February 17, 2023 by Amy Bishop
“If you want to improve your body, you go to a gym. If you want to improve your brain… go to museums and look at art, go to concerts, listen to music,” says Bonnie Pitman, Director of Art – Brain Innovations at the University of Texas at Dallas’ Center for Brain Health. Knowing what an… Read more »
February 6, 2023 by Amy Bishop
“When I started working on the music – I don’t know how to explain it – I just allowed all those stories to speak to me,” says composer and jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard, describing his process for writing his second opera, Fire Shut Up in My Bones. Hot on the heels of winning a GRAMMY… Read more »
February 3, 2023 by Amy Bishop
Always in the spirit of innovative programming, the Irving Symphony Orchestra welcomes internationally acclaimed French jazz violinist Scott Tixier as soloist in his autobiographical “Symphony of an Immigrant” on Saturday, February 11th at 7:30 pm inside the Irving Arts Center. The jazz-flavored work will share the program with Brahms’ magnificent Symphony No. 1 for a… Read more »
February 1, 2023 by Amy Bishop
“You’re going to experience the quartet in a very unique way – you’re not going to be able to see them like you would traditionally,” says Dallas-based composer and Emerge Coalition Executive Director Jesus Martinez, speaking of an upcoming concert by the Julius Quartet. As part of ATTPAC’s Elevator Project, “Tear Down These Walls” is… Read more »
January 25, 2023 by Amy Bishop
“I think my favorite part of the piece is that it gives me things to do at the piano that I don’t often get to do,” says classical pianist Aaron Kurz, describing what it’s like to play George Gershwin’s famed Rhapsody in Blue. Aaron will be performing the original version of the work (orchestrated by… Read more »
January 25, 2023 by Amy Bishop
“I think his fantastical nature — his imagination — just comes through so vividly, colorfully,” says pianist Rachel Naomi Kudo, speaking of Robert Schumann’s music. Kudo performed works by Schumann, Bach, and Brahms recently at a concert at Collora Piano in Dallas, followed by a master class. She chatted with Amy Bishop by phone ahead… Read more »
November 8, 2022 by Amy Bishop
You’ve heard him for years as the host of the syndicated radio show, Exploring Music, so here’s a chance to learn more about the man behind the mic – Bill McGlaughlin! He’ll be in Fort Worth as the special guest lecturer for the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth’s Beethoven Quartet Cycle — all 16… Read more »
November 3, 2022 by Amy Bishop
“One of the reasons why we wanted to do the Women in Classical Music initiative in general is because we recognize that classical music traditionally has been male dominated,” says Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s President and CEO Kim Noltemy, who came onboard in 2018 as the first woman to hold that position in the organization’s history.… Read more »
October 14, 2022 by Amy Bishop
“The storyline, of course, is focused on the beauty of Earth, but also about how vulnerable and fragile this amazing planet is,” says environmental artist Sybille Szaggars Redford, who conceived “The Way of the Rain – Hope for Earth,” making its U.S. premiere in collaboration with EarthX in Dallas on October 22, 2022. The multidisciplinary… Read more »
October 13, 2022 by Amy Bishop
The Dallas Opera is celebrating their 65th anniversary season in a monumental way with three masterpieces: Rigoletto, Hansel and Gretel, and Das Rheingold. WRR’s Amy Bishop chats with TDO Music Director Emmanuel Villaume about the star-studded cast, exquisite sets, and one particular opera that’ll be a “first” for the maestro to conduct.
