Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Collaborative Spirit Defines Musiqa’s 2017-2018 Season

Sherry Cheng·July 17, 2017

Tony Brandt, co-founder and artistic director of Houston's leading new music ensemble Musiqa, knows exactly what has driven its success for the last 15 years, and he is eager to double down on it.

Houston Music

Lynn Lane’s Transitory Sound and Movement Collective is Making Shifts in Houston

Evan Wildstein·June 20, 2017

I think of Houston as a creative Bento box, in the way that New York is a melting pot. Art people go to galleries and museums, music people go to the opera and symphony, and so on.

Houston Music

Texas New Music Ensemble Focuses on Lone Star Composers

Sherry Cheng·June 9, 2017

Texas composers have a champion in Chad Robinson, founder and artistic director of Texas New Music Ensemble (TNME). Concluding its 4th season, TNME will highlight its unique mission and growing accomplishments with its annual celebratory summer concert on Aug. 12th at MATCH.

Music

Defining Home: Da Camera’s 30th Season

Steven Brown·June 9, 2017

Da Camera has flourished because of the entrepreneurial spirit and open-mindedness of its hometown of Houston, as general director Sarah Rothenberg will readily tell you.

Houston Music

Year of the Woman: Ars Lyrica’s Upcoming Season Celebrates Artful Women

Sherry Cheng·May 31, 2017

It's the first time Matthew Dirst, Founder and Artistic Director of Houston's leading early music ensemble Ars Lyrica, has programmed an entire season of music focusing on women.

From punk rockers to presidents: The rebels at ROCO announce new season

Steven Brown·May 31, 2017

The conductor nearly chickened out. Planning the concert that will open the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra’s 2017-18 season, Vladimir Yampolsky suggested a rarity: the Symphony No. 2 by Kurt Weill of Threepenny Opera fame. Then he wavered.

Jazz on/in/and Film at the MFAH

Joseph Wozny·May 16, 2017

In a year, a very small number of “jazz films” can or will be released — there’s just (unfortunately) not that many to be made. So, during Jazz on Film, a yearly festival curated by Peter Lucas, now in its fifth year, there are some repetitions from previous years.

Film Houston Music

On Key and Offbeat: Austin’s Lone-Star Station KMFA Turns 50

Claire Christine Spera·May 11, 2017

When it comes to Austin’s 50-year-old radio station, KMFA Classical 89.5, it’s almost better defined by what it isn’t than what it is.

Austin Music

Victoria Bach Festival: A New Era

Sherry Cheng·May 11, 2017

For one week each June, the picturesque South Texas city of Victoria, population 65,000, rolls out its red carpet and welcomes some of the finest professional musicians from around the country to take part in the Victoria Bach Festival (VBF).

Music South Texas

Texas Early Music Project Bridges Past and Present

Sherry Cheng·April 26, 2017

Iberian monophony, Notre Dame polyphony, Medieval mystery plays, Renaissance madrigals, Baroque operas, French virelai, Spanish villancico, Italian frottola, Scottish ballades, Sephardic love songs, and much more—early music encompasses a dazzling wealth of forms and styles.

Austin Music

Soli Chamber Ensemble Concludes Season Under the Ligurian Sun

Steven Brown·April 24, 2017

The shift may not have been conscious, violinist Ertan Torgul says, but he sees it clearly. After 20-plus years of performing new music, San Antonio's Soli Chamber Ensemble is gravitating toward composers who bridge genres —mixing the classical tradition with jazz, rock or whatever else resonates with them. To them, music is music.

Music San Antonio

Fire & Water: HGO Triumphs with Götterdämmerung

Sherry Cheng·April 24, 2017

Houston Grand Opera has done it! The realization of Richard Wagner's epic Ring Cycle, the single most challenging and monumental artistic undertaking in the opera company's history, culminated with full force in the cathartic fourth and final installment Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods).

Houston Music

Visual Art

Forging Admiration: Art Worth encourages Fort Worth fans to see artists in their element

Presence, Absence and a Certain Tension: Timothy Harding Redefines Space

Caught in Motion: Robert Rauschenberg at the Menil

Gallery Row

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Dance

Big Moves Ahead: Bruce Wood Dance Dallas Leans Into Legacy for 2025–26

Vision and Variety: Texas Performing Arts Celebrates International and Local Artists

Dance with Abandon: Avant Chamber Ballet Grows a New Audience with Biggest Season Yet

Music

Forging Admiration: Art Worth encourages Fort Worth fans to see artists in their element

Fort Worth Symphony: From Beethoven and Brahms to the Bard and Ballet

Vision and Variety: Texas Performing Arts Celebrates International and Local Artists

Theater

Stage Left of Center: Four Texas Theaters Redefining Regional Performance

Innovation, Ingenuity and Intimacy: Texas Theater Designers Create Big Worlds in Small Spaces

Vision and Variety: Texas Performing Arts Celebrates International and Local Artists

Music

Collaborative Spirit Defines Musiqa’s 2017-2018 Season

Lynn Lane’s Transitory Sound and Movement Collective is Making Shifts in Houston

Texas New Music Ensemble Focuses on Lone Star Composers

Defining Home: Da Camera’s 30th Season

Year of the Woman: Ars Lyrica’s Upcoming Season Celebrates Artful Women

From punk rockers to presidents: The rebels at ROCO announce new season

Jazz on/in/and Film at the MFAH

On Key and Offbeat: Austin’s Lone-Star Station KMFA Turns 50

Victoria Bach Festival: A New Era

Texas Early Music Project Bridges Past and Present

Soli Chamber Ensemble Concludes Season Under the Ligurian Sun

Fire & Water: HGO Triumphs with Götterdämmerung