Enraptured by chamber music at the Blue Bash By Michael Barnes June 12, 2017 Listen closer. Chamber music demands it. You will be rewarded beyond measure. I’ve been away from live chamber music for a while. I’m back. Never going away again. The Blue Bash, which benefits the estimable Austin Chamber Music Center, took place this year at the Renaissance Austin Hotel. Not in the ballroom, but rather the smaller space with a forest view
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March 24, 2018 Accepting Applications Nov. 1 – Feb. 1 Sign up your ensemble, volunteer your time, or be an audience spectator for the 5th Annual Coltman Competition! Learn More!
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Time for Three Brings Pop-Up Concert To Lady Bird Lake Trail By Douglas Leach Thursday, July 23, 2015 On the sweltering morning of Saturday, July 18, joggers along the Lady Bird Lake Hike and Bike Trail were injected with a melodic energy boost from harmonious sounds of Time for Three in one of the band’s several pop-up concerts around town. That evening, the energetic, genre defying fiddle band, was officially welcomed back to Austin by
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Austin Chamber Music Festival hosts musicians from around the world By Sara Neaves Saturday, July 11, 2015 From classical compositions to indie-rock songs, sounds of cellos, violins and drums echo throughout the city as world-class musicians take the stage at this year’s 19th Annual Austin Chamber Music Festival. At the festival, Austinites of all ages can experience a variety of chamber music, attend workshops and masterclasses, and enjoy world class music from all over the
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Music review: Austin Chamber Music Festival By Luke Quinton Tuesday, July 7, 2015 Yep, it’s festival season again — Austin’s premiere classical music fest, from the Austin Chamber Music Center, is busy occupying recital halls and alt venues (more on that later) of the city through July 19 with a slew of concerts from national acts that stretch the chamber music spectrum.042414-AofR Sunday’s concert at Bates Recital Hall was a touch of the old guard:
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Break into the Future It’s a new day for chamber music, as the Austin Chamber Music Festival shows By Robert Faires Friday, July 3, 2015 The Austin Chamber Music Festival is once again upon us, so may we take a moment to talk about Game of Thrones? Not because the vicious skulduggery at work in Westeros can be found among the string quartets that play this summer music tradition. Rather, it’s because one of the
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Throughout the 2015 Festival, the Austin Chamber Music Center offers a variety of fun-filled and free community events for all ages. From concerts to performance lectures to masterclasses you’ll find it all here! Find Free Events!
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Duo plays Bach to Keith Jarrett in one seamless concert By Luke Quinton Wednesday, February 18, 2015 Music is an à la carte environment these days. Fewer people buy a full album. Kids might download a couple of tracks or not buy them at all, opting instead to hear them on YouTube for the cost of watching a commercial. Percussionist Graeme Francis will play a concert with pianist Michelle Schumann designed to continue without interruption.
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Review – Aeolus Quartet – Transfiguration by Luke Quinton Sunday, January 25, 2015 Austin seemed to take a shine to the personable, industrious Aeolus quartet early on, when, as a graduate level ensemble in residence at the University of Texas, they found themselves recruited for gigs across the city’s classical scene. A few years later, Aeolus — now in residence at Juilliard — were back in on for two shows with the Austin Chamber Music
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It was a year in which the personal shone through in dance and classical works small and large By Robert Faires Friday, January 2, 2015 1) MOZART REQUIEM UNDEAD (Golden Hornet Project/Texas Choral Consort/Texas Performing Arts/Fusebox Festival) An overflow crowd at the French Legation witnessed Wolfgang Amadeus’ final work given spectacular new life by 33 musicians and 150 voices fusing Mozart with music by 10 contemporary composers. As wildly diverse as the pieces were –
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