| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Austin Symphony Presents: Vadim GluzmanPresented by Austin Symphony Orchestra at The Long Center: Michael and Susan Dell Hall May 31-June 1, 2013 The Austin Symphony Orchestra finishes the classical series for season 2012-2013 by presenting Vadim Gluzman. This talented violinist will be performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D major. Also included in the night's program is Bernstein's Overture to Candide, Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio espagnol, and the world premier of Hill's Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major. Maestro Peter Bay will be finishing up his 15th season with ASO. Enjoy a night out with your significant... | Austin Symphony Orchestra | 05/31/13-
06/01/13 | Austin |
Sausage & Opera Festival. Lovely sounds and tasty bites through a unique evening festival !Presented by Fava Opera June 1, 2013
Sausage & Opera Festival
Lovely sounds and tasty bites through a unique evening festival !
Music and flavor collide at the 2013 Sausage and Opera Festival. The City of Elgin welcomes a unique evening festival. Opera singers from the Franco-American Vocal Academy along with a chamber orchestra will serenade festivalgoers in a memorable two-hour performance of “La Vie Parisienne”, a fantasy spree in Paris joli.
| Fava Opera | 06/01/13 | Elgin |
Balcones Community Orchestra ConcertPresented by Balcones Community Orchestra at First Presbyterian Church of Austin June 2, 2013 The Balcones Community Orchestra presents Stephanie Pollock, Mezzo-Soprano performing Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Dr. Robert Radmer, Conductor, Sunday, June 2, 4:00 at the First Presbyterian Church (8001 Mesa) Free and open to the public
www.BCOrchestra.net
| Balcones Community Orchestra | 06/02/13 | Austin |
La Vie Parisienne. A fantasy spree in Paris joli !Presented by Fava Opera June 8, 2013 La Vie Parisienne. A fantasy spree in Paris joli !
The vocal stars of tomorrow delight audiences in Offenbach’s spoof on the cultural melting pot that is Paris. High-jinks and Can-Cans assure a memorable evening at the theater.
This is a ticketed event for the covered seating area. Free tickets are available (4 per person over age 16 while they last) at the Miller Outdoor Theatre box office the day of the performance between the hours of 10:30am-1pm. If... | Fava Opera | 06/08/13 | Houston |
Motherhood OutloudPresented by Bastrop Opera House at Bastrop Opera House May 17-June 8, 2013 Conceived by Susan R. Rose and Joan Stein.
Scenes by Leslie Ayvazian, Brooke Berman, David Cale, Jessica Goldberg, Beth Henley, Lameece Issaq, Claire LaZebnik, Lisa Loomer, Michele Lowe, Marco Pennette, Theresa Rebeck, Luanne Rice, Annie Weisman and Cheryl L. West
Directed by Chester Eitze
Fridays and Saturdays, May 17, 18, 24, 25, 31, June 1, 7, 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Matinee, Sunday, May 26 at 2:30 p.m.
When entrusting the subject of motherhood to such a dazzling... | Bastrop Opera House | 05/17/13-
06/08/13 | Bastrop |
Free Concert at Zilker Park! - Missed It By That Much Presented by Austin Civic Orchestra at Zilker Hillside Theatre June 7-June 8, 2013 Join us for our last concert of this season for a free concert that is sure to please everyone in your family. During the past year, several movie anniversaries passed by without any observance from the Orchestra. We will attempt to remedy this by playing selections from Star Wars, The Titanic, Grease, Cats, Les Miserables to name a few. The evening is topped off by a guest conductor - selected by a raffle of audience members -- leading the Orchestra in Stars and Stripes Forever. Bring... | Austin Civic Orchestra | 06/07/13-
06/08/13 | Austin |
Andrew YorkPresented by Austin Classical Guitar Society June 22, 2013 Grammy-winning artist Andrew York is one of the world’s leading composers for
classical guitar and a former member of the famed LA Guitar Quartet. His
American roots and steel-string inspired compositions have been performed and
recorded by the greatest guitarists of our time, including John Williams and
Christopher Parkening. Presented by the Austin Classical Guitar Society.
