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San Antonio Symphony Shines in a “Real” Hall at The Tobin Center

Steven Brown·October 11, 2016

Carmina Burana always packs a wallop. This time, Carl Orff’s paean to frolic and fate delivered a double whammy: Not only did the San Antonio Symphony and Chorus lay into Orff’s lusty themes and booming sonorities with gusto, but the live-wire acoustics in the orchestra's home turned all that into a visceral experience.

Spreading the Classical Music Word: San Antonio’s Agarita Thinks Beyond the Concert Hall

Steven Brown·December 8, 2024

Agarita performs in typical concert venues, just as any musical group does. But the San Antonio chamber ensemble has other options.

Music San Antonio

Houston Symphony Expands for the Strauss Festival

Steven Brown·April 8, 2024

The Houston Symphony will end its season with a splash: a two-weekend festival devoted to Richard Strauss, whose name is practically synonymous with sonic spectacle.

Houston Music

Agarita Brings an Immersive Vibe to San Antonio

Steven Brown·August 25, 2021

Bushman and three other San Antonio musicians—pianist Daniel Anastasio, cellist Ignacio Gallego and violinist Sarah Silver Manzke—joined forces in 2018. To symbolize their group’s roots in the city, they dubbed it Agarita, taking the name from a shrub that’s native to San Antonio and the Hill Country.

Music San Antonio

It Happened in Texas: San Antonio Collector/Visionary Robert L. B. Tobin at the McNay

Steven Brown·March 5, 2020

Standing six-foot-six, sporting a luxuriant silver mane and beard, decked out on formal occasions in flamboyant capes, he turned heads from Texas to New York.

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