Love Is Strange

Heartfelt, seriocomic romance about two longtime partners who wed after 40 years, then discover all is not bliss.

"...characters are a 71-year-old painter and a Catholic school choral teacher. The answer is right there in the title..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Conspirare

The Grammy-nominated choir leads off its Legacy of Sound campaign with a seven-figure gift

"...of what it already does so well: make exceptional music. The gift anchors a new $2.2 million fundraising campaign..."

April 20, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Raise Your Voice

Raise your voice and just say "no" to Hilary Duff as a wannabe singing sensation.

"...of talent on display at the prestigious Los Angeles music academy that Flagstaff teen Terri Fletcher (Duff) attends for..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

A guilty pleasure for thirtysomething stoners with ironic dispositions and large nacho platters.

"...with David Newman’s score of Elfmanesque gothica and celestial choral theatrics boxing our ears in the interim. I’m not..."

March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Zone of Interest

Jonathan Glazer's Holocaust drama is powerfully distancing

"...Interest serve to tamp down outside thoughts, the gradual choral music on the soundtrack attuning the viewer to the..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Samuel Barber: American Romantic

Conspirare revealed how this composer does go gentle into that good night

"...into the first work on Conspirare's program of Barber's choral music – rang from the ensemble's three dozen singers..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

The Blanton tweaks its schedule, Conspirare's fave composer takes the prize, and Hot September Flurries in June?

"...• Tarik O'Regan, the young British rising star of choral music whose work was spotlighted by Conspirare in its..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin Opera Redefines the Limits of Opera for 2024-25 Season

Cold war thriller and devotional masterpiece on the calendar

"...work about the Day of the Dead, and a choral landmark from a master of opera to be performed..."

May 1, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Conspirare's Quarantine Madrigals Creates a Choir of One

This new song cycle gives isolated singers music to build a choir with – a choir of just themselves

"...For many choral singers, that's become a real – and distressing –..."

March 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays

A concert that showed how far the Capital City Men's Chorus has come in 20 years

"...was Conspirare's showcase for the 2008 World Symposium on Choral Music)...."

Dec. 26, 2008 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Culture Flash!

The skinny on selecting public art, Cookie leads Dance/ USA, Conspirare goes worldwide, and a UT playwright's scholarly honors

"...to take part in the eighth World Symposium on Choral Music. Just 24 choral ensembles have been invited to..."

July 13, 2007 Arts Column

Early to Rise

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

"...See, he plays early music. Early, as in before the Classical Era, before the..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: Goodbye Prop B, Hello HOT Monies

Following the defeat of Proposition B, Austin music advocates brainstorm applications of the first city funding for commercial music

"..."This November Vote for Music!"..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Gimme Shelter: A Song for Margaret Moser

A stoned soul picnic of Rolling Stones for Wattser

"...A storm pounded St. David’s North the night my..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...LP Medicated Spirits, which was nominated for the Australian Music Prize on the strength of extra-catchy baubles like "What..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Gerre Hancock

Remembering the renowned organist, choirmaster, composer, and educator

"...passed away. Gerre Hancock, professor of organ and sacred music at UT's Butler School of Music, died unexpectedly of..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Triumph in River City

With The Music Man, Austin Musical Theatre creates a River City that's bigger than some by-god real Texas towns. But it's a show whose heart may be the biggest thing of all.

"...smaller than the theatrical one in the current Austin Musical Theatre production of The Music Man. When the citizens..."

May 19, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SoundSpace: Downtown NYC 1960

Blanton Museum's music series turns the clock back to minimalism's early years in Manhattan

"...ongoing SoundSpace series, which brings live performance – mostly music, but also some dance and theatre – into the..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The American Analog Set’s Heavy Return and Seven More Songs From Austin Artists

New music picks from Pelvis Wrestley, NOOK Turner, the Teeta, and more

"..."Paper Cuts" features new songs and music videos from Austin artists. Listen to our playlist on..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Music Column by Austin Powell

Composer Nathan Felix Transitions to Video During Quarantine

Short, simple films of mundane tasks analyze human condition

"...He recalls marveling at how the group of acoustic musicians generated as much energy and power as an amplified..."

July 17, 2020 Music Post by Nataleah Small

Checking In: Ley Line Needs Their Sisterhood

“This has been a curve ball to test our abilities”

"...as Ley Line. Multi-lingual single “Ciranda” ebbs a Brazilian “choral arrangement accompanied by a bass drum and a circle..."

July 7, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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

"...energy and excitement of his peers debuting their new music...."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice: Bikes, Toll Roads, TNCs

A miscellany of mostly transportation

"...• Cinco de Mayo Downtown Block Party offers music, dancing, and more. Free. 5-9pm Tuesday, May 5 on..."

May 1, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Crazy Heart

At the crazy heart of the 2009-10 Austin Music Awards sits Stephen Bruton

"...portable into Crazy Heart's first scene after their late music supervisor spilled the beans. Correction: spilled the Yangtze River...."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Gifts of the Magi

A conversation about community and creativity with three wise men of the Austin arts

"...Stephen Mills in dance, and Craig Hella Johnson in music, you might not think that the three would have..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT Faculty Composers: All-stars take the field

A concert of works by Donald Grantham, Russell Pinkston, Bruce Pennycook, Dan Welcher, and Yevgeniy Sharlat will be a veritable home-run derby of music by UT's compositional heavy hitters

"...Now that the hordes of visiting music-makers have left for their respective homes, we can turn..."

March 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Performing Arts Crosses Media for 2024-25 Season

Works by David Byrne, Conspirare, Twyla Tharp, and more

"...The Bass Concert Hall will ring with music, resonate with stories, and echo with the sound of..."

May 14, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Bob Schneider’s Just Making It Up

Pre-eminent Austin Music Awards winner teases new LP

"...drops a new full-length, he dominates the ensuing Austin Music Poll. “Making It Up,” debut single from the singer’s..."

April 25, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

City Moves

This year, three New York choreographers vie for top prize in Ballet Austin's dance-off

"...between men is what he wants to explore. To choral music (Ballet Austin is withholding details about the final..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

After a Fashion

Stephen finally gets to use the phrase "porn star and welfare-mother-turned-singer-and-social-activist" in a column

"...showroom here in Austin (currently working with the Live Music Task Force, Austin Music Commission, and Austin Music Foundation),..."

June 6, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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