job but not to the Sphinx organization. In his new job, he says he wants Sphinx to keep moving forward in diversifying the classical music community via the organization’s many programs.
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April 26, 2024 • 2 mins
Austin Opera is ending their 2023-24 season with the red-hot opera Carmen. The cast is full of young singers, many of whom are making their debut with the Austin Opera. CEO Annie Burridge is hoping this super popular work from Bizet will entice audiences back to the Long Center after the hibernation forced upon us by Covid.
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April 21, 2024 • 3 mins
As the end of most performing arts seasons come to an end, the Grammy winning choir, Conspirare is going out with a blast of three programs featuring a 30th anniversary event and the post pandemic return of Conspirare’s Symphonic Choir. Founder and Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson is celebrating the end of their 30th season with a musical bash.
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April 12, 2024 • 4 mins
Why would a business school devoted to developing entrepreneurs invite an opera singer to lead a masterclass? Babson College in Massachusetts did just that. They named Soprano Karen Slack as the school’s Artist In Residence. She spent 3 days teaching, talking, and singing. School administrators, like Anjali Bal, say that Slack and other artists like her, offer their students a different perspective on creating a thriving busines...
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April 5, 2024 • 4 mins
There may come a time when classical music and other types of music will be “prescribed” along with your medication. A Canadian Pharmaceutical expert and researcher, Dr. Tony Kiang, is taking up a study to determine if listening to music while taking your medication would improve its effectiveness.
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April 2, 2024 • 3 mins
The upcoming Solar Eclipse will darken the sky for a few minutes on April 8th. Texas orchestras are providing the soundtrack with concerts celebrating the celestial event. The Waco Symphony is having it’s 'Sci-Fi Spectacular' Sun, Moon and Superstars concert. The East Texas Symphony has collaborated with Tyler Junior College for a musical and visual feast. Here are other eclipse related music events.
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March 22, 2024 • 3 mins
Just in time for the solar eclipse, Austin Classical Guitar presents two programs ending its 2023-2024 season. Your eclipse guests might enjoy classical guitarists the Beijing Duo or if they stay long enough, David Russell. Perhaps there’s an amateur classical guitarist in your circle who might be brave enough to try Open Mic night at the Rosette.
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March 15, 2024 • 4 mins
At least six U.S. orchestras are performing the music of Florence Price this Women’s History Month. Other women composers are getting the spotlight too. That’s nice says Liane Curtis, the President of Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy, but it’s not really enough. The organization has released its Repertoire Report which analyzes the programming of the top 21 U.S. Symphony Orchestras.
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March 8, 2024 • 5 mins
The League of American Orchestras is in the middle of a new program aimed at improving gender equity among top orchestra executives. Cane Thomason Redus, the VP of inclusion and Learning at the League Six Women and Non-Binary Orchestra Professionals were chosen for the inaugural Anne Parsons Leadership Program from the League of American Orchestras. One of the six is Violist Catherine Beeson from Austin, now playing for the Color...
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March 3, 2024 • 4 mins
It’s a big successful time for Austin Soundwaves, a group that’s been teaching student musicians from all backgrounds since 2011. Their most recent expansion is their summer music camp. Their award-winning Executive Director Patrick Slevin says this “new” camp is a full day and offers classes they’ve never offered before. They are hoping the students will take their musical training to the next level and maybe even apply to be a Dr...
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February 23, 2024 • 5 mins
When most of us attend classical music concerts, we’re most likely not thinking about how our fellow patrons are enjoying the music. Apparently, we’re all affected by the performance at the same rate called Embodied Cognition. That’s according to a study by Dr. Wolfgang Tschacher, Professor Emeritus at the University of Bern in Switzerland. He and his team at the Experimental Concert Research Project found that our heart and br...
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February 11, 2024 • 3 mins
During Black History Month, many organizations are celebrating what’s known as Black Excellence. The Department of Music at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas is presenting a performance by pianist Althea Waites this month. She may be under the radar of more well known pianist but her talent and experience has carried her through over a near 60 year career.
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January 26, 2024 • 4 mins
Valentine’s Day is 3 weeks away.
That’s just enough time for you to prepare to attend the Mid-Texas Symphony’s Romance and Chocolates concert with a side of diamonds.
Music Director, Akiko Fujimoto has curated classical music and movie soundtracks to celebrate. In addition, patrons will be given chocolates to eat while listening to one of the works. There’s also a raffle for diamond studs.
That’s just enough time for you to prepare to attend the Mid-Texas Symphony’s Romance and Chocolates concert with a side of diamonds.
Music Director, Akiko Fujimoto has curated classical music and movie soundtracks to celebrate. In addition, patrons will be given chocolates to eat while listening to one of the works. There’s also a raffle for diamond studs.
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January 20, 2024 • 4 mins
The new year brings new opportunities and one of them might be for the young ones in your life. The National Children’s Chorus is holding auditions right now for their Austin chapter.
It’s for children aged 5 to 18. Artistic Director and CEO Luke McEndarfer says any child who loves music and wants to sing is invited to take part.
Austin is one of 8 cities with chapters of the National Children’s Chorus
It’s for children aged 5 to 18. Artistic Director and CEO Luke McEndarfer says any child who loves music and wants to sing is invited to take part.
Austin is one of 8 cities with chapters of the National Children’s Chorus
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