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

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: What’s new about Dallas Arts Month 2025?

“This is my favorite time of year, because I know that we’re planting the seeds that will not only contribute to the economy here, but that will truly be changing lives for our residents and our visitors,” says Martine Philippe, Director of the Office of Arts and Culture for the City of Dallas. She recently… Read more »

WRR101 Focus on the Arts: Bass Raymond Aceto returns with the FWSO for another Wagner warhorse

“There’s all the things we love about opera, right? Lust, rage…. all the wonderful things that, of course, unfortunately, are still timely – but it’s such a beautiful story and such a beautiful opera,” says American bass Raymond Aceto, who will join the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in the role of Daland for an upcoming… Read more »