This weekend, February 14-16, celebrate Valentine’s Day with Ventana Ballet and Austin Camerata (with artistic director Daniel Kopp, MM ’18) in a presentation showcasing the various forms love can take at the First Street Studio Theater. The performances features six different stories, including two new additions to the annual showcase. You’ll even see local Austin love stories unfold on stage. Organized with just three rows of seats arranged in a horseshoe shape, this intimate event is for couples, singles, and groups alike. Tickets are $30.00 for general admission, and $40.00 for a VIP option, which includes exclusive first-row seating. Arrive 30 minutes early for cocktails, including “Love Potion” wine, and jazz music. The show runs for an hour, without an intermission.
Friday | 6:30 p.m. & 8:30 p.m.
Saturday | 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday | 3:30 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.
For more information, visit eventbrite.com
Hyugrai “Ray” Kim (DMA ’19, AD ’24) is on American Public Media’s Performance Today! Heard during the first hour of the broadcast is Ray’s performance of Mozart’s Sonata in D major, K. 381, with three of his fellow cellists in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The live recording was made at Symphony Hall in Atlanta on April 5, 2024.
This past weekend, junior Javy Chie-Wei Liu (BM ’26) won the audition for the position of Section Cellist in the Victoria Symphony Orchestra. Now in its 51st season, under the direction of music director Darryl One, the Victoria Symphony Orchestra makes its home at the Victoria Fine Arts Center in Victoria, TX, and presents a Master Series of five performances, a POPS Series, and a Family Series.
This weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, December 7 and 8, from 10am to 2pm, celebrate the magic of the season with 
This weekend, on November 17th at 5pm, Shanghai Jazz Project presents “Songs of the Era.” Founded by Selina Yilin Xu (BM ’24) on a Rainwater Grant, the Shanghai Jazz Project is dedicated to reviving the underrepresented music genre known as Shidaiqu (時代曲), which originated in Shanghai, China, in the 1920s. Shidaiqu emerged as a fusion of traditional Chinese melodies, Western musical elements, and influences from jazz and popular music of the time.
This weekend, on November 2nd, at 2 PM and 7:30 PM, Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox present Kid Koala: The Storyville Mosquito at the McCullough Theatre. David Campbell (MM ’10, DMA ’14) performs on cello with the touring team.
Next week, on Saturday, October 26th, at 2pm PT, in Benaroya Hall, Soohyun Juhn (DMA ’18) performs her first concert as Principal Cellist of the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra. The program, “In sweet music is such art,” features Liszt’s fourth symphonic poem, “Orpheus,” along with works by Saint-Saëns, Vasiliauskaitė, Verdi and Walpurgis.
This past weekend, junior Javy Chie-Wei Liu (BM ’26) won the audition for acting Principal Cello with the Valley Symphony Orchestra in McAllen, TX, to fill in for Benjamin Ponder while he is on a leave of absence. The VSO, now in its 73rd season of classical music performances in the Rio Grande Valley, is a resident ensemble at the McAllen Performing Arts Center, the City’s state-of-the-art performance hall that opened in 2017. Annually, the VSO presents five to six masterworks concerts, educational concerts, several special chamber and community events, plus Bravo! VSO, their annual fundraising gala.
Next week, 
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