Opening to Baroque Possibilities: Houston’s Bach Society for the Americas
The Bach Society Houston will perform a smattering of its namesake’s most popular music this season.
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The Art of Programming Surprise: Aperio Unleashes Seductive New Season
Aperio opened its 2019-2020 season in September riding the Onda Nueva (New Wave), relishing the characteristic blurring of boundaries that makes music from Latin America so rich and vital.
Musiqa’s Open Field Season
Anthony Brandt urges his composition students at Rice University to keep an open mind about the musical styles that influence them. “I often say, ‘Don’t put a fence around yourself. Feel the joy of having an open field around you, and discover what you might love that you didn’t know you would,’” he explains.
Listening to the Individual: Soundings New Music at the Nasher
When Seth Knopp plans out the Soundings new-music series for Dallas’ Nasher Sculpture Center, he likes to leave audiences free to spot resonances and parallels among each season’s concerts.
Local Excellence: A New Chapter for Fine Arts Chamber Players
Ever since she can remember, Emily Levin has loved putting stuff together: Crossword puzzles, planning vacations, hosting murder mystery parties—being an organizer is sort of her thing.
Ahead of the Curve: Dallas Opera and Dallas Symphony Orchestra Focus on Women
This fall, The Dallas Opera launches its fifth residency of the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors Oct. 27-Nov. 9—designed to help female opera conductors take their careers to the next level.
Going Up: AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Elevator Project keeps rising in its fifth year
If you’re wondering how the Dallas performing arts scene has changed over the past five years, just look at the Elevator Project.
Ars Lyrica’s Sumptuous Season
After staging its first full-length opera last season, Houston’s Ars Lyrica is giving itself a year’s break before it presents the second.
Texas Lens: The Most Important Work We Do—Scenes from I Am My Future
Sometimes the most meaningful musical experience transpires in the most unexpected place.
Da Camera’s Big, Varied Season
Houston’s Da Camera bills itself as a presenter of chamber music and jazz, but that hardly gives you the whole picture.
Apollo Chamber Players Concludes 20×2020
The project could hardly have a catchier title: 20x2020. But the Apollo Chamber Players faced the challenge of bringing it off. With only six years to go, could the group choose and commission 20 composers to create works it could premiere by 2020?
Texas Music Festival Turns 30
When Immanuel and Helen Olshan founded the Texas Music Festival (TMF) 30 years ago at the University of Houston, they had their eyes on the future.