The Composer's Roots

A look at the career of a premier jazz pianist, Dallas-born Cedar Walton

"...at the time, Johnson was also a very gifted composer/arranger, who was able to make his sextet sound like..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Composer Nathan Felix Transitions to Video During Quarantine

Short, simple films of mundane tasks analyze human condition

"...Prior to that experience, the now opera composer and experimental director disdained the music he currently writes...."

July 17, 2020 Music Post by Nataleah Small

Local Composer Peter Stopschinski Releases 50 Free Albums in One Summer

That’s just the kind of guy he is

"...bring Peter Stopschinski to your attention, a musician and composer who may be one of the only local mutants..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by Kirk Lynn

Crosstalk: KMFA Announces Middle Sattre’s Sophie Mathieu as 2024 Composer-in-Residence

While Mange plays final show due to anti-trans legislation

"...KMFA Classical 89.5 announced 2024 composer-in-residence Sophie Mathieu at a Jan. 23 event at the..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

A New Documentary Meditates on Texan Electronic Composer Pauline Oliveros

Celebrate the queer theorist behind Deep Listening this Sunday at AFS

"...first met Pauline Oliveros at one of the influential composer's concerts in New York in the mid-Seventies. Gold, now..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Greg Bolin: Non-Austin Austin Composer

The score on rescoring Porgy and Bess

"...person for the job, as there is probably no composer in Austin better prepared for this particular assignment. Bolin's..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Graham Reynolds

Feature on Local Composer Lacking

"...Dear Wayne Alan Brenner, Your article about local composer P. Kellach Waddle [“The Music Is Pretty Much Incessant,”..."

April 20, 2007 Postmarks

Mercer Lyricists, Harry Warren Composer

"...of John Herndon Mercer. Harry Warren was solely a composer and Johnny Mercer was one of the finest of..."

Dec. 1, 2003 Postmarks

Humor, Introspection, Ecstasy

UT Composer Dan Welcher is one step away from greatness.

"...For the renowned conductor, Welcher isn't only a composer he respects and admires, he's also "a very good..."

April 13, 2001 Music Feature by Robert Faires

Our Shostakovich Year

On the centenary of Dmitri Shostakovich's birth, Austin arts groups join forces to throw the Russian composer a yearlong party

"...that reads "2006," you see a bespectacled, somber-visaged Russian composer bearing that banner. You see, the new year belongs..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dvorák's New World Inquiry

How a Czech composer helped America find its authentic voice

"...anyone today): She decided to hire the foremost classical composer of the day – a Bohemian Czech renowned for..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

The great composer, somewhat explained

"...Coda is a portrait of the great Japanese music composer. Instead of aiming for biographical overview, this film strives..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Those Magic Moments

Composer, classicist Stephen Barber's encoding and imprinting

"...ink spots will finally yield music, ending the Austin composer's monthlong stretch of 14-hour days at his piano bench...."

Oct. 25, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Final Flowering

With Cold Sassy Tree, distinguished composer Carlisle Floyd crafts an opera to crown his lengthy career.

"...piece is relatively brief; still, it reveals this distinguished composer working at the height of his powers, infusing what..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Youth

Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel star in this gorgeous, existential ode

"...Retired music composer Fred Ballinger (the quietly mesmerizing Caine) has returned to..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Words Without Music: A Memoir

Famed Austin composer appraises the autobiography of Philip Glass, father of the modern classical avant-garde

"...opens a wide-ranging and deeply thoughtful window into the composer's brain. From art, performance theory, and music analysis to..."

May 29, 2015 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

Possibility of Failure

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

"...Don't think that composer David Lang isn't grateful for the Pulitzer Prize or..."

April 30, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fantastic Voyage

For 'The Odyssey,' composer Graham Reynolds goes on a journey with Austin Children's Choir

"...Really. The composer of the driving polyrhythms with the Samson-esque hair writing..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Back to Josquin

Texas Early Music Project Director Danny Johnson on the 15th-century composer he keeps returning to.

"...Texas Early Music Project Director Danny Johnson of 15th-century composer Josquin des Prez. Johnson had scheduled a program of..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

Search Through the Skies

The new musical Jouét represents a journey not only for the title character, a pop star in search of a home, but one for Austin composer Allen Robertson and for the city's Zachary Scott Theatre Center, which is producing its first original musical.

"...also about the journey of Robertson himself, as the composer and musical theatre artist takes his artistry to a..."

April 6, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Red Violin

A special violin is traced over three centuries and multiple owners and countries.

"...a child prodigy, a band of Gypsies, a Victorian bon-vivant-cum-composer, and a young female Communist official struggling to bury..."

June 25, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Overlooked, Overheard Lets Us Hear the Sound of the City's Money Being Spent

Composer and audio artist Douglas Laustsen geo-tagged sites in the Govalle and Highland neighborhoods where local government's been at work

"...Govalle. Thanks to the Overlooked, Overheard project of local composer and audio artist Douglas Laustsen, we can hear markers..."

June 11, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Barry Jenkins and Nicholas Britell Were in a Quar-Pod Together

Filmmaker & composer pals talk creative collaboration at SXSW Online

"...admire the transportive work of filmmaker Barry Jenkins and composer Nicholas Britell, but who knew they’d embody #friendshipgoals too?..."

March 16, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Opera Takes Aim at the Election With Its Adaptation of The Manchurian Candidate

Composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell shoot to thrill in their opera based on Richard Condon's Cold War classic

"...adapted into operatic form by librettist Mark Campbell and composer Kevin Puts (former teacher of composition at the Butler..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Michelle Schumann and Graham Reynolds' Joyful Noise

For their new Austin Chamber Music Center collaboration, the pianist and composer crank up the reverb but good

"...music capital's busiest musicmakers (Golden Hornet Project co-founder; frequent composer of scores for Richard Linklater films, plays for the..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Copland and Mexico'

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

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

March 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

New Wind to Blow Through Austin

Internationally recognized composer John Corigliano has chosen the UT School of Music to premiere his Symphony No. 3 for Wind Ensemble.

"...Corigliano is major news. He is, after all, a composer who holds both a Pulitzer Prize (for his Symphony..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Review: Welcome to Hans Zimmer’s Hard Rock Cafe

Composer amps up film scores at Moody Center live show

"...fanciness what one should expect from the German film composer?..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Music Feature by Cat McCarrey

Nathan Felix Looks to the Texas Skies

New recording of his 2018 composition recalls a childhood of wonder

"...Texas, has made a lasting impression on pianist and composer Nathan Felix...."

Nov. 17, 2021 Arts Post by Adrienne Hunter

Don't Leave Home

A strange trip to the Emerald Isle

"...Tully, along with cinematographer Wyatt Garfield and composer Michael Montes, has crafted an elegantly creepy pastiche. Through..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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