Central Presbyterian Noonday Series February 2 (Thu) 12:00pmCentral Presbyterian Church (200 East 8th St.) Julie Ann Fiore, soprano; Jeanne Sasaki, piano Program: TBA Tickets: Free Admissionhttp://www.cpcaustin.org UT—Butler School of Music February 3 (Fri) 7:30pmBates Recital Hall (Butler School of Music on UT campus) Blck History Month Concert Program: TBA Tickets: Free Admissionhttp://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar(webcast available) [...]
Music Concerts in Austin–November, 2011
List compiled by Dr. Joyce Wu Central Presbyterian Church November 3 (Thu) 12:00pm Central Presbyterian Church (200 East 8th St) Thursday Noonday Concert—Letitia Jap, violin Program: Tickets: http://www.cpcaustin.org Texas Performing Arts Center November 3 (Thu) 8:00pm Bass Concert Hall (on UT campus) Interpreti Veneziani Program: Tickets: http://www.texasperformingarts.org/season/veneziani Pre-Performance Lecture: Nov. [...]
Concerts in October, 2011
List compiled by Dr. Joyce Wu Austin Chamber Music Center October 1 (Sat) 3:00pmMexican Amrican Cultural Center ( 600 River St) Hispanic Heritage Concert—La Catrina String Quartet Program: Heras—Cuarteto No. 1 Revueltas—Cuarteto No. 4 “Musica de Feria”Gamboa—Canambu Alvarez—Metro Chabacano Piazzolla—Tango Ballet Ginastera—String Quartet No. 1 op. 20 Tickets: Free Admissionwww.austinchambermusic.org UT—Butler School [...]
Singing From the Very First Lesson
By Skye McManus This past June Klondike, Scott, and me presented a session at the Texas Music Teachers’ Association (TMTA) Convention in Dallas, TX. Our session, “Singing From the Very First Lesson”, was about how to integrate singing into the private lessons and activities to do with it. I’ve always had my students sing [...]
Concerts in September, 2011
List compiled by Dr. Joyce Wu Central Presbyterian Noonday Series September 1 (Thu) 12:00pmCentral Presbyterian Church (200 East 8th St.) Hugh Chandler, guitar Program: N/A Tickets: Free Admissionhttp://www.cpcaustin.org/worship-and-music/music/thursday-noon-concerts UT—Butler School of Music September 2 (Fri) 7:30pmBates Recital Hall, Butler School of Music on UT campus Faculty Artist Concert – Miro Quartet Program: Haydn [...]
Concerts in August, 2011
List compiled by Dr. Joyce Wu Central Presbyterian Noonday Series August 4 (Thursday) 12:00pm Central Presbyterian Church (200 East 8th Street) Kim Kafka, jazz singer Free admission http://www.cpcaustin.org/events-and-news/calendar Austin Symphony Orchestra August 7 (Sunday) 7:30pm Hartman Concert Park at the Long Center (701 W. Riverside Dr.) Hartman Foundation – Concerts in the Park (Strings) [...]
Concerts in July, 2011
Work something “classical” in your schedule —————————————– List compiled by Dr. Joyce Wu Round Top Festival Institute July 2 (Saturday) 1:30pm Edythe Bates Old Chapel (248 Jester Rd., Round Top, TX 78954) Rebecca Henderson, Christin Wolfe Jensen, Michelle Baker, Kenneth Goldsmith, Nancy Buck, Stephen Balderston, and Young Artists Program Mozart – Divertomento for 2 [...]
Finding Discipline Amid Chaos: Summer Practice Schedules
by Dr. Klondike Steadman This week our daughter spent two days in Houston (with us), went swimming nearly every day, saw a movie, watched several videos, played at friends house’s and still managed to get bored at home for stretches at a time. Last week was full-day camps. Next week is a half-day camp. Then [...]
Chamber Music Camp 2011
by John Beard Hello Students and Parents, Hope the Summer is going well for everyone. We have been busy at the Orpheus Academy of Music with Summer lessons and camps. The first chamber music camp(6/6-6/10/2011) at Orpheus was a lot of fun and very productive. Rehearsals were conducted by Wendy Kuo, Klondike Steadman and John Beard. [...]
A Musical Journey — Kyle Stephens
Home concert program Congratulations on Kyle’s achievement!! Bravo!! When I first heard that I needed to do a home concert, I told my mom that I wanted it to be a party and I wanted to invite my friends. So we decided to do a pool party and serve dinner to our guests. [...]