Miguel Harth-Bedoya’s Next Opus
After returning to the States from an overseas conducting engagement in mid-March, Miguel Harth-Bedoya remembered being shocked that U.S. airports were not testing offboarding...
Fort Worth Opera’s Porgy and Bess Is a Multisensory Treat
There’s merit to the idea that music is a universal language. Cultural references and dialogue weigh heavily on a work’s immediacy and ease of...
Bursting the Bubble
Here I was, ready to unleash all my spleen at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for inviting Russian and Belarusian pianists to compete...
A Landslide Victory for Ann
We thought we’d never chuckle at politics again, and then Ann (The Ann Richards Play) landed at Stage West Theatre –– our sides splintered...
Conducting Virtuosity
The 52-year-old Fort Worth Youth Orchestra has played an active role in sending many classical musicians’ careers into orbit, including that of TCU violin...
Da Kink in My Hair: Beauty Shop
I find myself dissatisfied with Jubilee Theatre’s new show, Da Kink in My Hair. I saw the final show of the troupe’s season on...
Celebrating Black Excellence
Fort Worth has a long and uneven history of reflecting Black culture through the fine and cultural arts. Jubilee Theatre has been a theatrical...
A Sound Structure
The Cultural District has long been a source of great pride for Fort Worth, offering everything from Renoirs and Warhols to the annual Stock...
Cliburn Competition: Preliminary Hearings
What is there to say about hearing 30 pianists in four days? I use my experience going to film festivals for this publication to...
Mayor Carmen
After the Fort Worth Opera’s board of directors angered classical music fans in February by firing general director Darren Woods (“Aria for Woods,” Feb....
