Our Country Mapped in Music

The Austin Symphony's concert with Grantham's Southern Harmony, Copland's Appalachian Spring Suite, and Gershwin's Second Rhapsody gives audiences a chance to hear how some composers describe an American sense of place through music

"...your ear. George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Austin composer Donald Grantham have managed to evoke the distinctive characters of..."

March 19, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...Parker, by Julia Smith; and operas by UT composers Donald Grantham (The Boor) and Dan Welcher (Della's Gift and..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Connectors

The 2013 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...Carlozzi consistently delivers a thousand words worth a picture. Donald Grantham..."

May 31, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Carmina Burana/Hymn to the Earth

For its first concert of the 2002-03 season, Conspirare offered a striking premiere of Hymn to the Earth, by local composer Donald Grantham, then conductor Craig Hella Johnson led a gregarious and eager mob in a sing-along version of Carl Orff's popular Carmina Burana.

"...premiere of Hymn to the Earth, by local composer Donald Grantham, who was commissioned by Conspirare to turn Homer's..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Southwest Voices

Chorus Austin's showcase of new choral work by Texas composers proved there is plenty of homegrown talent to celebrate

"...premiere of "Let Evening Come" by UT faculty composer Donald Grantham. Written after learning of his late wife's tumor,..."

May 23, 2014 Arts Review by Natalie Zeldin

UT Faculty Composers: All-stars take the field

A concert of works by Donald Grantham, Russell Pinkston, Bruce Pennycook, Dan Welcher, and Yevgeniy Sharlat will be a veritable home-run derby of music by UT's compositional heavy hitters

"...at the School of Music this Sunday: Heavy hitters Donald Grantham, Dan Welcher, Russell Pinkston, Bruce Pennycook, and Yevgeniy..."

March 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony With Norman Krieger

On the first anniversary of the American-led invasion of Iraq, the Austin Symphony offered a pleasing variety of views of the American landscape through music by 20th-century composers

"...20th-century composers from Gershwin and Copland to local composer Donald Grantham and Frenchman Maurice Ravel. ASO music director Peter..."

March 26, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

I Hear a Symphony

Composer Kent Kennan has been an essential voice in America's musical counterpoint since 1936 when he won the Prix de Rome Composition Prize. Now, at age 90, he'll hear the Austin Symphony play his composition for the very first time.

"...a textbook to have that kind of life," says Donald Grantham, Kennan's colleague at the UT School of Music..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2016

These inductees – Ballet Austin's Cookie Ruiz and Stephen Mills, and the Austin Symphony Orchestra's Peter Bay – are cultural heroes who lead by example

"...by Toru Takemitsu, John Corigliano, Kevin Puts, and Austin's Donald Grantham; American premieres of works by Graham Fitkin and..."

May 6, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Arts Hall of Fame: Class of 2013

The Austin Critics Table has honored five more pioneers in the Austin arts community

"...Donald Grantham (University of Texas) – composer, educator..."

May 3, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: One Movement Ends, and One Begins

As one chamber music ensemble takes its final bow, another makes its start

"...its first recording to works by Austinites Kent Kennan, Donald Grantham, and Welcher...."

March 16, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Conspirare

For Austin's sterling choral ensemble Conspirare, the first few months of 2006 has seen concerts here and far away and the release of a new and most comforting CD

"...Remember Them," a tender memorial work by Austin composer Donald Grantham, one which was inspired by the victims of..."

April 28, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Circus Maximus

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

"...Longhorn Band's Robert Carnochan, this new work by Austin's Donald Grantham whirled us into a splashy world of reckless..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art, as presented during its annual ceremony at the Capitol City Comedy Club.

"...Hymn to the Earth, Donald Grantham..."

June 6, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Emily Sings

New Texas Music Works is kicking off the ninth annual New Texas Festival with the Emily Dickinson Song Symposium. A conference dedicated to art songs featuring texts by the master American poet.

"...Dead Man Walking composer Jake Heggie and Austin's own Donald Grantham. You could spend a year just hunting down..."

May 17, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Sad songs for local choral companies -- Austin ProChorus ends its song and Chorus Austin lets go its executive director -- but a sweet tune for Arts Center Stage: a million-dollar donation from Southwestern Bell.

"...life, the ProChorus paid tribute to Texas composers, including Donald Grantham and Caroline Lyons, and commissioned several pieces --..."

April 19, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Rock,” Justin Sherburn “So Long As Days Shall Be,” Donald Grantham..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Consummate Artistry

The 2013-14 Austin Critics Table Awards

"..."Black-Eyed Suzy," Donald Grantham Instrumentalist..."

June 6, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

"It Was a Difficult Choice, But..."

The Austin Critics Table named its tops in the arts for 2014

"..."Black-Eyed Suzy," Donald Grantham..."

June 3, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"..."Black-Eyed Suzy," Donald Grantham..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Your Menuhin Winners

Fukuda, Waarts take first in young violinist competition

"...new work commissioned from Butler School of Music professor Donald Grantham for all Senior division players to perform in..."

March 4, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

World on a String

Young violinists from across the globe flock to Austin for North America's first Menuhin Competition

"...(!), a new work by UT professor of composition Donald Grantham ("Black-Eyed Suzy"), and a piece of the competitor's..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Menuhin Competition 2014

"...semi-final round includes "Black-Eyed Suzy" commissioned from UT composer Donald Grantham. In the semi-finals, competitors choose a Haydn string..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Arts Feature

Outside the Bachs

Classical sounds new when Austin artists do the composing

"...Butler School of Music, where faculty composers Dan Welcher, Donald Grantham, Russell Pinkston, Bruce Pennycook, and Yevgeniy Sharlat have..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Grammy recognition for Conspirare, an encore and more NEA support for Tapestry's The Souls of Our Feet, and giant sunflowers for the Mueller redevelopment

"...Pizzetti, as well as musical gems by Eliza Gilkyson, Donald Grantham, Eric Whitacre, Bradley Ellingboe, and Stephen Paulus. Back..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Donald Grantham, Music for the Blanton, Blanton Museum of Art..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...La Canción Desesperada, Donald Grantham..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Hymn to the Earth, Donald Grantham..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Night of the Living Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Last House on the Left

Louis Black reviews Night of the Living Dead, Last House on the Left, Texas Chain-saw Massacre, and Halloween -- all featured in IFC's new documentary, American Nightmare

"...independent filmmakers of all stripes.HalloweenD: John Carpenter (1978); with Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis, P.J. Soles, Charles..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black