Opera in the Desert: Fire Island Opera Festival in Marfa
December 16, 2015
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Opera in the Desert: Fire Island Opera Festival in Marfa

If you took the Santa Fe Opera’s summer performance schedule and, while you were busy…

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Seeing With the Heart: <em>The Little Prince</em> Charms at HGO
December 14, 2015
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Houston

Seeing With the Heart: The Little Prince Charms at HGO

For a long time after its world premiere in 2003, I hoped Houston Grand Opera…

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Musical Explorers: Aperio Turns Ten
October 23, 2015
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Musical Explorers: Aperio Turns Ten

As artistic director of Aperio:Music of the Americas Michael Zuraw has sifted through hundreds of…

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Ancient Airs: New York Baroque Dance Company Performs with Dallas Bach Society and Ars Lyrica
October 21, 2015
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Dance

Ancient Airs: New York Baroque Dance Company Performs with Dallas Bach Society and Ars Lyrica

There are two opportunities in Texas to experience the wonder of Catherine Turocy's New York…

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Not Your Average Conductor: A Visit with Austin Symphony’s Peter Bay
October 16, 2015
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Austin

Not Your Average Conductor: A Visit with Austin Symphony’s Peter Bay

Peter Bay became Music Director and Conductor of the Austin Symphony Orchestra in 1998.

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Song of Houston: Story of HGOco
October 16, 2015
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Houston

Song of Houston: Story of HGOco

In the September world premiere of O Columbia, the new chamber opera from HGOco, a…

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Young, Bold & Conductorless: KINETIC Launches their First Season
September 22, 2015
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Houston

Young, Bold & Conductorless: KINETIC Launches their First Season

Houston, meet KINETIC, a new conductorless ensemble founded by two accomplished young musicians: New Zealand…

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Dream Team: Terrence McNally and Jake Heggie Collaborate on Great Scott at Dallas Opera
September 21, 2015
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Dallas/Ft Worth

Dream Team: Terrence McNally and Jake Heggie Collaborate on Great Scott at Dallas Opera

In his new work, an opera singer would perform the national anthem at the Super…

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Ars Lyrica’s Four Seasons in One
September 3, 2015
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Ars Lyrica’s Four Seasons in One

Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons may be the most famous violin music there is.

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Winds on the move: Meet Houston Symphony’s newest reed tunesmith
August 24, 2015
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Houston

Winds on the move: Meet Houston Symphony’s newest reed tunesmith

Mark Nuccio, who joined the New York Philharmonic in 1999 as associate principal and solo…

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Must Hear: Season Standouts of the Fall Texas Music Season
August 17, 2015
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Must Hear: Season Standouts of the Fall Texas Music Season

Terrence McNally no doubt ranks as Corpus Christi’s leading contribution to the American arts world.

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The Importance of New Music
August 12, 2015
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Dallas/Ft Worth

The Importance of New Music

A Hunchback, a Queso Fountain and a Whale: Spring/Summer Season Standouts
August 3, 2015
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Dance

A Hunchback, a Queso Fountain and a Whale: Spring/Summer Season Standouts

The Spring/Summer season has come and gone, and there were plenty of outstanding performances and…

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Dallas Winds Celebrates 30 Years With More to Come
July 25, 2015
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Dallas/Ft Worth

Dallas Winds Celebrates 30 Years With More to Come

Kim Campbell thinks back to when he freelanced as a trombonist in North Texas orchestras.

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Classical Road Trip: Texas Ensembles Tour the Globe
June 22, 2015
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Classical Road Trip: Texas Ensembles Tour the Globe

With the recession in the rearview mirror, Texas groups are hitting the road again as…

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Young and Determined in Peter Pan Nation: Walker Lukens Navigates Work/Music/Fun in Austin
June 22, 2015
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Young and Determined in Peter Pan Nation: Walker Lukens Navigates Work/Music/Fun in Austin

When he returned to Texas almost three years ago, Walker Lukens quit hedging his bets.

