Austin Symphony Orchestra: "Rach Star"

Orion Weiss played Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto with the Austin Symphony, and we were spellbound

"...at fireworks displays as ever more spectacular flashes of light and color fill the sky: At some point, the..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Arts Review by Robert Faires

In Memoriam: Jo Anne Christian

Arts patron, leading force in building Long Center has died

"...Serenaded by Verdi, Puccini, and other composers whose operatic works she treasured, a..."

Nov. 14, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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

"...You begin below the Mason-Dixon Line, where dusty, red clay roads..."

March 19, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art Fun in the Summertime

May

"...Alan Roth: Robotics..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Renewables Symphony

"...Renewable sources of power are often called "intermittent" because wind blows most strongly in the afternoon and..."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Allie X, the Bill Ball, and Oodles of Locals in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

Lots of reasons to get out of the house and break out the earplugs

"...Dayglow: The Tour..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Opera, a Laboratorio, and One Wild Nothing in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

Shoegaze, black metal, jazz, punk, and more

"...Wild Nothing..."

May 16, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Ways to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop in Austin

The Illharmonic Orchestra, Bavu Blakes, and more reflect on the genre's golden jubilee

"...In the early August dog days of summer 1973, the..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Misery Business: The Cathartic and Unexpectedly Joyful Trend of Emo DJ Nights in Austin

Welcome to the Black Parade

"...Anyone who's done time manning a nightclub DJ booth comes armed with a clutch..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Gay Place

From Outerspaces to Deep Inside, this is the week that is... gay

"...HIGH ART, LO ART, BRO ART..."

May 3, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

After a Fashion

Art Institute presents a show, and the kids are all right ...

"...Gentlemanly..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Gay Place

The season has begun. Let the merry begin, fairies.

"...HOLIDAY SMACKDOWN Or up, depending on your personal peccadilloes and proclivities. Let us just..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Your Menuhin Winners

Fukuda, Waarts take first in young violinist competition

"...The bows have been put away, the violins returned to their cases, and their owners dispersed to..."

March 4, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

An Ode to 25 Years of Joy With Peter Bay

Celebration puts Austin Symphony Orchestra conductor center stage

"...No name rings more synonymous with “Austin Symphony Orchestra” than that of..."

March 31, 2022 Arts Post by Jasmine Lane

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...Members of the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of stage productions,..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Dance:

"...ENCANTO EN LA MISIóN, a program of traditional dances of Mexico and Spain performed in..."

June 14, 1996 Arts Feature

Give 'Em a Hand

The nominees for the 2009 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...For the 17th year, an informal affiliation of local arts critics has recognized the year's..."

May 15, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Concerts

"...Anton Nel, piano; Brian Lewis, violin..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Music Feature

Faster Than Sound: BabiBoi's Spitfire Soundtrack for the Club and Beyond

Ballroom rapper joins the Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce's Pride in Local Music next Saturday, and more music news

"...The spitfire, highly danceable musicality of BabiBoi developed alongside their founding membership..."

June 17, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Austin Symphony Orchestra With Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway

The great flutist made Dell Hall his home and seemed to be playing for old friends

"...The Austin Symphony With Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway..."

March 6, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

World on a String

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

"...may muffle human voices, but the voice of a violin sings right through it, so that anyone passing the..."

Feb. 21, 2014 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

"...Making it in classical music is no waltz in the..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Madagascar

Animated zoo animals head back to the wild

"...Directed by: Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath. If anybody bothered to ask movie critics, we’d tell..."

May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Van Cliburn, Lynn Harrell and the UT Symphony Orchestra: Autobiography Played Out at the Piano

Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin

"...Van Cliburn, Lynn Harrell and the UT Symphony Orchestra: Autobiography Played Out at the Piano Bass Concert..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Invocation of the Duke

daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra's chamber music

"...It was Gangstarr’s Guru who, on the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s Mo’..."

May 27, 2009 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Robert Faires’ Top 10 Dance and Classical Joys of 2018

In this year’s dance and classical offerings, extraordinary depictions of loss and suffering continue to haunt

"...1) "FOUR MORTAL MEN" (Ballet Austin) Stephen Mills' elegy for dancers he knew in Eighties..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

RTX Animation Festival Premieres Powerhouse's Castlevania

Rooster Teeth's Gray G. Haddock on the "new golden age of animation"

"...The internet is filled with animated shorts, but they rarely find..."

July 7, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Concierges Make the Call

Seasoned hotel vets share their insider knowledge

"...Southwest this year, we know that many of those in attendance will be every bit as excited about our..."

March 1, 2013 Food Feature by Gracie Salem

Austin Chamber Music Center Performathon

Hundreds of chamber musicians fill Dell Hall with nine full hours of classical sounds

"...Getting a nine-hour fix of live popular music is no..."

April 29, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

McCallum Fine Arts Academy Orchestra

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? In this case, back up a Beatles cover band.

"...If the high school musicians of the McCallum Fine Arts Academy Orchestra..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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