Compagnie Julie Dossavi/Trey McIntyre Project

World-class choreographers from Paris and Houston dance into Austin the same week

"...in such an intimate setting instead of a large concert hall is a real treat and should not be..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

Paul Taylor Dance Company

Call them contemporary or modern, but Paul Taylor's dances are always masterful

"...dances, and when his company performs next Wednesday at Bass Concert Hall, distinctions between modern and contemporary dance will..."

March 27, 2009 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

'The Barber of Seville': Oh, we meant to do it this way

With Bass Concert Hall no longer available, Austin Lyric Opera is working to stage The Barber of Seville in a hall with no orchestra pit, no proscenium, and no wing space

"...its 20-year history, Austin Lyric Opera has performed at Bass Concert Hall, one of the many venerable performing-arts venues..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Equality

Ornette Coleman, speaking softly and carrying a huge legacy

"...Texas music titans, jazz's last great revolution. Sunday, 7pm, Bass Concert Hall, that upheaval upends Austin for the first..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Richard Stoltzman and Emanuel Ax

Hearing clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and pianist Emanuel Ax at Bass Concert Hall is like watching chess at Memorial Stadium, but the seasoned musicians still managed to dazzle with their virtuosity and plant music in your head that could lure you into a speeding ticket on the way home.

"...Bass Concert Hall, April 15..."

April 25, 2003 Arts Review by Jerry Young

Waves Coming to Shore

No artist in the last 50 years has combined dance, theatre, music, scenery, and costume into epic spectacles like Pina Bausch, and as this German visionary returns to Austin Dawn Davis explores her work and her impact on the city's Johnson / Long Dance Company.

"...codified technique -- were deemed unnecessary. Choreographers and dancers challenged every rule imposed by their predecessors, every assumption, conscious..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Arts Feature by Dawn Davis

Something to Live For

"...brother Walter, or his cousin Woody Dukes, who rivaled hall-of-famer Willie Wells as the best ballplayer in town...."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Live Shots

"...and their own "Watch Your Step." It sounded like Bass Concert Hall, but felt like Hole in the Wall...."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature

Postmarks

VanScorned

"...Alvin Ailey Dance Company at Bass Concert Hall..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Column

Other 1997-98 Seasons

"...Bass Concert Hall, UT campus, 472-5992 Andrea Chénier, by Giordano,..."

June 27, 1997 Arts Feature

Circus Maximus

The UT Wind Ensemble's premiere of John Corigliano's Circus Maximus' was more than a concert; it was an event

"...Bass Concert Hall, Feb. 16..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

A Score Is Born

UT midwifes a new symphony by John Corigliano

"...you notice are all the musicians spread around the concert hall: drummers standing at the rear doors, trumpeters staggered..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Hogg Auditorium is headed for a makeover, Judy Jensen's Blue Willow is headed to the Smithsonian, and two local artists take the road to recovery.

"...has been said about the University of Texas closing Bass Concert Hall in 2006 for necessary safety improvements. Less..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Live Shots

"...very large Mark Rubin and his very large stand-up bass crammed into a very small, speeding golf cart), I..."

April 18, 1997 Music Feature

Road Shows

"...FRI 3 Delbert McClinton, Dessau Hall..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Music Feature

Play Misty for Me

Did you know Bill Cosby is an accomplished jazz drummer?

"...I get off the plane, and I go to Bass [Concert Hall], and that's it. So now, I'm in..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Think 'New' Music

eighth blackbird helps Texas Performing Arts change how we regard classical

"...So the crowd is filing out of Dell Hall after the latest Austin Symphony concert, with most people..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

First Generation

The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...recognize our city's cultural heroes through the Austin Arts Hall of Fame, an honor roll of individuals who have..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

La Onda Chicano

Tejano music, as a genre, might be on the ropes, but Sunny Ozuna – one of the genre's architects – is anything but

"...the UT Tower, thousands of Tejano fans filed into Bass Concert Hall for "Los Grandes de la Música Tejana."..."

July 21, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Dancing About Architecture

Things get so bad in the Live Music Capital of the World that they're citing the 'King of Sixth Street,' Gerry Van King, for busking on the street

"...a citation for performing on the street with his bass and small amplifier in front of Jazz, just as..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events

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"...of Mel Stuart’s groundbreaking recording of the monumental Wattstax concert. Described at the time as a soulful expression of..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Playback: Big Henry's Grooves Antone's

Antone's new vinyl annex, Scoot Inn's new look, Jackie Venson's new late-night TV fan, and new (bad) ideas for ACL Fest signage

"...Antone's and an appearance at tonight's sold-out All ATX concert at the Moody Theater – but then she got..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Long Gone Lonesome

This tale of a Scotsman who loved and sang country music rang Texas true

"...Long Gone LonesomeBass Concert Hall Jan. 19..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Arts Review by Robert Faires

UT Performing Arts Center: Wadsworth announces retirement

Pebbles Wadsworth, who has run the UT Performing Arts Center for 15 years now, will step down from her position as director of the UT PAC as of New Year's Day 2008

"...Next month, the lights go down in Bass Concert Hall for its much-talked-about $14.7 million renovation, and..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ballet Austin's Hamlet

Long after everyone who was in Bass Concert Hall the night of October 29 has shuffled off this mortal coil, Stephen Mills' ballet of Hamlet will live. Ballet Austin's world premiere production looked and sounded sublime.

"...Rising above the rattling of jewelry in the Bass Concert Hall, Ballet Austin's world premiere production of Hamlet,..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Road Shows

"...WED 3 John Fogerty, Bottle Rockets, Austin Music Hall..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Feature

Road Shows

"...FRI 4 Christian McBride, Bates Recital Hall..."

April 4, 1997 Music Feature

Live Shots

The King's Singers

"...with Guy Forsyth and Mike Kindred, can take his bass line from a pelting throb to a mellow funk..."

May 5, 1995 Music Review by Jeff Parker Knight

Austin Lyric Opera

Austin Lyric Opera announces what's coming when it turns 20 next season and serves up a banquet of opera on celluloid in a party, titled Lights, Camera, Opera

"...2007), with the latter marking ALO's long-awaited exit from Bass Concert Hall. With its future home in the Long..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Road Shows

"...SAT 12 Kronos Quartet, Bass Concert Hall..."

April 11, 1997 Music Feature

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