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Texas Music Festival Reaches New Heights of Excellence
June 17, 2015
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Music

Texas Music Festival Reaches New Heights of Excellence

The 26th annual Texas Music Festival (TMF) is wrapping up its summer season at the…

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Sound Explorations
June 2, 2015
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Music

Sound Explorations

Another World at Da Camera/Houston Chamber Choirs’ Sacred Visions
June 2, 2015
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Music

Another World at Da Camera/Houston Chamber Choirs’ Sacred Visions

Japanese Inspired Sonic Brush Strokes Succeed at Aperio’s Season Closer
May 28, 2015
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Music

Japanese Inspired Sonic Brush Strokes Succeed at Aperio’s Season Closer

Aperio's “Silences” program offered a refreshing reminder that vignettes have power, too.

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On the hunt for excellence
May 21, 2015
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Houston

On the hunt for excellence

Stephen King trains the next generation of opera singers at HGO and Rice University

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Music for All: A Conversation with Andrés Orozco-Estrada
May 21, 2015
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Music for All: A Conversation with Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Houston Symphony’s new music director Andrés Orozco-Estrada has just concluded his first season with as…

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Full Blown Fury
May 20, 2015
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Music

Full Blown Fury

Music for Clouds
May 17, 2015
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Music

Music for Clouds

Imaginary Values presents Keith Rowe / Kjell Bjorgeengen + Rick Reed + and performance of…

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The World Comes to Houston
May 12, 2015
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Editor's Picks

The World Comes to Houston

Composers and Performers Come Together at Soli Chamber Ensemble
May 11, 2015
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Houston

Composers and Performers Come Together at Soli Chamber Ensemble

The Soli Chamber Ensemble has never given its audience an experience quite like this.

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Shifting Focus: Two Star Symphony at Mid-Career
April 29, 2015
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Houston

Shifting Focus: Two Star Symphony at Mid-Career

Jerry Ochoa, Jo Bird, Margaret Lejeune and Debra Brown of Two Star Symphony. Photos by…

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DIY In Dallas
April 28, 2015
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Art

DIY In Dallas

Love, Brutality, Sacrifice, and Regret: Houston Grand Opera’s Vivid Die Walküre
April 21, 2015
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Houston

Love, Brutality, Sacrifice, and Regret: Houston Grand Opera’s Vivid Die Walküre

Fusing Opera and Mariachi: HGO presents El Pasado Nunca Se Termina
April 17, 2015
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Houston

Fusing Opera and Mariachi: HGO presents El Pasado Nunca Se Termina

Merging Music: Dallas Symphony’s Soluna Festival Takes Flight
April 13, 2015
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Dallas/Ft Worth

Merging Music: Dallas Symphony’s Soluna Festival Takes Flight

Ars Lyrica Closes the Season with Alexander’s Feast
April 1, 2015
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Dance

Ars Lyrica Closes the Season with Alexander’s Feast

Nancy Wozny visits with Ars Lyrica artistic director Matthew Dirst on Handel, Baroque dance and…

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“A Living, Breathing, Human Journey”
March 19, 2015
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Houston

“A Living, Breathing, Human Journey”

The Little Prince & More
March 16, 2015
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Houston

The Little Prince & More

Performania: Impresarios Among Us
March 2, 2015
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Art

Performania: Impresarios Among Us

Great Heights of Music
February 3, 2015
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Dallas/Ft Worth

Great Heights of Music

Commissioning in Texas: ROCO
January 22, 2015
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Houston

Commissioning in Texas: ROCO

Houston-based River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO) has commissioned 43 works in their ten-year history

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Listening to the 1960s
January 14, 2015
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Art

Listening to the 1960s

The A+C Top Ten: January
January 7, 2015
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Art

The A+C Top Ten: January

Our top picks for visual and performing arts events across Texas for January 2015.

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16 Standouts of the Fall 2014 Season
December 19, 2014
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Dance

16 Standouts of the Fall 2014 Season

Another year has come and gone on the Texas cultural landscape and I was there…

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