Brent Baldwin and his creative cronies have wrangled up another you-gotta-be-there installment of the annual concert series that joins a 100-voice choir, a full orchestra, and Austin bands in an unforgettable evening of music. This year's sonic sockdolager features Star Park, Moving Panoramas, Nakia, Calliope Musicals, Big Bill, and Dustin Welch.
Local Opera Local Artists presents one of Mozart's final operas with a new spin, featuring an original character – the Hebrew queen Berenice – who serves as narrator and guide in exploring the show's themes in a modern context. A powerful cast is directed by Rebecca Herman, with music arranged and conducted by Peter Stopschinski, enhancing a script by Rebecca Whitehurst.
Here's a concert of two hearty works by Laurent Durupt, a French composer whose seamless and mutually enhancing integration of percussion and live electronics is the most evolved the peerless trio has yet encountered.