NEWS ROUNDUP, Dec. 2, 2025 This is a season to celebrate and there’s no celebration without music.The Kerrville-based Symphony of the Hills will present “A Time to Rejoice,” featuring Handel’s“Messiah” and traditional carols with the Grand Symphony Chorus. In addition, the concert will include Vaughan-Williams’ “Fantasia on Greensleeves,” “Wizards in Winter,” performed by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra; White Christmas, and …
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Let’s start with theater this time. The Majik Theater will stage “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (Nov. 22 to Dec. 24). There’s no better way to kick off the holidays than with Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the whole Peanuts gang! This story captures the heart of the season with timeless music, touching moments and plenty for audiences of all ages. Don’t …
Q and A with Cynthia Munoz Interview by Jasmina Wellingoff 1.When and where did you first hear Mariachi music? Was it love at first “hear.” Did you try to play? I was fortunate that my parents introduced me to mariachi music throughout my childhood. We grew up attending the beautiful mariachi mass at San Jose Mission in the 1970s and …
Q and A with Cynthia Munoz Interview by Jasmina Wellinghoff 1.When and where did you first hear Mariachi music? Was it love at first “hear.” Did you try to play? I was fortunate that my parents introduced me to mariachi music throughout my childhood. We grew up attending the beautiful mariachi mass at San Jose Mission in the 1970s …
NEWS ROUNDUP, Nov.14, 2025 St. Mary’s University ‘s Christmas Spectacular Concert is scheduled for Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. It will feature the university’s orchestra, choir, wind ensemble, jazz orchestra, theater arts and Mariachi music. The concert will feature classic carols and holiday favorites that capture the spirit of Christmas. (Bill Greehey Arena, One Camino Santa Maria, 78228; for more …
A visit to the Fiber Artists of San Antonio’s Annual Juried Exhibit, Rooted in Fiber: The Natural Textures of Texas, is well worth your time. Held at the University of the Incarnate Word’s Semmes Gallery, the show runs through November 14, Monday- Friday, 10:00 AM- 5:00- PM. Paula Owen, artist and President Emerita of Southwest School of Art, juried the …
NEWS ROUNDUP, Nov. 7, 2025 The San Antonio Chamber Music Society is bringing to town The LOTUS Saxophone Quartet“in a genre-defying program – blending classical, jazz, and pop – that moves beyond traditional classical boundaries,” says the press release and local musicians seem eager to attend the performance. Formed in 2022, the group has stormed the classical music world, winning …
Faces of Waterby Lou Ella Hickman i water can be a gracious hostesswho makes room thenlet’s me slip into her warmth ii water surges up in a dreamwhere I flounder…deeper…down into her smothering darkness iii water covers this bed of earthwith blankets of sea iv waterin love with the moonenergy of the tides waterfallssinging———————————-
NEWS ROUNDUP, October 30, 2025 “Not Your Mother’s Chamber Music Concert!” says the press release about the concert featuring the LOTUS SAXOPHONE QUARTET brought to town by the San Antonio Chamber Music Society. The group’s “genre-defying program blends classical, jazz, and pop that moves beyond traditional classical boundaries.” Formed in 2022, the quartet “literally stormed the classic music world,” winning …
