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"...to compose "a long-form piece of music for an ensemble that includes elements of traditional string band instrumentation." Guitar..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

World-Class Trombonist Andre Hayward's Spiritual Journey

"Big Butter" brings his warm sound to Austin

"...the point it all threatens to veer too far outside, Hayward brings it back home, gracefully recasting the melody..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox Make Space to Create

The two organizations partner on a residency program to support Austin artists making adventurous new work

"...And yet it happened – and not just once but four times. And right here in Austin...."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

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

"...stuffy and inert to the point of lifelessness elsewhere, but here it's alive, as alive as any other kind..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jennifer Higdon, American Voice

One of this nation's most acclaimed and active composers, on our rich melting pot of music

"...Bernstein. (That's what happens when you hit 100 birthdays.) But this week in Austin, Lenny has to cede his..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Five Faces of Frankenstein

This Halloween, Austin serves up five freaky takes on Mary Shelley's mad doctor and his monster

"...resemblance to the tortured twentysomething med student and well-spoken, Milton-spouting monster in her 1818 novel. Do you like your..."

Oct. 23, 2015 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

"...The idea originated with Butler School of Music alumnus Russell Podgorsek, who has experience..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...the Austin Critics Table have agreed on the most outstanding work in dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

Strong and Talented and Young

Austin's Raw Paw collective inhales life, exhales art

"...hyper-aware of searching for a larger purpose, of figuring out how to make our own way in reality," says..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Sounds of the Season

Christmas cheer for the ear from UT Wind Ensemble, Austin Symphony Orchestra, and Conspirare

"...just how naughty or nice everyone is all year, but even he can't keep track of everything produced by..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Copland and Mexico'

Five-day concert series highlights this composer and orchestral music south of the border

"...Copland" conjures misty Appalachian valleys and broad Midwestern prairies, but this composer whose music is so identified with the..."

March 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Connectors

The 2013 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...owed not only to the creative types working today but also those individuals of earlier times whose initiative and..."

May 31, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT Wind Ensemble

The ghost of Gershwin plays live in Austin

"...places: United Airlines advertisements, a gold medal-winning Olympic figure-skating routine, a riff in an Electric Light Orchestra song, and..."

March 22, 2013 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

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

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

"...– loved ones, neighbors, your race – are being ruthlessly, systematically exterminated? What flame of inspiration can be kept..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Give 'Em a Hand

The nominees for the 2009 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...The Idiot, UT Department of Theatre & Dance..."

May 15, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Outside the Bachs

Classical sounds new when Austin artists do the composing

"...Beethoven, Brahms, and Bach have to be busting the buttons off their embroidered tailcoats at the way Austin not..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Early to Rise

Daniel Johnson loves early music's purity of sound and intimacy, and he's not alone

"...rebel. And he certainly doesn't sound like a rebel. But don't be fooled by the middle-age placidity, the casual..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2007-2008 B. Iden Payne Award Nominations

The full list of honorees for the Austin Circle of Theatres' annual theatre honors

"...PLAY FOR YOUTH..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature

2008 Payne Awards Nominations

The full list of honorees for the Austin Circle of Theatres' annual theatre honors

"...PLAY FOR YOUTH..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature

Another Round of Praise

Nominations for the 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Elephant's Graveyard, UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

Silver Lining

The Octopus Project's Avalanche instrumentalism

"...Octopus Project's rehearsal space at the Echo Lab in South Austin is like walking into a Tim Burton film...."

Oct. 5, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Dazed and Confused

'That was me making the movie – being initiated into how you get a film made with someone else's money at a studio level. I felt I was the one being paddled and running for my life.'

"...people is the antithesis of Sixteen Candles, the writer-director's debut studio pitch for a Seventies version of American Graffiti..."

May 26, 2006 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Local critics have put their heads – and pens – together to recognize..."

May 19, 2006 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

"...in the blur of black tuxedoes and formal gowns. Outside of the rare string-slinging superstars such as Yo-Yo Ma..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Events of 2005 That Engaged and Endure

'Chronicle' Arts Editor Robert Faires lists his favorite performances of dance and classical music from 2005

"...1) Circus Maximus (UT Wind Ensemble) The premiere of John Corigliano's work for..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

May I Have the Envelope, Please?

The 2004-2005 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...On Monday, June 6, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for outstanding achievements in the Austin..."

June 10, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...Local critics have put their heads – and pens – together to recognize..."

May 27, 2005 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

"...better term) classical music besieged by fans seeking his autograph. But it isn't every night that an ensemble at..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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