Did you know that June 21 is the Make Music Day, here, in San Antonio, and apparently world-wide.The day is dedicated to the celebration of music on the summer solstice “that’s performed by everyone and enjoyed by everyone.” The city of San Antonio Arts and Culture Department brought it to our city.Apparently, it all started in France with “La Fete …
by JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Steven Kellman joined the faculty of the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1976. He is currently a professor of comparative literature there, specializing in fiction and criticism. In 2023, he was named Jack & Laura Richmond Endowed Faculty Fellow in American literature. He was also a Fullbright Senior Lecturer at Tbilisi State University in …
The CMI-OSA Festival continues through this weekend. The concert, Anna and her Sisters, which features guest artists and artist faculty, will be performed Friday, June 14 @7:30 p.m. This festival has both a performing and teaching component, hence the references to “teaching artists” and “guest artists” and “artist faculty.” The three groups are the most experienced musicians. (June 14 at …
Music is alive and well in San Antonio right now, thanks in part to the Classical Music Institute’s CMI 210 Festival that’s co-sponsored by Opera San Antonio. A plurality of events is taking place all over the city. This fest is different from many traditionally presented festivals because it combines educational activities for music students, ages 8-18, with public performances. …
Fortunately, there’s one more pair of concerts to look forward to before the San Antonio Philharmonic closes shop for the summer. The orchestra’s Classics 10 concert will be conducted by Colombian conductor, Lina Gonzalez-Granados, and will feature violinist Randall Goosby as the soloist. The program opens with: “Jeder Baum spricht” (“Every Tree speaks”) by Iranian-Canadian composer Iman Habibi, followed by …
by JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Jennifer Seighman remembers always being around choirs and choral music in school or in church throughout her growing up years. “So, I kept going at it since elementary school,” she said recently during an interview. “I think there’s something unique about your voice, and the singing becomes exceptionally powerful when many voices join together to create …
As summer is approaching, the classical music-performing groups wind down their seasons. No Philharmonic concerts, few chamber music ones. Most musicians leave town to take part in summer festivals around the U.S. and beyond. But music will not disappear. In fact, there are multiple choices. Let’s begin with Proyecto Pax Music Showcase and Preview Film Screening featuring local Xicano Musicians. …
Reviewed By Steven G. Kellman Vladimir Nabokov was not fond of biographers. He called them “psychoplagiarists” and even sued, unsuccessfully, to prevent one from publishing a book about him. There are now several biographies of Nabokov, including Brian Boyd’s two-volume cradle-to-grave account, in addition to Véra, Stacy Schiff’s Pulitzer Prize-winning study of the author’s wife. But biographers are handicapped by …
NEWS ROUNDUP, May 16, 2024 The Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival in San Antonio is the first and longest-running Conjunto Festival in the nation, and is internationally recognized as the most influential event for this popular South Texas musical tradition. You can experience the fun, the music and dance during the next three days of festivities in Rosedale Park. You’ll have …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor We are writing this on a stormy, rainy day, but in just a couple of days, there will be lots of musical sunshine in town, when the Tejano Conjunto Festival returns to San Antonio, starting Wednesday. The San Antonio-based fest, is the oldest such festival in the US and has become a model for other similar …
