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WRR101 Focus on the Arts: Branford Marsalis set to play Glazunov, Williams with Plano Symphony

February 8, 2024 by

“To be intermingled with that sound is really incredible… I don’t think of it as me in the front and them in the back,” says saxophonist Branford Marsalis, the GRAMMY Award-winning instrumentalist and composer who will join the Plano Symphony Orchestra Feb. 17, 2024. In this feature, Marsalis chats with WRR’s Amy Bishop about the… Read more »

WRR101 Focus on the Arts: Expect the Merz Trio’s Dallas concert to be a ‘collage’ of sound

February 6, 2024 by

“We love the artform that is concert curation – the kind of conversational possibilities it offers both between ourselves and the composers whose works we choose to play,” says violinist Brigid Coleridge of the Merz Trio. Dallas Chamber Music Society will welcome the group in concert at SMU Feb. 12, 2024, marking the organization’s inaugural… Read more »

WRR101 Focus on the Arts: This ensemble may be NYC-based, but it has Fort Worth ties

February 1, 2024 by

Sahun Sam Hong is the pianist and Executive Director of NYC-based chamber music collective Ensemble132, but TCU can also claim him as their own: As one of the school’s notable alumni, he graduated in 2011 at the age of 16. WRR’s Kurt Rongey had an opportunity to speak with two members of the group about… Read more »

WRR101 Focus on the Arts: Ofra Harnoy’s lost (and found) Abbey Road session

January 23, 2024 by

“We recorded it in 1996 and then companies changed hands and I don’t really know what happened,” explains cellist Ofra Harnoy, in reference to her Abbey Road recording of Elgar’s Cello Concerto, which was recently found after nearly 27 years. Get the details in this feature with WRR’s Amy Bishop.

Where to ring in 2024, plus DFW Kwanzaa celebrations–It’s all in this week’s holiday guide

December 27, 2023 by

Break out the confetti and the noisemakers – it’s almost time to bid 2023 goodbye and welcome the new year. Today also marks the first day of Kwanzaa. In this final installment of our holiday guide, we’ll give you our picks for the best places in North Texas to celebrate both events. You can find… Read more »