The Age of Restoration

Reviled at the time of their release, silent cinema classics Metropolis and The Thief of Bagdad get their due at the Paramount Theatre this weekend.

"...13,701 feet for posterity. A 1984 reissue, overseen by composer Giorgio Moroder, attempted to retool the surviving Metropolis for..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Deep in the Mozart of Texas

This summer, the Austrian American Mozart Academy, an international program that provides aspiring professional singers with training and performance experience in Mozartian opera, relocates to, of all places, Austin, Texas.

"...True, our city hasn't the historical connection to the composer, the culture, or the mountains that Austria has, but..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Reconnection Notice

Sonic Youthman Lee Ranaldo speaks.

"...old to adopt a new cub, officially inducting Chicago producer/composer/all-purpose demigod Jim O'Rourke into their pantheon as fifth member...."

Aug. 2, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Martyrs of the Alamo

"...of the Alamo. Noted local musician and silent film composer extraordinaire Graham Reynolds will provide live musical accompaniment to..."

June 4, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Sights and Sounds of Art in Sync

Ron Mann's jazz avant-garde exploration Imagine the Sound provides the perfect counterpoint to Austin Eye+Ear (which will screen Mann's film this Sunday in an E+E benefit): Both are bent on the blurring of artistic lines.

"...the premieres of two originally commissioned pieces, one by composer Gerald Pape and the other by multimedia performer Miranda..."

May 3, 2002 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Articulations

Salvage Vanguard Theater loses Dan Dietz as co-Artistic Director, the National Endowments for the Arts loses its new director, and the Rude Mechanicals sell out their Mid-America tour of Lipstick Traces.

"...Tuesday, January 29. According to newspaper reports, the 69-year-old composer and specialist in the music of Southeast Asia and..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Jazz Sides

"...continue to distinguish them on the local scene. Outstanding pianist/composer Dr. James Polk, a jazz professor at SWT in..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

The Moontower's Glow

Art Davis' new play The Moontower's Glow is a spiritual cousin to both The Rocky Horror Show and You Can't Take It With You, focusing on a houseful of eccentrics who have rejected the normalcy of society to live their dreams, no matter how ludicrous they may appear to the rest of the world.

"...What he finds is the celebrated composer playing with an invisible dog...."

Dec. 21, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Ocean's Eleven

"...table (along with a growing stable of co-conspirators, from composer/DJ David Holmes to editor Stephen Mirrione and production designer..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Invasion of the Amazing Colossal Artists

In the final days of October, Central Texas plays host to the winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature, Derek Walcott; winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Music, John Corigliano; and two-time finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN / Faulkner award, Russell Banks.

"...The prize-winning composer is John Corigliano, whose score for The Red Violin..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cavani String Quartet with Gregory Allen

This Jessen Series of Distinguished Faculty Artists concert by the Cavani String Quartet saw these now-familiar Visiting Artists in Chamber Music at their performing, and pedagogic, peak.

"...selection captured the verve and innocence of the young composer, with the playful quartet full of what appeared to..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Articulations

Arts companies are pulling in the green, playwright Dan Dietz is on the road again, and the stork delivers a couple of new artists.

"...Composer John Corigiliano, recent winner of the Pulitzer Prize in..."

July 13, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Calle 54

Superstars of Latin jazz are captured as they perform in the studio.

"...united superstars from the world of Latin jazz with composer Michel Camilo. “I was filming the miracle of music,”..."

June 22, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Innovators

Part 2 of "Jazz," by Harvey Pekar

"...Alto saxman/composer Tim Berne, a student and admirer of Julius Hemphill,..."

June 15, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Articulations

In honor of this week's commencement ceremonies at UT, here's a roundup of recent college-related honors for theatre historian Oscar Brockett, composers, Kent Kennan and Kevin Putz, late playwright David Mark Cohen, and UT theatre department alum Marcia Gay Harden. Plus, the 2001 Funniest Person in Austin is Rich Gabe.

"...emeritus of composition in the UT School of Music, composer of numerous works for orchestra, chamber groups, piano, voice,..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Oscar Chavez: Concert in Chiapas

"...highlighted by a personal appearance by the singer and composer...."

March 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Death in Venice

"...Mann novel, Aschenbach is not a writer but the composer Gustav Mahler, who has come to Venice to well,..."

Feb. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Nick Barbaro

Dark Days

"...have had. Certainly, I can't think of any “mainstream” composer who could have paired with Singer's thematics as well...."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Andrew Hill Dusk (Palmetto)/
Greg OsbyThe Invisible Hand (Blue Note)

"...(Blue Note) The fact that this is Haitian-born, Chicago-raised pianist/composer Andrew Hill's first album in a decade constitutes a..."

July 28, 2000 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Life Again in Oz

On the 20th anniversary of the premiere of her play Ozma of Oz, Suzan Zeder revisits Frank Baum's enchanted land to turn the show into a musical and finds a part of herself there.

"...1999, the storm broke, and Zeder began working with composer Richard Gray on a new version of Ozma of..."

April 21, 2000 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Beautiful People

"...and some glorious camerawork by Barry Ackroyd and score composer Garry Bell, whose work here, apparently his first, is..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Let It Rock

Rock & Roll Books Spring 2000

"...sea. Contrast those beginnings with the worldly New York-based composer who today walks the slender boundary between classical music..."

March 17, 2000 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Profiles

Playing Tonight

"...years since, he's worked as a producer, arranger, and composer for everyone from R.E.M. and Cinderella to Paul McCartney..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Ideas Through Movement

Political and philosophical issues aren't just topics for writers and dramatists. Several Austin choreographers are using themas subjects for dances. Toni Bravo, Jeffery Bullock, Lisa Fehrman, and Andrew Long explain how they see ideas through movement.

"...Genero y Politica, choreographer Toni Bravo, in collaboration with composer Javier Chaparro, employ dance to examine social action, specifically..."

March 3, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Topsy-Turvy

"...He's even more outraged when his partner Sullivan, the composer and hedonist (he sails off for “the continent” at..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bringing Out the Dead

Swiss documentary maker Richard Dindo considers himself a "portraitist or biographer of those who are no longer with us." This week, he brings two films : about revolutionary Che Guevara and writer Jean Genet : to town as part of the Austin Film Society's Texas Documentary Tour.

"...documentary maker Richard Dindo has been called the "memory composer"; his films, "political cinema." He considers himself a "portraitist..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Austin Symphony Orchestra: Dance Fever

Robi Polgar responds to the November concert of the Austin Symphony Orchestra, featuring the premiere of Austin composer Darden Smith's Grand Motion.

"...Grand Motion, a newly commissioned work by local singer/songwriter/ composer Darden Smith, with an attendant multimedia performance by Austin's..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Van Cliburn, Lynn Harrell and the UT Symphony Orchestra: Autobiography Played Out at the Piano

Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin

"...Rubinstein, the mentor hated it: "Impossible to play," the composer reported Rubinstein's vehement, negative reaction, "with many difficult passages."..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Eyes Wide Shut

Kubrick's final work gets sexual

"...film; there's a regality to the proceedings, accompanied by composer Jocelyn Pook's haunting piano score, that call to mind..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Record Reviews

Barbarito Torres

"...82-year-old baritone sonero, Pio Leyva, one of Cuba's greatest composers. "Corazon de Chivo" ("Heart of a Goat") especially, a..."

July 9, 1999 Music Review

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