Butler School of Music: For this John Adams, a King

UT honors the Nixon in China composer with an award for his notable musical work and three concerts featuring his compositions

"...John Adams' name is on everyone's lips these days, but if you think all the chatter is about Paul..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Butler School of Music

Two concerts – one by Harvey Pittel, one for the late Rose Taylor – pay tribute to 'living in a song'

"...A pair of lives spent living in a song – that's what's..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Butler School of Music

The UT chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota is collecting donations for Sheryl Stack

"...The Butler School of Music at the University of Texas is..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT School of Music

Ernest and Sarah Butler make the largest-ever donation to a music school at a public university

"...Of the many beautiful sounds heard around the University of..."

March 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

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

"...let the word "classical" throw you. In the context of classical music in Austin, it doesn't mean formal. It..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Music to Celebrate Women By

Butler School marks Intl. Women's Day with all-star concert

"...we have just the event for you: The University of Texas' Butler School of Music is bringing together some..."

March 7, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Top 10 Dance/Classical Music Treasures of 2015

Leaving deep impressions from 2015's dance and classical music works were the unexpected elements, like screen doors, trees, and car horns

"...1) Miró Quartet (UT Butler School Of Music)..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT Wind Ensemble

The ghost of Gershwin plays live in Austin

"...You don't have to be much of a classical music junkie to have heard George Gershwin's..."

March 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

'Creativity in the Face of Death: The Contemporary Resonance of Terezín'

UT symposium honors and ponders art created in the Nazi concentration camp

"...Art existing in the midst of genocide is a paradox that the mind is hard-pressed..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound – The Music Relief Magic Number: $20 Million

Music Makes Austin budget proposal warns full-capacity touring won't return until 2022

"...the first federal stimulus, the CARES package, for local music venues. New COVID-19 relief from Washington incoming, Austin's music..."

April 30, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Another Round of Praise

Nominations for the 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...For the 16th year, an informal affiliation of local arts critics have joined to recognize the year's..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Update: Fate of UT's Fine Arts Library

Provost OKs recommendations to preserve, upgrade fifth floor

"...For months, the fate of the Fine Arts Library at the University of Texas..."

April 11, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Andy Langer and Carrie Rodriguez Are Now UT Employees

University Live Music Initiative snags industry heavyweights

"...UT-Austin has nabbed some impressive new foot soldiers for its..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Seeds of Inspiration

The 2012 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...the question that inevitably comes up whenever two members of Austin's creative community connect. We stay so active here..."

June 1, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Wonders of 2008

Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires recaps 2008 in dance and classical music

"...1) Cult of Color: Call to Color (Ballet Austin) The dense, deeply..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback: Bombs, Beto, and the Biggest Music Stories of 2018

“Playback” recaps the news, trends, and controversies of the year. Outrage level: high.

"...shipping explosive devices around Austin. Not since Charles Whitman's UT shooting terrorized the state capital had locals felt so..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Archive of the Patriarch

Ransom Center acquires Gabriel García Márquez papers

"...a major boost to its holdings by Latin American authors, Nobel laureates, and the most influential literary figures of..."

Nov. 25, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

Music in Architecture – Architecture in Music

More songs about buildings and space

"...The old maxim that compares writing about music to dancing about architecture implies some sort of..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Changes at UT’s Fine Arts Library Cause a Rift in the College of Fine Arts

Showdown on the fifth floor

"...A tale of two floors: On one, rows and rows of books..."

March 30, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sehr Flash: Fiction Becomes Music

Austin composer Russell Podgorsek teams with lit journal NANO Fiction to create short short stories with original scores

"...you like a soundtrack when you're reading? Does some music help to set the atmosphere, to enhance the mood..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Week in Recommended Live Music

Narrow Head, Pussy Gillette, the Nude Party, and even some innuendo-less acts to see

"...With soft, intentional singing and comforting guitar ruminations, Chicago’s Nico Play..."

May 3, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Top 10 (+1) Dance Classical Music Treasures of 2013

In 2013, dance and classical music were distinguished by their breadth of expression and eloquence

"...in sync with both the notes and playful spirit of the Austrian composer's scores that it felt as if..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Treasures of 2010

Music and movement in 2010 made the mundane sacred and the serious silly

"...with choral works that opened one to the fullness of creation, including a "Deutsche Motette" by R. Strauss, breathtaking..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Things to Happen to Classical Music in 2014

The year saw Austin go big in classical with big-name artists and competitions coming to town, and big crowds, too

"...Top 10 Things to Happen to Classical Music in 2014..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

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,..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Possibility of Failure

Pulitzer or not, composer David Lang won't play it safe

"...for the Pulitzer Prize or for the increased presence of his work in concert halls. It's just that, he..."

April 30, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Anna Sawyer distrusts authority, disrupts class time, and disobeys gender roles as the..."

July 2, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

'The Fall of the House of Usher': When Debussy was a Poe boy

With UT's hosting of the Debussy International Congress comes a Halloween treat: an operatic adaptation based on Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher'

"...Tired of the same old haunted mansions with chain-saw psychos and..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

UT: Major Arts Commissions Announced

Landmarks will get new mural, CoFA a Spanish-language opera

"...This time of year, most talk about the University of Texas concerns..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Browner Shade of Black

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

"...At 12:06am, Jimmy Kimmel Live! explodes onto the air of local ABC affiliate KVUE. Punching the theme for the..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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