To activist Glen Kehrein, it was appalling that Austin lacked a center for fine and performing arts to showcase the neighborhood’s homegrown talent. His dream was to convert the unused auditorium in the former Siena High School expansion—one of the city’s finest remaining examples of midcentury modern architecture—into a professionally equipped community arts center. Kehrein’s […]
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Rockefeller Chapel presses its majestic carillon into service for a two-day festival of new music
This weekend you can hear adventurous new compositions played on 100 tons of bronze bells hanging in a church tower.
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The Ear Taxi Festival tours Chicago’s rich contemporary classical scene
The Ear Taxi Festival presents more than 80 new works in its six-day tour of Chicago’s rich contemporary classical scene.
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Anthony Cheung has turned foghorns and out-of-tune piano into a Guggenheim Fellowship
Award-winning composer Anthony Cheung presents a new viola concerto at this weekend’s Ear Taxi Festival.
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Fall’s best concerts and music festivals
Chance the Rapper’s Magnificent Coloring Day, Seu Jorge, and more of the season’s best live music