On Sunday, May 17, Diana Burgess (BM ’15), as member of the orchestral indie band Mother Falcon, performs at Blue Bash, the Austin Chamber Music Center’s 2015 Fundraiser at The Mansion. You and your guests will be treated to delicious hors d’oeuvers, swanky signature cocktails, and an exquisite three course plated dinner. At the Bash, you will also have the opportunity to purchase exclusive and unique event packages curated by ACMC’s Artistic Director Michelle Schumann and enjoy live entertainment by Austin’s own Mother Falcon and Michelle Schumann. For venue, ticket and other information, visit austinchambermusic.org.
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Tonight, Daniel Smith (DMA ’15) performs the Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, with conductor Gerhardt Zimmermann and the UT Symphony Orchestra. For ticket, venue and other information, visit music.utexas.edu, or watch the live stream online…
Jonathan Dexter (MM ’05) makes a cameo appearance today on VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live Hosted by Nick Lachey performing with host and singer-songwriter Nick Lachey in a special on-air birthday surprise for Nick’s wife Vanessa. Jonathan appears at 1:31 in the video.
On Tuesday, March 17, Diana Burgess (BM ’15), as member of the orchestral indie band Mother Falcon, performs at South by Southwest 2015. South by Southwest (SXSW) Music and Media Conference, the world’s leading music industry event, offers attendees the opportunity to explore the future of the music industry during the day at panels, talks, the Trade Show, Music Gear Expo and other conference activities at the Austin Convention Center. At night, the absolute best mix of musical performances from over 2,200 regional, national and international acts take place at the SXSW Music Festival. Altogether, SXSW presents unmatched networking opportunities, career-building conference programming and over 100 stages of music for showcasing bands and conference attendees. SXSW Music is now in its 29th year. For venue, ticket and other information, visit motherfalcon.com.
CANCELED… Due to inclement weather, TCU is closed for Thursday, March 5, and all events and activities have been canceled.
Watch and hear the Longhorn Cellos live tonight on YouTube!
Tonight, during the opening concert of the 2015 TCU Cellofest, Professor Tsang, with students James Burch (DMA ’16), David Campbell (DMA ’15) and Ying Zhang (DMA ’15), gives the world premiere performance of a new arrangement of Ástor Piazzolla’s Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires) for four cellos. The arrangement was made by student Matthew Armbruster (MM ’16) and is based upon Leonid Desyatnikov’s version for solo violin and chamber orchestra.
For ticket, venue or more information, visit www.cello.tcu.edu, or watch the live stream on YouTube at www.youtube.com.
Chloe Hyojung Jang (MM ’15) has been chosen as one of the finalists of the Lewisville Lake Symphony International Competition for Strings. Chloe will perform the Lalo Cello Concerto in D minor during the Final Round, which will take place on Saturday, March 14 in Denton, TX on the UNT campus.
The competition is open to all string players enrolled at an accredited university, college or conservatory between the ages of 18 and 30. The winner will perform with the Lewisville Lake Symphony Orchestra at the opening concert of the 2015-16 Season in September 2015.
For more information, visit http://www.lewisvillesymphony.org.
The Longhorn Cellos are back on American Public Media’s Performance Today!
Heard today during the second hour of the broadcast is the Longhorn Cellos’ performance of Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for Soprano and Cello Ensemble with soprano Mela Dailey and conductor Peter Bay. The recording was made during a concert in Bates Recital Hall in Austin, TX on Friday, September 14, 2012.
APM’s Performance Today is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on 293 public radio stations across the country, and reaches approximately 1.4 million listeners each week. To find out where and when Performance Today is broadcast in your area, visit performancetoday.publicradio.org.
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