Classical

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Texas composer Nathan Felix's new album was recorded at the studios of KMFA in Austin.

If one wanted to draw a neatly pruned tree showing the progression of popular music in Brazil, it might begin with choro, transitioning over time into an array of dances, distinctly Brazilian. In this episode of "Momentos Musicales" KPAC's James Baker listens to the sound of the choro through the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos.

SungEun Park and Martin Kesuma drove all the way down from San Marcos to visit with Barry Brake on KPAC's Classical Connections, and performed live on the radio. You can hear their beautiful music at the link!

As part of our Momentos Musicales series, KPAC's James Baker looks at the way the Good Neighbor policy of the United States helped foster musical development in the 1940s that introduced Latin American music to the U.S.

San Antonio's 35-member brass band won 3rd place in a prestigious contest—and is about to start its concert season.

In between the scales and music theory, at Rice University's music school, students are taught to ensure audiences, especially the first-time concertgoers, have "an extraordinary experience." The Shepherd School of Music is celebrating 50 years with a gala on Nov. 8.

Hear the San Antonio-based chamber ensemble Agarita perform Max Richter's rearrangement of Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons' live in the beautifully resonant Chapel of the Incarnate Word.

Hear pianist Daniela Liebman perform music by Robert Schumann and Philip Glass as she and the San Antonio Philharmonic's Music Director, Jeffrey Kahane, preview their season-opener.

Opera San Antonio is staging an edgy version of 'The Magic Flute' production that's like nothing they've ever done before.