Hundreds of people are expected to voluntarily step outside of their musical genre mode this weekend and hear something new, and different and maybe even odd. It’s time for the annual HERE BE MONSTERS, Austin’s Indie-Classical music festival. Co-director Michael Zapruder of Tetractys says this is a growing movement within the classical or near classical genre […]
Many orchestras and chamber groups are celebrating the 250th anniversary of America’s founding this year. While most of the music is a positive portrayal of the United States there is at least one musical work telling the tale of the horrific treatment of Native Americans and their lands. The piece is Requiem For America by Mohican/Munsee-Lenape […]
Even though operas from long ago are still being performed, there’s a movement afoot to freshen them up or to do new 21st century operas. In the case of the 1958 opera Vanessa, a production by Heartbeat Opera is doing a stripped-down version of the Pulitzer Prize winning work. It’s directed by RB Schlather. At […]
Sometimes when someone makes a suggestion to you, it kind of sticks with you. That’s what happened to jazz artist Darrell Grant. He decided to act on this suggestion from a friend by composing Step by Step, The Ruby Bridges Suite. It is a piece about the 6-year-old girl who was the first African American […]
In honor of Earth Month, April, more than a few composers have released albums about their love of our home planet, and their anxiety about its health. This week’s episode features three of those albums. UNDREAMED SHORES, THE ELASTIC HEART OF YOUTH AND WHAT IS NOIS These are links to the competitions and opportunities mentioned […]
There have been several studies on the effect of music on mental health. This is especially true with the elderly. A long running study out of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia is finding that dementia may be delayed in the over 70 set if music is in their lives. Dr. Joanne Ryan is the co-author […]
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This play, set in 1967, is about the first African American manager of a dormitory at a prestigious women’s college. THE CAST OF NEW TIMES SHANNA RICHARDS – DIANE MARSHALL DEANDRA CHANDLER – SAGE JOHNSON VIVIAN GLAUER – HORTENSE AMSTEN NATALIA RIOS – MOLLY HARGROVE JULIETTE QUITA – RAINE TAYLOR KRISTEN MORLEY – NARRATOR
Composer Chinary Ung has been composing music for 60 plus years. His compositions are heavily affected by his childhood in Cambodia and the deadly events that happened there back in the mid 1970’s. But he says he’s blessed that he was able to come to America in the 1960’s to study the western style of […]
It took pianist Rebeca Omordia 8 years to create the African Concert Series in London. She was even told that African classical music wasn’t really classical at all, nor would anyone want to listen to it. The series is very popular now. So much so that Wigmore Hall in London has gifted Omordia a residency […]