Stage Notes: Uptown Players call for ‘BOW’ auction items; TBT announces its 2026/27 season
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St. Vincent announces symphonic tour. Will she come to Dallas?
Twenty years after cutting her teeth on symphonic pop in the Polyphonic Spree, St. Vincent is stepping onto…
Danny Elfman talks stage fright, Tim Burton and The Simpsons theme before his Dallas shows
Danny Elfman pulled off one of the greatest second acts in music. He leapt from vinyl to celluloid…
Dallas Symphony gives a rare performance of a Kurt Weill symphony
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s classical concerts this month will open with surprises. At music director Fabio Luisi’s behest,…
Cliburn piano competition makes 20-year commitment to Dallas
The Fort Worth-based Cliburn is crossing county lines and making a long-term commitment to Dallas: The arts organization…
44 Dallas Symphony debutantes bow at 40th Presentation Ball
The 40th Dallas Symphony Orchestra League Presentation Ball brought a resplendent night of poise and pageantry – draped…
Novel ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ from the Dallas Symphony
Why certain compositions are put together on Dallas Symphony Orchestra programs isn’t always clear. And at first glance…
Dallas Symphony announces 2026-27 season. Here are the highlights
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s 2026-27 season will include concert performances of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, with Ildebrando D’Arcangelo in…
Film composer Danny Elfman brings Tim Burton scores to Dallas
”The Simpsons” theme song has existed for so long that even the few people who have never seen…
Dallas Symphony frames a new violin concerto with Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra had a large and enthusiastic audience for its Thursday night concert at the Meyerson…
Applause kept interrupting Holst’s ‘The Planets’ in Dallas Symphony concert
Well, that was frustrating. It was good to see a full and enthusiastic audience for the Dallas Symphony…
A powerful Bruckner Ninth Symphony from Dallas Symphony, Fabio Luisi
As well as a composer and composition professor, Anton Bruckner was an organist. And his symphonies often build…