The World Comes to Austin
Austin has always taken pride in calling itself the “Live Music Capital of the World,” and it will have yet another chance to showcase itself in such a role this month at the Menuhin Competition.
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Upcoming performing arts events around the state of Texas.
New Opera for a New Millennium
Imagine: it’s an evening in Spring, and stars dot the city sky.
Latin Songs
Houston Chamber Choir presents Todos Unidos – Todos Cantamos: Music of The Americas with María Guinand as the guest conductor for two shows in Texas, on Feb. 8 at South Main Baptist Church in Houston, and Feb. 9 at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in College Station.
Rising Voices: Ryan McKinny
Los Angeles-born and Juilliard-trained baritone Ryan McKinny has made Houston his home. A+C music writer Cortney Jacobs caught up with the rising singer and Houston Grand Opera Studio alum the day before he started rehearsals at HGO for Rigoletto, which runs Jan. 24-Feb. 9.
The Art of Remembrance
What captured Houston Grand Opera Artistic and Music Director Patrick Summers’ imagination as he sat down to play through the score of a lost opera by Mieczyslaw Weinberg
Review: Apollo Chamber Players
Lately, much energy is devoted to the notion of innovation in the concert hall. Unfortunately, many of these efforts are underwhelming, but concerts by the Apollo Chamber Players are always a delight.
Liminal Space Music & Frame Dance Productions
Liminal Space, the contemporary music ensemble spearheaded by guitarist/composer George Heathco and percussionist Luke Hubley, has quietly been filling a noticeable void in Houston’s concert music scene for slightly more than a year now.
Ars Lyrica Celebrates the New Year
Ars Lyrica celebrates the New Year by taking a little jaunt to Venice with “Venetian Carnivale,” a concert featuring music by Monteverdi and Vivaldi, and performances by Sopranos Melissa Givens and Blair Doerge, violinist Yung-Hsiang Wang, Baroque flutist Colin St. Martin, and guitarist Richard Savino ...
Performania
I spend a lot of time in museums, and sometimes I stay to look at the art on the walls.
Leading Voices
The Austin-based chorus known as Conspirare is quite simply one of the best vocal ensembles of its kind in the country.
Peter Brötzmann and Keiji Haino
A few weeks ago I was talking to a friend of mine who is a gifted performer of so-called free improvisation.