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FWSO Goes for Baroque
Conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya started the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s preseason Music Festival some years back to provide summer employment for the musicians while at...
Purple Piano Texas
For 30 years now, one of the most ambitious and popular extracurricular programs at Texas Christian University has been the annual Piano Texas International...
The Little Trio
The rehearsal abruptly paused.
“Does it feel like we’re dragging?” soprano Allison Stanford asked.
“Yes!” pianist Cheryl Lemmons and clarinettist Leslie “Pinkie” Simmons collectively replied.
The trio,...
Beautiful Festival of American Song
America has left an indelible mark on the world of vocal music, thanks in no small part to composers like George Gershwin and Irving...
Fly By Night
Not long after he took over Texas Ballet Theater five years ago, director Ben Stevenson produced Dracula.
The main difference between then and now is...
Lusty Dracula
In his 27 years leading the Houston Ballet, Ben Stevenson choreographed many full-length ballets, from Swan Lake to Don Quixote and beyond, including four...
Dash It, ‘Jeeves’!
In 1957, the prolific author and playwright P.G. Wodehouse said, “I go in for what is known in the trade as ‘light writing,’ and...
Foot Faddish
When Ben Stevenson left his long-time directing job with Houston Ballet four years ago to join Texas Ballet Theater, he brought along with him...
Nutty
It's no secret that The Nutcracker's great box-office appeal is a fabulous boon for dance companies. In a recent newspaper interview, New York City...
No Doubt
In Circle Theatre's production of Hail Mary!, an actor tells a joke that sounds like a classic from parochial school circles: During a holiday...
