Texas Medical Center Orchestra presents "Latin Fusion" with Mariachi Los Gallitos
Libi Lebel, Music Director of the Texas Medical Center Orchestra, gets together in our Geary Performance Studio with members of Houston’s Mariachi Los Gallitos for a preview of the joint concert, Latin Fusion, coming up Sunday afternoon at the Wortham Center
Pianists Loreta Kovacic & Nicholas Phillips - Croatian Piano Music
Croatian-born, Houston-based pianist, Loreta Kovacic, and her colleague, pianist Nicholas Phillips from the University of Wisconsin in Eau Claire, talk about keyboard music of Croatian composer, Boris Papandopulo. The two pianists present a recital of works by Mr. Papandopulo and Ms. Kovacic, Saturday afternoon at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Rice Village.
AURA Contemporary Music Ensemble - Topography
Members of the Moores School of Music’s AURA Contemporary Music Ensemble give us the Worldwide Broadcast Première of Shifting Landscape, a Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano by Bayou City composer, George Heathco [pictured]. That piece will be featured on AURA’s concert, Topography, tonight at the University of Houston.
Bryan Miller Gallery - Kent Dorn: Dweller
We look at the thickly-layered depictions of the interaction between Man and Nature that are included in Dweller, an exhibition of recent paintings by Houston visual artist, Kent Dorn, at the Bryan Miller Gallery.
Houston Friends of Chamber Music - Faure Quartet
Violinist Erika Geldsetzer previews the program of pieces by Brahms, Mahler and her group’s namesake, which the Fauré Quartet will perform for the Houston Friends of Chamber Music, this evening at Rice University.
Foundation for Modern Music & Rothko Chapel - Music for Peace
Rothko Chapel Executive Director, Emilee Whitehurst, talks about the concept behind tonight’s recital at the Chapel: Music for Peace - Musicians in Exile. Artistic Director of the Foundation for Modern Music, baritone Raúl Orlando Edwards [pictured], and pianist Paul Boyd also perform the two songs by Manuel De Falla, previewing this evening’s concert.
10th Anniversary Dance Houston Festival
Dance Houston founder, Andrea Cody [pictured], Artistic Director Randall Flinn of Ad Deum Dance, and John Brame of Collective Sound Cloggers preview the diverse festival of dance that Dance Houston presents tomorrow night at the Wortham Center!
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It's 'Shatner's World' And He Wants You To See It he wild range of roles played by William Shatner over the past half-century goes well beyond Captain Kirk. Host Scott Simon speaks with the pop culture icon, who's returning to Broadway for a one-man show, Shatner's World: We Just Live In It. |
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6 Miles Of Silver Ribbon: Locals Protest Christo The artist famous for works measured in miles wants to drape long, billowing panels of silvery fabric over sections of a Colorado canyon. Not everyone is excited; some residents say art is no excuse for the damage it could cause. |
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Stephen Sondheim: Examining His Lyrics And Life In this rebroadcast from 2010, the musical theater legend talks about writing the lyrics and music for several of his productions, including the 1981 musical Merrily We Roll Along, which is currently in the middle of a two-week run in New York City. |
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Asian-Americans: Why Can't We Get Cast In NYC? A coalition of performers complains that except for a handful of shows, Asian-American actors have had dramatically more trouble landing parts than their white, black and Latino colleagues. At a roundtable Monday, they unveiled the statistics they say prove them right. |
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Black, Female And An Inspirational Modern Artist In just the last year, 96-year-old sculptor Elizabeth Catlett has had her work featured in exhibitions from Istanbul to Mexico to New York. She broke through barriers of race and gender, yet remains unknown to all but the artists she inspires. |
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Museum Dedicated To All Of French Artist's Talents France has opened a new museum honoring one of the most multi-talented, controversial and too-often-forgotten artists of the last century: Jean Cocteau. He was a poet, playwright, sculptor, painter and filmmaker. Frank Browning reports that it's all on view on the Cote d'Azur. |
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