February 14, 2024 by Amy Bishop
“I think what makes these works still so viable today is that Puccini had this amazing ability to get to the heart of the human condition,” says Michael Scarola, Interim Director of SMU’s Meadows Lyric Theatre, referencing the two enduring operatic masterpieces they’ll perform February 15-18, 2024. In this feature with WRR’s Amy Bishop, Scarola… Read more »
February 12, 2024 by
On Feb. 12, 1924, a sassy fusion of jazz and classical music debuted in New York, sparking a mutual exchange of ideas still debated today.
February 9, 2024 by
The pioneering Japanese-American conductor who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra for nearly decades died Tuesday.
February 8, 2024 by Jerome Weeks
Ed Cabaniss, the Longhorn Ballroom’s new owner, has restored it, re-opened it and now has gotten it historic designation.
February 8, 2024 by Amy Bishop
“To be intermingled with that sound is really incredible… I don’t think of it as me in the front and them in the back,” says saxophonist Branford Marsalis, the GRAMMY Award-winning instrumentalist and composer who will join the Plano Symphony Orchestra Feb. 17, 2024. In this feature, Marsalis chats with WRR’s Amy Bishop about the… Read more »
February 8, 2024 by Therese Powell
Whether you’re celebrating with your sweetie pie or your gal pals, we’ve got you covered with picks you’re gonna to love.
February 6, 2024 by Amy Bishop
“We love the artform that is concert curation – the kind of conversational possibilities it offers both between ourselves and the composers whose works we choose to play,” says violinist Brigid Coleridge of the Merz Trio. Dallas Chamber Music Society will welcome the group in concert at SMU Feb. 12, 2024, marking the organization’s inaugural… Read more »
February 6, 2024 by
The late American composer John Cage left it up to the performer to decide how long his work, Organ2/ASLSP, should take. A group in Germany is testing the limits.
February 6, 2024 by
A John Cage piece for organ titled ASLSP — as slow as possible — lives up to its name. It has been in performance for 21 years so far.
February 2, 2024 by
Russian cellist Anastasia Kobekina releases her Sony Classical debut album — featuring composers from the 17th century to today whose works evoke Venice.
February 2, 2024 by
Russian cellist Anastasia Kobekina releases her Sony Classical debut album Friday — featuring composers from the 17th century to today whose works evoke Venice.
February 2, 2024 by Therese Powell
Get out your calendars because we’ve got some things to do that will make your weekend anything but ordinary.
February 1, 2024 by Amy Bishop
Sahun Sam Hong is the pianist and Executive Director of NYC-based chamber music collective Ensemble132, but TCU can also claim him as their own: As one of the school’s notable alumni, he graduated in 2011 at the age of 16. WRR’s Kurt Rongey had an opportunity to speak with two members of the group about… Read more »
January 25, 2024 by Jerome Weeks
Playwright Jonathan Norton’s new play, “I Am Deliver’T,” at the Dallas Theater Center was inspired in part by a viral video.
January 25, 2024 by Therese Powell
Hey DFW! Got plans for the weekend? Check out these picks before you do another thing.