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Classical Spotlight
10:35 am
Wed April 3, 2013

Brubeck Tribute Shows Jazzy Side Of Musical Offerings

Credit Susan Riley
Musical Offerings ensemble for Jazz Meets Classical XXI

Monday, April 8th and Tuesday, April 9th mark the twenty-first annual Jazz Meets Classical concerts of Musical Offerings.   The performances include traditional classical composers and jazz, and often mix the two genres! This year the theme includes tributes to the great composer and performer Dave Brubeck, who passed last December.

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KPAC Blog
8:06 am
Tue April 2, 2013

Flying Colors For Lark Quartet Playing Higdon

Three new chamber works on new Bridge cd

While the Tokyo String Quartet commissioned and premiered "An Exaltation of Larks," it is almost poetic that the Lark String Quartet has recorded the work by Jennifer Higdon. In fact, the larks have quite a history with new music and Jennifer Higdon.

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KPAC Blog
12:33 pm
Mon April 1, 2013

Updated: Last Weekend Of Public Radio Music Month At KPAC!

Update: (April 24 at 2:00 p.m.) We start the homestretch of Public Radio Music Month with an encore airing of The Five Browns Live in Boerne on Saturday, April 27  at 7 p.m.

On Sunday, April 28 at noon, David Mairs from the Mid Texas Symphony kicks off a day of guest DJs.

Sunday's schedule:

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4:11 am
Sun March 31, 2013

Ana Cervantes: Musical Midwife

Critics consider Ana Cervantes –daughter of a Nebraska (USA) mother and a Mexican father– “a physical, emotional performer, with extraordinary touch and mastery of tone and colour”; an artist of “commanding intensity,” “great interpretive qualities and enormous passion”.

Her special ability to function as interlocutor between cultures, her charismatic stage presence and imaginative programming which embraces both contemporary and traditional repertoires, have earned her the accolade “ambassadress for the music of Mexico”.

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Arts & Culture
4:18 pm
Sat March 30, 2013

Irving Berlin's Holiday Big Three

Credit Wikimedia Commons
Irving Berlin

 Irving Berlin is one of those who could easily have written a couple of songs, then retired to fame and great wealth. But like most highly creative people, his life was one of ceaseless creation, to the very end. Among his more than 900 songs are three which might be described as his Holiday Big Three: “God Bless America,” “White Christmas,” and “Easter Parade."

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