Local Lights
June 29, 2012
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Featured

Local Lights

Three Houston Artists Put Houston on the Map None of them are from Texas, but…

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Shifting Keys
June 13, 2012
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Featured

Shifting Keys

A Classical DJ Goes Undercover The line at the East Gate of the Free Press…

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Remarks
June 4, 2012
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Dallas/Ft Worth

Remarks

This month the Dallas Symphony Orchestra is hosting the 67th National Conference of the League…

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Texas Piano Festival Highlights Schubert
June 4, 2012
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Dallas/Ft Worth

Texas Piano Festival Highlights Schubert

Tamás Ungár is a man on a mission. The Texas Christian University professor is adamant…

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Just One of Those Things
June 4, 2012
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Dallas/Ft Worth

Just One of Those Things

It proved to be difficult to interview Michael Feinstein, songster extraordinaire, because of his hectic…

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Review: The Bad Plus On Sacred Ground
May 31, 2012
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Houston

Review: The Bad Plus On Sacred Ground

May 5, 2012 Da Camera The Bad Plus’s interpretation of Stravinsky’s, The Rite of Spring,…

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Build it and they will come
May 31, 2012
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Build it and they will come

Texas Music Festival sets the standard for excellence Never underestimate the power of a cowboy…

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“Welcome na de Shrine”
May 30, 2012
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Dance

“Welcome na de Shrine”

Fela comes to Houston Prepare to gyrate. The Afrobeat is heading to Houston. Fela, the…

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Review: The Rumi Concert
May 28, 2012
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Houston

Review: The Rumi Concert

The Rumi-atics came out in full force to the Brown Foundation Performing Arts Theater at…

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Review: Don Carlos
May 4, 2012
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Houston

Review: Don Carlos

What does a choir of red crosses, pyrotechnics, and a wooden cart carrying chained heretics…

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Review: Houston Grand Opera’s Mary Stuart
May 4, 2012
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Houston

Review: Houston Grand Opera’s Mary Stuart

The tragedy of Geatano Donizetti’s Mary Stuart, which had its Houston Grand Opera premiere last…

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Cultural Warrior: Mercury’s Antoine Plante
May 4, 2012
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Cultural Warrior

Cultural Warrior: Mercury’s Antoine Plante

One of the city’s leading early music organizations, Mercury Baroque, has recently re-branded itself as…

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WindSync: Savvy, Smarts, & Sass
May 3, 2012
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Houston

WindSync: Savvy, Smarts, & Sass

There’s nary a music stand in sight when woodwind quintet, WindSync, swaggers street-gang-style to tunes…

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Filling the Air with Beautiful Music
May 2, 2012
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Dallas/Ft Worth

Filling the Air with Beautiful Music

A trained pianist and radio executive, Sarah B. Colmark has taken over the reigns as…

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Review: American Sabor, Latinos in U.S. Popular Music
May 2, 2012
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Culture

Review: American Sabor, Latinos in U.S. Popular Music

In Spanish the word “sabor” means “flavor” and is often used to describe good music.…

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Song in the Key of Life
May 2, 2012
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Dallas/Ft Worth

Song in the Key of Life

Turtle Creek Chorale Moves Forward with Positive Attitude After a year as the interim director…

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Review: La Resurrezione
April 1, 2012
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Houston

Review: La Resurrezione

After hearing Ars Lyrica’s rendition of Handel’s oratorio “La Resurrezione,” one must wonder why this…

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Review: Debussy’s Paris
April 1, 2012
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Houston

Review: Debussy’s Paris

Long known for its inventive and contextualized programs, Da Camera Houston did what it does…

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Review: Il Trovatore
April 1, 2012
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Houston

Review: Il Trovatore

With hidden identities, passionate love, and a gypsy’s vicious revenge, it is no wonder that…

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New Notes: Composers in Houston
March 31, 2012
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Houston

New Notes: Composers in Houston

Anthony Brandt thinks Houston is a composer’s city. Brandt, a professor of composition at Rice…

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Review: “The Lighthouse”
March 29, 2012
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Dallas/Ft Worth

Review: “The Lighthouse”

“The Lighthouse” Dallas Opera March 16-18, 2012 “Opera” is one of those terms, like “classical…

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All That Jazz
March 29, 2012
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Dallas/Ft Worth

All That Jazz

Celebrated Virtuoso at 19
March 29, 2012
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Dallas/Ft Worth

Celebrated Virtuoso at 19

Child protégées have a hard row to hoe. When a violinist is invited to play…

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Dallas Debut for Quartet
March 2, 2012
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Dallas/Ft Worth

Dallas Debut for Quartet

The Jerusalem Quartet, sick hailed by as “one of the young, cialis yet great quartets of…

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Music Out of the Box
March 2, 2012
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Dallas/Ft Worth

Music Out of the Box

In 2010, viagra 60mg the Nasher Sculpture Center added a chamber music series to its…

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Dissecting the Opera-tion
March 2, 2012
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Dallas/Ft Worth

Dissecting the Opera-tion

You would think that the worlds of opera and theater would be entwined; they have…

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Review: River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
March 1, 2012
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Houston

Review: River Oaks Chamber Orchestra

It is a rare occasion when Houston music lovers have the opportunity to enjoy a…

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Review: “The Rape of Lucretia”
March 1, 2012
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Houston

Review: “The Rape of Lucretia”

Houston Grand Opera capped off its multi-year Britten Cycle with “The Rape of Lucretia,” a…

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Music & Medals
March 1, 2012
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Houston

Music & Medals

Here in Houston, with the recent completion of Houston Grand Opera’s (HGO) annual Eleanor McCollum…

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The Sweet Sounds of March
March 1, 2012
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Houston

The Sweet Sounds of March

Two choral events happening March 24 at 7:30 pm: “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: Coming Out…

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Wild Children of the Arts
March 1, 2012
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Houston

Wild Children of the Arts

I have a special place in my heart for independent artists, and I’m proud to…

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Play It Again, George
February 8, 2012
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Dallas/Ft Worth

Play It Again, George

That time is now. In a Valentine’s night concert, the Dallas Wind Symphony pays tribute…

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The Man with the Baton
February 8, 2012
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Dallas/Ft Worth

The Man with the Baton

Maestro Jaap van Zweden talks shop   Not every North Texas superstar is an athlete.…

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Review: La Traviata
February 8, 2012
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Houston

Review: La Traviata

It’s rarely a good sign when your ghost appears before your death. So it goes…

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Review: RachFest 3 – Rach 2
February 8, 2012
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Houston

Review: RachFest 3 – Rach 2

It is a rare occasion when the Houston Symphony invites a single artist to perform…

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Making Music: Making a Career
February 8, 2012
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Houston

Making Music: Making a Career

SO YOU HAVE TRAINING AT A major music school, does that guarantee you a career?…

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United In Song
December 29, 2011
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Dallas/Ft Worth

United In Song

It’s late on a cool November afternoon and chaos reigns in the basement of the…

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Cultural Warrior: Becky Tobin
December 1, 2011
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Cultural Warrior

Cultural Warrior: Becky Tobin

Executive director Becky Tobin is the one-woman show behind the scenes at the Houston Chamber…

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Overtures: Opera in the Heights Opens a New Act
December 1, 2011
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Houston

Overtures: Opera in the Heights Opens a New Act

Four full-time staff members and numerous part-timers, plus an army of dedicated volunteers help Oh…

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Women Succeed in Houston’s Classical Music Scene
November 16, 2011
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Houston

Women Succeed in Houston’s Classical Music Scene

It’s often said that the business of classical music is dominated by men. However, if…

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