By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Theater is a normally a hybrid of spoken word and action, but a growing interest in “physical theater” greatly emphasizes the physical action at the expense of the traditional scripted dialogue. If you would like to experience a physical theater show, you’ll have an opportunity to do so when a new work, “We Sail On In …
We are fortunate to have a lot of good music here in San Antonio. This weekend, The San Antonio Philharmonic will perform an homage to the life and work of civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, inaugurating its 2023 pop series, and featuring music of a number of famed composers of past and present. Conducted by Charles Floyd, the program …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor On Sunday, Jan. 15, I attended a spirited short concert featuring two remarkable artists, violinist Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio and pianist Jeffrey Sykes. They played beautifully together but musical harmony is not the only connection between these two. One of them, Sant’Ambrogio, was the founder of the summer chamber music showcase, the Cactus Pear Music Festival, and the …
The live theater scene is getting livelier. The latest addition is the San Antonio Broadway Theater founded by a San Antonian, Lauren Cosio Kotkowski, who has returned home after years in New York, determined to bring Broadway-level productions to her hometown. We’ll save the story of how and why she returned for another occasion, but it so happened that during …
By Phil Houseal, Contributing Writer After a two-decade-long love affair with the harp, Emily Jumes Oskins is tuning up for her first formal concert in front of her hometown audience. She will be performing for the Fredericksburg Music Club on Feb.19. “It will be fun,” said Oskins who will be joined by her brother Collin, a voice student …
The holiday lull is definitely over, and arts organization/presenters are back in full swing! The San Antonio Philharmonic is starting 2023 with a concert conducted by the Phoenix Symphony music director, Tito Munoz, which will also feature violinist Randall Goosby performing Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto, a treasure of the classical repertoire. Also on the program is Beethoven’s Symphony No.4. and Buxtehude’s …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Tell me how and why the Miscast Theater Company was formed?We had a group of friends that met about seven years ago just doing shows around San Antonio, and we talked about how, if we had a theater company, we would do things differently, including more color-conscious casting and casting people who don’t get many opportunities. …
The arts scene is getting livelier this weekend! Leading the excitement is the new exhibit, Texas Dimensional- Fine Art in Three Dimensions at the San Antonio Art League and Museum, which officially opens Sunday, Jan. 8. Curated by the husband-and-wife duo, Andre and Virginia Bally, the show includes works by Texas artists – including quite a few San Antonians – …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor The San Antonio Art League and Museum – SAALM – is inaugurating the new year with an interesting exhibit of 3-D art, featuring the work of 38 Texas artists, including a number of San Antonians. Titled “Texas Dimensional- Fine Art in Three Dimensions,” the show was curated by the husband-and-wife team, Andre and Virginia Bally, who …
