Austin Symphony Orchestra: Feast of Voices

The ASO and Chorus Austin combined forces for an evening of music that was gorgeous, sensual, and sometimes hall-shaking

"...of gorgeous, sensual, and sometimes hall-shaking music by the Austin Symphony and Chorus Austin, which offered everything from the..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Austin Symphony Orchestra Keeps Playing From Beyond the Stage

For the second time in its 109-year history, the ASO weathers a global pandemic

"...material do to stay active during a quarantine? The Austin Symphony Orchestra isn't exactly in a position to boost..."

June 19, 2020 Arts Feature by David Sotelo

Austin Symphony Orchestra: How Much Is That Symphony in the Window?

Two new symphonies will premiere in ASO's next season, but how are those costly commissions being paid for?

"...July is a holiday that practically belongs to the Austin Symphony Orchestra, it seems a fitting time to report..."

July 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra With Jennifer Frautschi, Violin

The ASO's latest musical tour of Russia took a literary turn

"...Music was the medium through which the Austin Symphony Orchestra transported audiences to Russia in its first..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra: The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round

ASO's first commissioned work uses Dell Hall to envelop the audience in sound

"...The Austin Symphony Orchestra knew that it wanted a new orchestral..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra: Commission fever

ASO has commissioned a new orchestral work from composer Christopher Theofanidis

"...special. Conspirare is rolling out the powerful Verdi Requiem. Austin Lyric Opera is leading off with opera's bad girl,..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra

The Arkansas Symphony's Galen Wixson has been hired as ASO's new executive director

"...The Austin Symphony Orchestra has a new executive director. Galen Wixson..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra: "Rach Star"

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

"...The Austin Symphony Orchestra was with Weiss all the way, providing..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra's Variation Voyage

ASO’s first concert of 2019 had us hearing all sorts of feels, but Leon Fleisher’s piano also got us thinking

"...that the realm ruled by mood, by feeling? The Austin Symphony Orchestra's first concert of 2019 surely seemed constructed..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra

Yolanda Kondonassis joins ASO to show there's much more to harps than angel strumming

"...Well, Grammy-nominated Yolanda Kondonassis – guest soloist with the Austin Symphony Orchestra March 8 and 9 – will totally..."

March 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

Austin Symphony Orchestra Heads Bach to the Clubs

Round Two of ASO's collaboration between a string quartet and local DJs resulted in a sold-out show at the North Door

"...That was the case last Friday night when the Austin Symphony Orchestra served up the second edition of its..."

March 6, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra July Fourth Concert & Fireworks

With fireworks banned and cash tight, ASO cancels its holiday concert

"...Bird Lake this Monday. If you hadn't heard, the Austin Symphony Orchestra has scrubbed not only its traditional blast..."

July 1, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra

ASO's biggest challenge of 2008? Keeping a straight face with the Flying Karamazovs.

"...been a year of formidable musical challenges for the Austin Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven's Ninth, Brahms' Fourth, Christopher Theofanidis' Field..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra

ASO turns to Kickstarter for help in making its first CD – and rescuing a forgotten composer

"...arts organizations followed their lead. Case in point: the Austin Symphony Orchestra, which is using Kickstarter to raise cash..."

March 14, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra With Yefim Bronfman

Yefim Bronfman played his way through the expansive territory of Brahms with masterful command

"...delight during his performance of the concerto with the Austin Symphony last week. In every moment of every movement,..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra Cancels Performance Due to Extreme Heat

Hartman Foundation Concerts in the Park hit thrice this season

"...strikes again. For the third time this year, the Austin Symphony Orchestra has had to cancel one of the..."

July 10, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Peter Bay spices up the symphonic menu with some new compositions

"...the last two concerts of its 2012-13 season, the Austin Symphony is bringing some fresh flavors to the dinner..."

May 31, 2013 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

Austin Symphony Orchestra: Roll over, Beethoven

The Austin Symphony is set on playing all nine of Beethoven's symphonies before it makes its first appearance in the Long Center in 2008

"...King "B" completists, take note: The Austin Symphony is dead set on playing all nine of..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra

ASO performs Verdi's 'Requiem' to honor JFK in the hall he never reached on Nov. 22

"...To Austin. That's right. That evening, the president was going to..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

Austin Symphony: Meeting the orchestra the first time

The Austin Symphony gets in touch with our inner child through a concert featuring some of the classical music that most people first heard when they were young

"...know that I was listening to Benjamin Britten's best-known orchestral work, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell,..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Austin Symphony: Everything Old Is New Again

The Austin Symphony's local premiere of Kevin Puts' 'Symphony No. 2': 'Island of Innocence,' evokes the cultural shift after 9/11 in a dramatic score

"...This weekend, the Austin Symphony will present the Austin premiere of Kevin Puts'..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Austin Symphony July Fourth Concert & Fireworks

With more than the usual musical suspects, the ASO managed to make its 39th July Fourth concert a rousing success

"...Peter Bay gets that, which is what makes the Austin Symphony Orchestra's July Fourth concerts more than just another..."

July 10, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony's Fourth of July Concert

No music or fireworks on the water; ASO goes F1 for the 4th

"...the shores of Lady Bird Lake eagerly anticipating the Austin Symphony's annual serving up of Sousa and the fireworks..."

July 4, 2014 Arts Post

Austin Symphony's Happy Birthday, Lenny

In its concert celebrating Bernstein, the ASO shows the composer giving his all in even the briefest of works

"...That's what you heard again and again in the Austin Symphony's centenary celebration of the beloved, revered, and definitely..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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

"...That the vitality of Austin's cultural scene is owed to its leaders – those..."

May 6, 2016 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.

"...high school musicians of the McCallum Fine Arts Academy Orchestra didn't really know the Beatles' music before this week..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound – Welcome to Red River World: The Future of Austin’s Music District

Forecasting the storm of developments between the state Capitol and I-35. Also, NPR warned and ACL Fest confirms: Austin’s pop soloists are stepping up.

"...forth between split sets at Cheer Up Charlies and Symphony Square. Between them runs a sleepy stretch of office..."

May 24, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Ballet Austin Returns With Revival of Hamlet

Company’s most successful production launches 2023-24 season

"...Ballet Austin’s affinity for the works of William Shakespeare are a..."

Aug. 12, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

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

The 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

Top honors to Salvage Vanguard's Thr3e Zisters, LOLA Austin's Femme Bohème, and Texas State's Kiss Me, Kate

"...It was four for Thr3e at the Austin Critics Table Awards on Monday night, with Salvage Vanguard..."

June 5, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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