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May 8, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Austin Symphony Orchestra
The Arkansas Symphony's Galen Wixson has been hired as ASO's new executive director
"...of the cultural fabric of the city." He considers ASO to have "wonderful potential" and the job of leading..."
Feb. 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
McCallum Fine Arts Academy Orchestra
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? In this case, back up a Beatles cover band.
"...the lads from Liverpool – well, okay, Austin's most reasonable facsimile thereof, the Eggmen – in a benefit concert..."
Feb. 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Austin Symphony Orchestra
ASO's biggest challenge of 2008? Keeping a straight face with the Flying Karamazovs.
"...Field of Infinite Forms, playing with Yo-Yo Ma. But ASO may have saved the biggest for the last two..."
Dec. 26, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Austin Symphony Orchestra With Robert McDuffie, Violin
A hearty mix of Central Europe-inspired music with transcendent violin work
"...tremendous technical challenge to the supporting players of the ASO, who triumphed under Bay's baton...."
Nov. 28, 2008 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman
Austin Symphony Orchestra With Leila Josefowicz
Peter Bay programmed a rich, innovative concert to kick off ASO's 98th season
"...was clear that the ASO had in Dell Hall an apt musical partner. Joyous..."
Sept. 26, 2008 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman
Culture Flash!
Conspirare CD sells big, ASO executive director leaves, and learn to advocate for the arts
"...Orchestra's executive director, effective Nov. 1. He has led ASO for 10 years, during which time its books stayed..."
Sept. 26, 2008 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Austin Symphony Orchestra: The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round
ASO's first commissioned work uses Dell Hall to envelop the audience in sound
"...wanted a new orchestral work to commemorate its first season in Dell Hall. What it didn't know was how..."
Sept. 19, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Austin Symphony Orchestra: How Much Is That Symphony in the Window?
Two new symphonies will premiere in ASO's next season, but how are those costly commissions being paid for?
"...Orchestra, it seems a fitting time to report on ASO's upcoming season – specifically on the two world-premiere works..."
July 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Boris: Heavy Rocks
The essential Boris
"...Babies Go Mad split 10-inch, Damaged EP (2007) Wata/Ai Aso split, She’s So Heavy (2007) * All dates refer..."
June 26, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell
Austin Symphony Orchestra with Andre Watts
Maestro Peter Bay zeroed in on early 20th century France, and the results were magnificent
"...For the Austin Symphony Orchestra's midseason performance, Maestro Peter Bay zeroed in on early 20th..."
March 21, 2008 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman
Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Wonders of 2007
Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires recaps 2007 in dance and classical music
"...(Austin Symphony Orchestra) Like a series of nesting dolls, ASO's October expedition to Russia revealed a succession of delights..."
Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Man With the Light Touch
Peter Bay leads the Austin Symphony with the finesse of Astaire
"...Austin Symphony Orchestra – he's just begun his 10th season with the orchestra – cuts a modest figure, even..."
Nov. 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Austin Symphony Orchestra: Commission fever
ASO has commissioned a new orchestral work from composer Christopher Theofanidis
"...won't stop there. For the opening of its 98th season next September, ASO has commissioned a new orchestral work..."
Oct. 26, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Jessica Mathaes: A concertmaster flies solo
ASO's top violinist readies for her first solo concerto performance with the orchestra
"...Mathaes came to ASO three years ago after its extensive 18-month search for..."
Oct. 19, 2007 Arts Feature by Michael Kellerman
Happenings
June 28-July 4
"...ASO/HEB CONCERT & FIREWORKS Join the Austin Symphony Orchestra for..."
June 29, 2007 News Feature
ASO Concerts in the Park: The gift at the gazebo
The Austin Symphony is again presenting its summer series of concerts in Wooldridge Park, and the musicians love getting out of the concert hall and inside that park's gazebo
"...in them," says Bob Cannon, who's played trumpet with ASO for many years, "I always envision the way it..."
June 1, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo
Austin Symphony: Meeting the orchestra the first time
The Austin Symphony gets in touch with our inner child through a concert featuring some of the classical music that most people first heard when they were young
"...Young at Heart. For most people, says Peter Bay, ASO's conductor, "whether they know anything about classical music or..."
Dec. 1, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo
Austin Symphony Orchestra: Roll over, Beethoven
The Austin Symphony is set on playing all nine of Beethoven's symphonies before it makes its first appearance in the Long Center in 2008
"...and 7, music director Peter Bay will lead the ASO through Symphony No. 1, and from there, conductor and..."
Sept. 1, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Elvis Costello & the Austin Symphony Orchestra
Live Shot
"...Night's Dream" from 2004. Conductor Alan Broadbent breezed the ASO through the piece, an airy co-mingling of Eastern European..."
April 14, 2006 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Pulse
The ghost is literally in the machine in this prototypical Japanese horror film that works primarily with dread and inexplicable phenomena rather than blood and guts.
"...Directed by: Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Starring: Haruhiko Katô, Kumiko Aso, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka, Masatoshi Matsuo and Shinji Takeda. The..."
Jan. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Symphony: Everything Old Is New Again
The Austin Symphony's local premiere of Kevin Puts' 'Symphony No. 2': 'Island of Innocence,' evokes the cultural shift after 9/11 in a dramatic score
"...of 9/11 as a starting point," says Peter Bay, ASO's much-celebrated conductor. "In his preface to the score, Kevin..."
Oct. 21, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo
Culture Flash!
An award for Trio Contraste, a new contract for Peter Bay, a chorus of 'New York, New York' for Kirk Lynn and Rob Nash, and benefits for 'La Pastorela' and Hyde Park Theatre
"...music director and conductor has extended his contract with ASO through the 2006-2007 season, with an option of two..."
July 29, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires
On Culture's Front Lines
The 2005 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame
June 3, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
On the Funding Front
The symphony, Long Center, and Blanton Museum of Art have all seen lots of green sprouting in their yards lately
"...and Marilyn Addy. The donation, which will go into ASO's endowment fund, will underwrite appearances by major guest artists..."
March 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Austin Symphony Orchestra With Peter Serkin
Despite not always fully engaging with soloist Peter
Serkin, the Austin Symphony Orchestra was clear,
tidy, and provided some sweeping music
"...an unwilling public. Compare the few minutes that the ASO has ever given to the challenging works of Schoenberg,..."
Jan. 28, 2005 Arts Review by Jerry Young
Top 4 Classical Music Forces (and Visual-Art Event) of 2004
"...country. A rare Austin appearance saw her with the ASO for a Sibelius concerto, upping the degree of difficulty..."
Jan. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar
Austin Symphony Orchestra with Caitlin Tully
Two years after her debut with the Austin Symphony at age 14, Caitlin Tully offered a superb, assured performance, with a cool mastery of a demanding Sibelius concerto
"...2002, age 14, performing Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole with the ASO: "Her bow movements, when not painstakingly precise, included a..."
Oct. 1, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar
Culture Flash!
New gifts to the Long Center, a new Little Elf for 'Santaland,' a new name for the AMOA Guild, a retirement at the symphony, and a return to Venice for Allison Orr
"...violin in the UT School of Music, joined the ASO way back in September of 1982 and spent 19..."
Sept. 24, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Austin Symphony Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsyth
In ASO's season opener, Peter Bay did justice to Verdi, Brahms, and Bartók while maintaining the enthusiasm of his orchestra and its audience
"...The Austin Symphony Orchestra's season opener always begins with the national anthem, which Peter..."
Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Review by Jerry Young
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