Tag: Fort Worth arts and culture

WRR101 Focus on the Arts: This Fort Worth art fest continues to broaden its reach

October 3, 2025 by

Now in its fourth year, the Art Worth Festival has established itself as an annual arts and music destination for North Texas. In this conversation with the festival’s founder Greg Belz, he talks about how Art Worth differs from the rest of the arts festivals in the region.

WRR101 Focus on the Arts: Mimir Fest returns with 7 concerts + 1 bonus program

June 25, 2025 by

During its 28-year history, Fort Worth’s Mimir Chamber Music Festival has become a destination for classical music lovers every summer. In this feature with WRR’s Amy Bishop, Mimir Founder and Executive Director Curt Thompson shares some of the highlights this year, which includes a bonus concert in collaboration with the Amon Carter Museum.

WRR101 Focus on the Arts: FW’s Spectrum Chamber Music Society goes BIG with a Mahler masterpiece

May 6, 2025 by

Spectrum Chamber Music Society began when a group of Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra musicians decided to get together and play chamber music for fun. Forty years later, they’re still doing that for North Texas audiences. Perhaps their most ambitious feat is yet to come when they play a chamber ensemble arrangement of Mahler’s Symphony No.… Read more »

WRR101 Focus on the Arts: Anime and Symphonic Music intersect at this Fort Worth concert

February 25, 2025 by

“I think this way of experiencing an orchestra concert is really great, especially for a younger generation, who might not have had any experience seeing and hearing a live orchestra before,” says Emily Marshall, Music Director and Conductor of Naruto: The Symphonic Experience. The show is on a cross-country tour of the U.S. with a… Read more »

WRR101 Focus on the Arts: Art & classical music prevail at the Art Worth Fest

October 22, 2024 by

Art Worth is Fort Worth’s newest art festival with its own unique characteristics. The three-day juried festival at the Shops at Clearfork includes numerous artist demonstrations and live classical music performances. In this feature with WRR’s Amy Bishop, the festival’s coordinator Greg Belz expands upon some of this year’s offerings.

WRR101 Focus on the Arts: Catching up with pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin ahead of his Cliburn concert

March 21, 2024 by

In this podcast with WRR’s Kurt Rongey, pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin talks in-depth about his experiences writing a commissioned work for The Cliburn, where North Texas fits into the worldwide music scene, what it was like recording his own music, and what’s coming up in new releases.Photo by Sim Cannety-Clarke

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 »