This project is funded and supported in part by a grant from... | Austin Classical Guitar Society | 06/22/13 | Austin |
2013 Revel Solstice FestivalPresented by Revel at Cobra Studios June 20-June 22, 2013 Revel Classical Band presents the 2013 Revel Solstice Festival
June 20, June 21, June 22
Pianist Carla McElhaney, cellist Joel Becktell, violinist Cármelo de los Santos and friends will present three intimate evenings of thrilling chamber music, poetry and revelry at the 2013 Revel Solstice Festival. Headlining the event along with Revel is the new electro-acoustic group The Zenith Quintet, Austin Symphony harpist Elaine Barber’s ensemble Trio Copine,... | Revel | 06/20/13-
06/22/13 | Austin |
Princess IdaPresented by Gilbert & Sullivan Society Of Austin June 13-June 23, 2013 The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Austin is proud to present its Summer 2013 Grand Production of "Princess Ida, or Castle Adamant". We are performing this classic, which was Arthur Sullivan & W.S. Gilbert’s eighth comic opera out of fourteen, for the first time in our history. Sullivan’s score is majestic, and many consider Gilbert’s libretto one of his funniest.
Nine performances will be produced at the Worley Barton Theater at Brentwood... | Gilbert & Sullivan Society Of Austin | 06/13/13-
06/23/13 | Austin |
Independence Day Celebration at CUMCPresented by Austin Civic Wind Ensemble July 3, 2013 We have a fun program in mind including Southern Harmony by UT professor Don Grantham, Suite of Old American Dances by Robert Russell Bennett, American Folk Song Rhapsody by Clare Grundman, American Overture for Band by JW Jenkins and Emblems by Copland. | Austin Civic Wind Ensemble | 07/03/13 | Austin |
Fourth of July Fireworks & Austin Symphony OrchestraPresented by Roadway Productions at Auditorium Shores July 4, 2013 Bring a blanket or lawn chair to Central Texas' Largest Fireworks Show with a live performance by the Austin Symphony Orchestra. Thursday, July 4, 2013, Auditorium Shores, Downtown Austin, TX. Orchestra at 7pm, Fireworks at 9:45. Food, Drinks, Arts & Crafts, Family Fun! FREE! All Ages! Info@roadwayevents.com, www.roadwayevents.com, 512-441-9015 | Roadway Productions | 07/04/13 | Austin |
Independence Day celebration at UnityPresented by Austin Civic Wind Ensemble July 4, 2013 We have a fun program in mind including Southern Harmony by UT professor Don Grantham, Suite of Old American Dances by Robert Russell Bennett, American Folk Song Rhapsody by Clare Grundman, American Overture for Band by JW Jenkins and Emblems by Copland. | Austin Civic Wind Ensemble | 07/04/13 | Austin |
Pfirecracker Pfestival at Lake PflugervillePresented by Austin Civic Wind Ensemble July 4, 2013 Save the Date! Come out July 4 and plan to spend an old-fashioned Independence Day on the shores of Lake Pflugerville. The event begins at 4:00 p.m. with live music and vendors on the north & south ends of the lake. Pfestival pfood and games for the kids, followed by a pfabulous pfireworks display and a concert to top off the evening will make this a Pfamily 4th to remember. | Austin Civic Wind Ensemble | 07/04/13 | Pflugerville |
Austin Symphony H-E-B July 4th Concert & FireworksPresented by Austin Symphony Orchestra at Auditorium Shores July 4, 2013 On July 4th, more than 100,000 people gather at Auditorium Shores for the largest Independence Day celebration in Austin. The Austin Symphony will be under the apt baton of ASO Music Director Peter Bay. The Austin Symphony July 4th Concert and Fireworks features patriotic music and the ever-popular 1812 Overture and spectacular fireworks over Lady Bird Lake.
The Austin Symphony July 4th Concert and Fireworks — planned and produced entirely by the ASO — is free and open to... | Austin Symphony Orchestra | 07/04/13 | Austin |
Austin Chamber Music Festival presents St. Petersburg String QuartetPresented by Austin Chamber Music Center at Northwest Hills United Methodist Church July 12, 2013 “…expressive, unexaggerated, and beautifully integrated…”
– The Boston Musical Intelligencer
This project is funded and supported in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and in part by the City of Austin Economic Growth & Redevelopment Services Office/Cultural Arts Division believing an investment in the Arts is an investment in Austin’s future. Visit Austin at... | Austin Chamber Music Center | 07/12/13 | Austin |
Austin Chamber Music Festival presents Vienna Piano TrioPresented by Austin Chamber Music Center at Bates Recital Hall July 14, 2013 “Vienna Piano Trio will be one of the events elbowing its way to be “best of the year.”
