Humor, Introspection, Ecstasy

UT Composer Dan Welcher is one step away from greatness.

"...Peter Bay, music director and conductor of the Austin Symphony, had the bright idea of getting UT composition professor..."

April 13, 2001 Music Feature by Robert Faires

Meet the New Bosses

Long Center director Cliff Redd and ALO director Richard Buckley compare notes on leading an arts institution, the challenges they face, and being new to Austin

"...across the world, including stints as assistant conductor for Seattle Opera, music director of the Oakland Symphony, and principal..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Months of speculation come to an end as Austin Lyric Opera appoints conductor Richard Buckley to the position of artistic director.

"...orchestras. He served as music director of the Oakland Symphony and principal guest conductor of the Seattle Symphony, and..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Austin Lyric Opera's new artistic director receives raves for his conducting at Seattle Opera, Beehive diva Judy Arnold takes ill, and Chronicle Arts writer Barry Pineo gets a publishing deal for his book on acting.

"...been in the rainy Northwest of late, helping the Seattle Opera mount its production of Mourning Becomes Electra, Marvin..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin Opera's Of Mice and Men

Artistic Director Richard Buckley on returning to the Carlisle Floyd opera that launched his conducting career

"...which, in the 45 years since its premiere in Seattle, has found a fixed place among operas produced regularly...."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Merging Music and Medicine at Dell Med

Dell Medical School's new orchestra to debut with hospital performance

"...and former member of the Israel Philharmonic, the Jerusalem Symphony, and the Seattle Symphony. The ensemble consists of UT..."

May 6, 2022 News Feature by Hannah Uebele

Culture Flash! March 2016

Honors for Dietz, compassion for ASO, and China for the ballet

"...for a local playwright, an international premiere for the symphony, and a very special trip for the ballet's Big..."

March 23, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

ACL Music Fest Friday Listings

The blurbing of ACL 2011

"...on Brandi Carlile's Live at Benaroya Hall With the Seattle Symphony attest to her pop-folk roots. An ambitious undertaking..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...– Kate X Messer Two Star Symphony..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Peter and the Wolf

Playwright Allison Gregory schticks it to the kids' classic in a new stage adaptation

"...Peter and the Wolf premiered, the Sergei Prokofiev children's symphony was adapted into an animated short by Disney in..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Dream Pursued

The Young Eight is showing the world of classical music what it means to be young, gifted, and black

"...his undergraduate work, then at a recital hall in Seattle, near the town where Morris spent his high school..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How the West Was Sung

The Newton Boys Soundtrack: An Oral History

"...Moore, Patty Griffin, and Guy Forsyth), and Barnes in Seattle scoring the film with an 85-piece orchestra - jobs..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Saturday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...pop assassins to have another go at greatness. The Seattle-based outfit released EP Sometimes You Have to Work on..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Arya’s Weyes Blood aftershow, celebrating SPOT, Urban Cultural Fest, and more

"...hall Central Machine Works hosts 14 back-to-back blowers 6-10pm, Seattle, Chicago, and Pittsburgh represented alongside 10 local klezmer, marching,..."

March 31, 2023 Music Column by Angela Lim

Austin Opera Probes the Power and Perils of Connection With The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

The local company launches a new collaborative production for the nation

"...to the titular role (which he previously performed in Seattle) as the Apple grower observes his life, career, and..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sour Notes For Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez runs into conflict with the Austin musicians' union over scoring his new release.

"...she had asked local musicians (primarily from the Austin Symphony) to perform the work nonunion, while promising that the..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

A Theatre Mecca?!?

Honest, Some Folks Move to Austin for the Theatre

"...of hip, happening place." Film, theatre, music. Had a symphony, a ballet, and an opera company. All good signs..."

July 18, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

The Human Touch

Violinist Laurie Young Stevens finds the passion and flash in baroque music

"...was devoid of classical music. There was a local symphony, and owing to the limited number of skilled players..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Complete Freedom

A profile of Bad Livers banjo player Danny Barnes

"...idea from some locals calling themselves the Goose Creek Symphony, a group featuring a hillbilly fiddler they'd molded into..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Is Austin’s New Arts Umbrella Organization Just in Time or Too Little, Too Late?

After two decades of treating culture and creativity as an afterthought, the city of Austin finally has a real arts department

"...Then, when Kitch left in 2011 to head up Seattle’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and Butler retired..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Free Week Announces January 2024 Lineup, and More Music News

Power Trip reunited at Mohawk; Sonic Guild divvied grants at ACL Live

"...vote to determine fund allocation. With branches in Austin, Seattle, Colorado, and the Ozarks, the nonprofit applies the community-supported..."

Dec. 7, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

What We’re Listening to Right Now

Detox, Mobley, Dropped Out, Holy Wave, Party Van, and Shane Cooley

"...rummaged through his past while prepping an entry for Seattle indie label Suicide Squeeze's Pinks & Purples singles series...."

July 29, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

I Heart K-Pop

Korean DJ nights choreograph a local niche

"...An elaborate EDM/trap symphony from a group with 150 million albums sold...."

May 25, 2018 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Beach House and Beachwood Sparks

"...Beachwood Sparks and the Shins' Oh, Inverted World, rebooted Seattle's grunge imprint as a post-9/11 salve. The former L.A...."

July 20, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Music Fest Sunday Listings

The blurbing of ACL 2011

"...furious rave of aggressive electro-pulses. This year's full-length, Megalithic Symphony, drives more smoothly but still breaks into epic surges,..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature

Stranger Than Paradise

Tucked up in the Catskill Mountains, All Tomorrow's Parties stages a music festival for its own

"...its two forefathers in the spirit of grunge. The Seattle fourpiece then blitzes through Superfuzz Bigmuff and a handful..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Wednesday Showcases

Wednesday SXSW showcases at a glance

"...of Black Earth breaks from the studio, where the Seattle fourpiece is bludgeoning The Cold Testament, follow-up to 2008's..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Off the Record

Mohawk welcomes Red River Flats to the neighborhood, Ego's sings karaoke, and a tribute to pianist Doug Hall

"...Hall, 48, made his orchestral debut with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at age 9, later receiving a Memorial Composition..."

April 11, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW Interviews

They said what?

"...Orkestar (Ba Da Bing), is a Tin Pan Alley symphony, a ball of humanity and emotion pulsating out the..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Mambo John Treanor dies, but Austin jazz lives!

"...week before their scheduled Sept. 21 Fest gig at Symphony Square. Also on the bill this year is spoken..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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