By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — Camerata’s next concert, The Beautiful Soul, is coming up Nov. 15-17. What’s on the program and how did you make the choices that you made? This particular program has three works on it. It focuses on the music of Johannes Brahms, Clara Schumann, and also Ernst von Dohnanyi. It’s set up this way for two …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – How does it feel to be the star of an original new production? It’s very exciting; I feel very honored. I was rather surprised when Mr. Enos (the guest choreographer) picked me because the role is somewhat out of my norm. This ballet has a lot of flowing, fluid movements and I am usually the …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – You were quoted as saying “There’s nothing more exciting than creating a new hall,” implying that an orchestra can mold the concert hall’s acoustics to create a unique sound. Could you elaborate on that? As the violin is the instrument of the violinist, the instrument of an orchestra is the hall. The hall that melds …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – Your current exhibit at the Ruiz-Healy Art gallery shows your work inspired by the time you spent in Berlin as one of the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien residency artists, selected by the Blue Star Contemporary. How has the Berlin experience impacted you as an artist? Since, until recently, I always had to have a day job to …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – ARTS SA’s 2019-20 Season is varied and interesting. How do you choose what you’ll be presenting? We have an ongoing conversation with the staff and the board and our subscribers about the selection of artists to present, and that conversation is in the context of us not wanting to replicate what others in the city …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – You have been interim executive director and executive artistic director here at Gemini Ink for about a year-and-a-half. How has it been for you and what goals have you set for yourself and the organization? The first year as executive director is a huge learning curve because you are getting more of an overall sense …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – The San Antonio Film Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. It’s a big milestone for you personally. It’s very exciting! Yet it doesn’t feel like 25 years. I started this one when I was 22 and I still feel 20-ish (laughs), but very grateful and thankful. You saw our volunteers at work (in …
IINTERVIEW EXPRESS is a new feature of ARTS ALIVE SAN ANTONIO. For this inaugural interview we spoke with Kelly Hilliard Roush, the executive/artistic director of the Classic Theater of San Antonio Are you glad that the 2018-19 season is over and done? Yes, I am glad that it’s over and that it was so successful. I hate to see it …
