Articulations
Deming Now Dean
By Robert Faires, Fri., May 30, 1997
Make Way! More Festivals Comin' Through!
No sooner do we get all those wild and crazy improvisers out of town
(from the Big Stinkin' International Improv Festival, remember? If not, just check
out the friendly reminder review on the "Exhibitionism" page this
issue.) than we're overrun with all sorts of chamber musicians and singers! The first
two weeks of June boast not one but two musically oriented festivals in our town:
the Austin Chamber Music Festival (an offshoot of the 15-year Austin Chamber Music
Center Music Workshop) and the New Texas Festival, now in its fifth year. The Chamber
Music fest gets humming first with a concert by the Dorian Wind Quartet this Sunday,
June 1, 7:30pm, at St. Mary's Cathedral, 10th & Brazos, and a lecture on the
life of Beethoven by Margaret Perry, Monday, June 2, 5:30pm, at Bertram's
Restaurant, 1601 Guadalupe. It continues through June 14, with recitals by soprano Gilda
Cruz-Romo, jazz master James Polk, and violinist Corey Cerovsek, as well as special
evenings of themed music from France (6/3), Russia (6/10), the U.S. (6/11), and
Vienna
(6/14). For more fest info, call 454-TIXS.
The New Texas fest chimes in on June 8 and runs for a week, with a little
something for everyone, from American song with tenor Vern Sutton and pianist Keith
Weber to choral work by the Conspirare Choir to jazz with Cynthia Clawson to samba
with Ta Mére. There's even a new choral setting of Green Eggs and Ham for
the young ones. To get all the New Texas info, call 476-5775.
Off the Desk
Last call for Mexic-Arte Museum's tour to Mexico this summer! Set for July 9-14, the tour has museum director Sylvia Orozco showing you Mexico City's outstanding murals and museums. Cost is $695 per person, which includes full air fare and hotel accommodation, but payment is needed by May 31. Call 480-9373 for more info.
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