Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider

"...took up prose, he had been a successful music composer for the stage and worked with such luminaries as..."

March 31, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Minbo -- Or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

"...satireto the proceedings, aided by a brilliant score from composer Toshiyuki Honda. But the most fascinating aspect of Minbo..."

Feb. 24, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Scent of Green Papaya

"...new household, that of a single male musician and composer. A Francophile and Western-thinker, he and Mui find themselves..."

May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blue

"...is simple. When both her husband, an internationally renowned composer, and her young daughter are both killed in a..."

March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

La Vie De Bohème

This film honors the romantic notion of the starving artist while simultaneously mocking its illusions and pretensions.

"...thing about his 21-act play. Schaunard (Väänänen) is a composer whose music has him plucking on piano strings and..."

Dec. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

El Cid

"...increases the standard running time of the movie as composer Miklos Rosza's original soundtracks include the music from the..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Impromptu

"...that Marie “doesn't want you to have a better composer than she has.” That's as good as any reason..."

May 24, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Finding More Eaze in the World of Experimental Pop

Austin composer Mari Maurice details her nonhierarchical obsessions

"...As an ambient composer and Auto-Tuned vocalist, Maurice has played with prismatic forms..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

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

"...celebration of the beloved, revered, and definitely larger-than-life American composer. The program chosen by ASO Music Director Peter Bay..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Time Machine: Top Hits of Every Decade for a Century

Montopolis goes multimedia and transtemporal in live concert

"...hits from every decade – as performed live by composer Justin Sherburn and his all-star Montopolis outfit...."

Jan. 11, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Steve Parker's Song for Bat / Man

For this year's Fusebox, composer Steve Parker flies a batty Austin concert with live echolocation

"...interested in the music of Alvin Lucier, who's a composer who works in sound – mainly the physical properties..."

April 8, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Frizzi 2 Fulci Haunts Austin

Fabio Frizzi on melody and mayhem with Lucio Fulci

"...Italian composer Fabio Frizzi defines his music as having “a melodic,..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Symphony Orchestra

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

"...a musical figure remembered more as a teacher of composers than a composer himself. But while he did influence..."

March 14, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mystery Is Where It's At

What you can't see or prove is what composer David Lang wants to work with

"...The Chronicle spoke with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang as several of his works are being..."

April 30, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bend It, Stretch It

Unseen Worlds re-discovers Carl Stone's 1983 classic

"...Scholz Garten in conjunction with SXSW Interactive, the California-based composer performs this Wednesday, March 5, at Ballet Austin (3002..."

March 3, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Confessions From the King of Fuzz

Cult soundtrack composer Davie Allan comes to the Alamo Ritz

"...That's the first confession from the cult composer whose signature sound was a technique called "fuzz" guitar...."

Feb. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Roll Over, Beethoven

An interview with Francis Preve, laptop composer and producer

"...What is a musician? Is she or he a composer? A virtuoso? A producer? A technologist? The best DJs'..."

March 26, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

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

"...importantly, Austin itself is home to a wealth of composers who, as I've written before, seem to think they're..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mozart Requiem Undead Receives an Encore

This Austin-generated reinvention comes to Bass Concert Hall

"...patron to commemorate his deceased wife – though the composer feared that he was writing this work for his..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Music Critics Poll: Desert Island

"...Composer: Igor Stravinsky/George Gershwin..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

A Score Is Born

UT midwifes a new symphony by John Corigliano

"...Indeed, this is composer John Corigliano playing with sound and space, experimenting with..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

KMFA's Residency Program Gives Composers the Keys to the Station

Recapping Clarice Assad's booked-up week of improvisation in Austin

"...young, excitable students for the day just minutes prior, composer Clarice Assad managed a calm composure as she then..."

July 7, 2023 Music Feature by Wayne Lim

'Renaissance & Response: Polyphony Then and Now'

The Austin chorus sings the praises of four classical composers – with new music

"...And that experience confirmed for Johnson that the Oregon-based composer would be an ideal collaborator for this ambitious project...."

Jan. 21, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Song of Life on Death Row

How Dead Man Walking came to be an opera -- and to be produced in Austin before almost every other city in the world -- reveals the great risks and rewards in developing new works for the modern operatic stage.

"...life, too: from the assured debut of a young composer; from the vigor and relevance to contemporary audiences in..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Word From Our Sponsor

Jingles All the Way

"...almost magical sixth sense of inspiration for their creativity, composers who write music for advertising are seldom afforded such..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Jennifer Higdon, American Voice

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

"...concert halls have been ruled over by one American composer: Leonard Bernstein. (That's what happens when you hit 100..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Maestro Prepares

Before the baton goes up, conductors have to know the score – every note of it

"...in which it was written, or life of the composer – that might shed light on the work's meaning...."

April 1, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Try To Remember

How two kids from UT changed the course of the American musical

"...after Hipsy-Boo!, Schmidt and Jones had actually collaborated as composer and lyricist on a by-God musical, and 10 years..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Big Range Austin

The festival that packs a year of contemporary dance into two weekends

"...Range keeps these dance artists on their toes: a composers' challenge, in which two choreographers create separate dances to..."

June 25, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

One Holiday, Two Gifts, 100 Years

Dan Welcher's pair of Yuletide operas shows what a difference a century makes

"...Theatre is presenting a pair of operas by Austin composer Dan Welcher, both set during the Yuletide season. The..."

April 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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