by Paul E. Robinson

A centenary celebration is in order for one of the greatest of American composers, Samuel Barber (b. March 9, 1910), and yet the scheduled tributes in the country of his birth are few and far between: the Philadelphia Orchestra, for example, which premiered many of Barber’s compositions, has programmed just a [...]

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by Paul E. Robinson

The last time I looked in on Conspirare they were offering Christmas music at the Long Center in Austin. Last week they moved a few blocks uptown to St. Martin’s Lutheran Church for a concert titled A New Year’s Conspirare Classic. I have no idea what that means but a perusal [...]

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by Paul E. Robinson

“In jazz he was a giant among giants. And in twentieth-century music, he may yet one day be recognized as one of the half-dozen greatest masters of our time.” – Gunther Schuller (1989)

Jazz legend Duke Ellington died in 1974, but his music lives on. The Duke Ellington Orchestra appeared with the Austin [...]

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