– Houston Chronicle
This project is funded and supported in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and in part by the City of Austin Economic Growth & Redevelopment Services Office/Cultural Arts Division believing an investment in the Arts is an investment in Austin’s future. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com.
| Austin Chamber Music Center | 07/14/13 | Austin |
Austin Chamber Music Festival presents Awadagin PrattPresented by Austin Chamber Music Center July 19, 2013 “…a super-charged demonstration of old school, larger-than-life keyboard virtuosity and showmanship. “– South Florida Classical Review
This project is funded and supported in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and in part by the City of Austin Economic Growth & Redevelopment Services Office/Cultural Arts Division believing an investment in the Arts is an investment in Austin’s future. Visit Austin at... | Austin Chamber Music Center | 07/19/13 | Austin |
Badi AssadPresented by Austin Classical Guitar Society and Austin Chamber Music Center July 20, 2013 Stunning and virtuosic Badi Assad brings her spectacular trio from Brazil to
Austin for the first time. Musical gifts run deep in the Assad family, as Badi is sister to the great Assad Duo, for whom Astor Piazolla composed his Tango Suite. Presented in partnership with the Austin Chamber Music Center.
This project is funded and supported in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and in part by the City of Austin Economic Growth & Redevelopment... | Austin Classical Guitar Society | 07/20/13 | Austin |
Austin Chamber Music Festival presents Eroica Piano TrioPresented by Austin Chamber Music Center July 21, 2013 “There is an edge of the seat intensity to every note they produce.”– New York Times
This project is funded and supported in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and in part by the City of Austin Economic Growth & Redevelopment Services Office/Cultural Arts Division believing an investment in the Arts is an investment in Austin’s future. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com.
| Austin Chamber Music Center | 07/21/13 | Austin |
Austin Chamber Music Festival presents Miro Quartet with Michelle SchumannPresented by Austin Chamber Music Center at Bates Recital Hall July 26, 2013 “Throughout,the Miro Quartet played with explosive vigor and technical finesse.”
– New York Times
This project is funded and supported in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and in part by the City of Austin Economic Growth & Redevelopment Services Office/Cultural Arts Division believing an investment in the Arts is an investment in Austin’s future. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com.
| Austin Chamber Music Center | 07/26/13 | Austin |
Austin Chamber Music WorkshopPresented by Austin Chamber Music Center at Brentwood Christian School July 11-July 27, 2013 Primary Division (ages 6-10): July 15 - 27
Young Artists Division (ages 11-18): July 11 - 27
Adult Division (ages 18 & up): July 9 - 25
Registration will open February 2013
Whether you have a young child, a talented teenager or you yourself are looking for an outlet to play we have a spot waiting for you! The Austin Chamber Music Workshop provides a fun and motivational environment to make great music with new friends.
This... | Austin Chamber Music Center | 07/11/13-
07/27/13 | Austin |
Austin Chamber Music Festival presents Aeolus Quartet with Workshop ArtistsPresented by Austin Chamber Music Center July 28, 2013 “The Aeolus Quartet is a powerful and thoughtful group of young musicians who are plotting an ascending course…this vibrant group shows great promise”
– Austin American Statesman
Quartet in F Major Op. 59 No. 1 | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Concerto for Quartet and Orchestra in A minor, Opus 131 | Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Allegro Moderato
Adagio
Rondo-Allegretto
This project is funded... | Austin Chamber Music Center | 07/28/13 | Austin |
Pablo GaribayPresented by Austin Classical Guitar Society August 3, 2013 The Mexican guitarist Pablo Garibay has established himself as a leading force on the international classical guitar scene, with his pioneering interpretations of well-known classics and impressive performances of lesser-known masterpieces. With a repertoire that includes the great guitar concertos, notably those by Rodrigo, Vivaldi, and Giuliani, Pablo Garibay is particularly known for his
interpretations of Latin American music. Presented by the Austin Classical Guitar Society in... | Austin Classical Guitar Society | 08/03/13 | Austin |
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