Arts and Culture Texas magazine

A Full Life in Music: Ran Blake at Live Oak Friends Meeting House

Joseph Wozny·December 28, 2016

Nameless Sound presents Ran Blake in a free concert on Jan. 7, 2017 at 5pm under James Turrell's Skyspace at The Live Oak Friends Meeting House, with a second set performed with Turrell's Night Piece.

Music

Musical Evangelists: Houston Symphony’s Embedded Musicians Engage the Community

Steven Brown·November 16, 2016

David Connor lets his double bass rest on the floor. Cradling an iPad and speaker in his arms, he circulates through the classroom as jazz icon Ella Fitzgerald cuts loose onscreen in It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing.

Victory at Sea: Moby-Dick at The Dallas Opera

Nancy Wozny·November 14, 2016

“Melville put the whole universe into Moby-Dick,” my companion said before the curtain rose on The Dallas Opera production of Moby-Dick.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

Wonder & A Whale: Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer Transform American Classics into Opera

Tarra Gaines·October 24, 2016

This November, Moby-Dick journeys safely back to its home port, as the Dallas Opera once again flies the doomed ship Pequod’s colors.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks Music

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.

Opera in Israel with Dallas Connections

Nancy Wozny·September 27, 2016

Hannah Munitz's face lit up when I asked her about the Israeli Opera’s production of Onegin, which opens The Dallas Opera’s 2016/17season, Oct. 28-Nov. 6.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks Music

Juicy roles bring Stephen Costello back to Dallas Opera

Steven Brown·September 22, 2016

Stephen Costello thinks back to when he agreed to perform in a then-unfinished opera.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

Home and Away: The Miró Quartet’s Fall Texas Season

Steven Brown·August 3, 2016

The Miró Quartet loves to expose an audience to the panorama of a single composer’s works.

The Varieties of Experimental Experience: Soundings on Marfa Sounding

Joseph Wozny·July 24, 2016

The thing about writing about “experimental music” is that the phrase “experimental music,” if it means anything anymore, means too many things.

Features Music West Texas

Travel Music: Harmony in the Air Delights Houston’s Airport Passengers

Steven Brown·June 13, 2016

Air travelers nationwide were grumbling about lengthening lines at security checks. A federal transportation official was getting the boot over it that very day. But in the atrium near William P. Hobby Airport’s departure gates, nobody looked stressed.

Houston Music

Summer Premieres at Lone Star Lyric

Chris Johnson·June 7, 2016

When Kelli Estes planned her first season for Houston’s Lone Star Lyric Theater, the company she founded back in 2006, she was actually in living New York City and not Houston.

Houston Music

Bringing Music to the People: ROCO’s New Season

Steven Brown·June 7, 2016

The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra isn’t planning a Fourth of July concert, but maybe it should. The tradition-busting group has declared its independence -- from the classical hit parade. Scan the group’s programs for 2016-17, and you’ll see nothing that rank-and-file concertgoers would find familiar.

Visual Art

Diving Into Hidden Universes: Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within at the MFAH

An Enigmatic Woman: Marisol’s Big Works Get an Even Bigger Retrospective at Dallas Museum of Art

Dallas artist Du Chau Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

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

Women First: Texas Ballet Theater Highlights Six Outstanding Female Choreographers

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

Revealing Repertoire: Houston Ballet’s Triple Bill Tells a Company’s Story

Music

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

TX Studio: Héctor Guzmán Conducts a Life

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

Theater

Finding His Niche: Actor/Playwright Parker Davis Gray Carves Out His Place

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

Building a Community: D. Wambui Richardson Invites Audiences to Become Part of Jubilee Theatre’s Family

Music

A Full Life in Music: Ran Blake at Live Oak Friends Meeting House

Musical Evangelists: Houston Symphony’s Embedded Musicians Engage the Community

Victory at Sea: Moby-Dick at The Dallas Opera

Wonder & A Whale: Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer Transform American Classics into Opera

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

Opera in Israel with Dallas Connections

Juicy roles bring Stephen Costello back to Dallas Opera

Home and Away: The Miró Quartet’s Fall Texas Season

The Varieties of Experimental Experience: Soundings on Marfa Sounding

Travel Music: Harmony in the Air Delights Houston’s Airport Passengers

Summer Premieres at Lone Star Lyric

Bringing Music to the People: ROCO’s New Season