Mimir Chamber Music Festival performances begin on July 3 at TCU
From Bartok and Grieg to Shostokovich and Schubert, there'll be something on tap for everyone with a classical bent.
Friday, June 27, 2008
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September concert tickets to the DSO available June 20
Among the acts hitting the DSO are the Beach Boys and Wayne Brady.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Dallas ISD middle school students to attend Dallas Wind Symphony Summer Music Institute
Woodwind, brass, and percussion players from Dallas ISD middle schools with have five days of rehearsals and a grand final performance at Moisés Molina high school.
Monday, June 9, 2008
TCU brings PianoTexas Academy & Festival to Fort Worth
Piano babe alert!
North Texas piano folk, start your glissandos: get ready for three-plus weeks of the best that ivory-tickling has to offer.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Dallas Symphony Orchestra to put on African American Festival
The 15th Annual African American Festival will take place on June 20 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
WRR Classical 101 FM revamps its on-air lineup
All you ever wanted to know about the local classical station. We have one by the way (psst, it's nearly 90 years old)
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Take time out for DFW events coming this week
Head out on the town this week for a chance to win money, and plenty more chances to spend it.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Magnolia Theatre to screen Plácido Domingo 40th Anniversary Gala Concert
Looking for a Mother's Day movie event with musical kicker? This might be a good choice.
21 other Landmark venues around the country will HD-project the show simultaneously.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Maestro Anshel Brusilow to conduct final concert with UNT Symphony
Brusilow is retiring after a UNT career spanning 35 years.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Wizard of Oz screening to be accompanied by Dallas Symphony Orchestra
"To see a film in a performance hall such as the Meyerson, with live orchestral accompaniment, is to see it in its ancestral environment, where the idea began as opera."
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Pianist Gustavo Romero to perform with Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra
Mexican-American pianist Gustavo Romero has a reputation for both the technical brilliance and interpretive depth of his playing, as well as his commitment to in-depth exploration of individual composers.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
UTD announces winners of 2008 Texas Guitar Competition
The first prize winner, Nemanja Ostojic, has performed in Greece, Italy, France, Slovenia, Romania, Germany, Hungary, Montenegro, Russia, Turkey, and the United States.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Guitar Fort Worth and Texas Wesleyan present Swedish guitarist Johannes Moller
The Swedish guitarist Johannes Moller has captivated audiences throughout the world with charismatic performances and ability to communicate a musical message.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Dallas weekend offerings to make you feel lucky
From a drag show to Yo La Tengo to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, there's something for everybody going on in Dallas.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
FWSO Gala feature virtuoso violinist Hilary Hahn
Renowned for her intellectual and emotional maturity, Hahn was named “America's Best” young classical musician by Time Magazine in 2001.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Jamal Mathis teams up with Ryan Smith for upcoming duet album
The album will include "instrumental arrangements of hymns and contemporary jazz works."
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Dallas Symphony Orchestra announces 2008-2009 season
Season includes a performance featuring American Idol finalists Diana DeGarmo, Constantine Maroulis, and Kimberly Caldwell live with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Robert Dodson named new Director of Division of Music at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts
Renowned cellist is settling in Dallas.
Friday, Feb. 29, 2008
Music scholars to speak at UNT
... and the campus is humming with anticipation.
Seven Deadly Sins (of medieval music) and Distant Beloved (of Schumann and Beethoven) comprise program topics.
Monday, Feb. 18, 2008
Van Cliburn Foundation to honor … Van Cliburn?
I guess you gotta throw your namesake a bone every now and again.
In other news, all other foundations named after people would like to express their fondness for their namesakes, too.
Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008
UNT Chamber Orchestra performance to feature music faculty participation
The violin, cello, oboe and bassoon (gesundheit!) will all be played by professors.
Monday, Feb. 11, 2008
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra to auction off violins painted by world-renowned artists
All proceeds of the auction will benefit music education.
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008
Alexander Moutouzkine performs scholarship benefit concert at UT Dallas February 15
Moutouzkine has performed recitals throughout France, Spain, Germany, England, Italy, China, the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Belgium and North and South America.
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
UNT concerts will highlight Baroque instrumentals
Man, that's a really big lute - I'm just sayin'.
Choose from an all-Bach stripped-down violin and oboe duo (tasty!) or a more fleshed-out seven-piece ensemble featuring the theorbo.
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
UT Dallas presents Sorceries for Three: Clavier Trio
The concert will include Franz Joseph Haydn's Trio in E (Hob. XV: 28) and Ludwig van Beethoven's Archduke Trio, Op. 97 in B-flat.
Monday, Jan. 28, 2008
Rimsky-Korsakov’s captivating music based on One Thousand and One Nights takes center stage with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
The concerts open with the FWSO’s second installment of the highly acclaimed Caminos del Inka, a spectacular multimedia event that combines traditional Peruvian music with stunning images of the Inca Trail.
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008
Raul Olmos to perform February 1 at UT Dallas
Olmos studied at la Escuela Popular de Bellas Artes, el Conservatorio de las Rosas de Morelia and el Conservatorio Nacional de Musica in Mexico City.
Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008
Upcoming UTD “Faculty at Five” features Enric Madriguera
Madriguera will perform works by Fernando Sor, Jean Baptiste Besard and Sylvius Weiss on historic replica instruments and hybrid instruments.
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008
André Watts recital at Bass Performance Hall rescheduled for January 31 due to illness
André Watts was the first classical artist to make his television debut on the Young People's Concerts series with Leonard Bernstein and then with the New York Philharmonic in 1963.
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008
Mesquite Symphony Orchestra and Brave Combo pair up February 2
Advance tickets are available by contacting Mr. Jim Wade at jimwade@unity-financial.com.
Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008
UNT Regents Professor’s commissioned trombone piece to be performed by Houston Symphony Orchestra
Cindy McTee is an old hand at this commissioned compositional routine.
Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007
UNT master’s student takes top prize in piano competition
... not to mention $5,000 cash.
"I love performing - that's why we practice for hours and days and years." - Janice Fehlauer
Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007
Dallas Symphony Orchestra honcho Fred Bronstein headed for St. Louis
His legacy here will be the hiring of music director Jaap van Zweden.
Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007
Fort Worth-based Van Cliburn Foundation names new COO
Jim Fredericks has previously served in a leadership capacity for three different Fortune 500 companies.
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007
UT Dallas’ Arts Festival to feature work of hundreds of students
The festival will be held at UTD Nov. 29-30
Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas performing in Dallas
Orchestra to perform at the Meyerson Symphony Center Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 19, 2007
Casa Mañana presents Lomascola’s Million Dollar Piano Show for one night only
The "world's greatest piano entertainment show" will make its way to Fort Worth on November 17.
Friday, Nov. 16, 2007
“Cliburn at the Kimbell” presents Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecien, Dec. 6
Mariusz Kwiecien is emerging as one of opera's leading baritones, frequently performing with the Metropolitan Opera-- including this year's opening night--as well as with many opera companies around the world.
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007
Dallas Peruvian consulate opening coincides with Peruvian music showcase
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, the director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, launches a three-part musical project this weekend.
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007
Irving High School’s Daniel Oh chosen for All-State orchestra
Oh my goodness.
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007
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