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Press Releases - Performing Arts and Entertainment News for Houston Theater District

 
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Friends University Ballet Director takes in Uniquely Houston's Dominic Walsh Dance Theater
Release Date: 17-Sep-08
Author or Contact: Lori Yount
Friends ballet director takes in Texas dancers BY LORI YOUNT The Wichita Eagle Nine members of the Dominic Walsh Dance Theater left Houston on Sunday, after Hurricane Ike came ashore early Saturday morning, knocking out power to their studios and trees onto their houses. Stan Rogers, ballet director at Friends University, invited the company to evacuate to Wichita before the storm hit, but Dominic Walsh said the company would "be ...

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HOUSTON GRAND OPERA RECEIVES $250K GRANT FROM HEARST FOUNDATION
Release Date: 15-Jul-08
Author or Contact: Christopher Novosad
Category:  Recent News  Subcategory:  Houston Grand Opera
HOUSTON- Houston Grand Opera (HGO) has received at $250,000 grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation to support its Student Performance Series and Teacher Workshops for three years. These programs are administered by HGO’s education and community programs department - HGOco.

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HOUSTON GRAND OPERA GENERAL DIRECTOR ANTHONY FREUD
Release Date: 1-Jul-08
Author or Contact: Christopher Novosad
Category:  Recent News  Subcategory:  Houston Grand Opera
Anthony Freud, OBE, General Director and CEO of Houston Grand Opera, has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of OPERA America, the national service organization for opera. The election took place at the annual OPERA America conference 2008 in Denver on June 11th. Freud will serve an initial term of two years and succeeds Charles MacKay, General Director of the Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

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Houston Grand Opera takes Camps to the Houston Community
Release Date: 23-Jun-08
Author or Contact: Christopher Novosad
Category:  Recent News  Subcategory:  Houston Grand Opera
This summer, HGOco, Houston Grand Opera’s community outreach department, will partner with Project Row Houses and YES Prep Public School Southeast Campus for Create an Opera camp projects, which are underwritten by AIG American General. Students, with the help of HGO and community teaching artists, will produce their own original musical work– adapting a story into a libretto; composing music; creating costumes, props and scenery; and performing ...

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Houston Grand Opera 2007-2008 Annual Meeting
Release Date: 11-Jun-08
Author or Contact: Christopher Novosad
Category:  Recent News  Subcategory:  Houston Grand Opera
Company reports balanced budget and a Houston Endowment grant to support the NEXUS Initiative

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THE PASSION AND JOY OF GREAT MUSIC PERFORMED LIVE REACH NEW HEIGHTS IN THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY 2008-2009 SEASON
Release Date: 21-Jan-08
Author or Contact: Lauren Walker
Category:  What's New  
THE PASSION AND JOY OF GREAT MUSIC PERFORMED LIVE REACH NEW HEIGHTS IN THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY 2008-2009 SEASON Hans Graf’s Eighth Season Features Great Musical Works and Great Artists Innovative SoundPlusVision Concerts Return Houston, Texas, January 18, 2008 - - The Houston Symphony today announced details of its 2008-2009 Season, including a two-day musical “competition” between Bach and Vivaldi, the return of Sir André ...

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Mi Colombia, A Powerful And Vivid Expression of Colombian Dance and Music at the Houston's Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
Release Date: 25-Oct-07
Author or Contact: Eberto Amador
Category:  What's New  
Experience the strength and passion of a living, dancing example of pride, determination, and talent featuring local and international renowned artists from Colombia.

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ACT@TUTS TAKES YOU TO A WHOLE NEW WORLD IN SEPTEMBER PRODUCTION OF DISNEY'S
Release Date: 4-Aug-06
Author or Contact: Meridyth Garcia
Category:  What's New?  
Take flight on a magic carpet ride filled with magic and mayhem when ACT@TUTS’ (Apprentice Conservatory Training at Theatre Under The Stars) production of Disney’s Aladdin Jr. plays September 14-16 at the Hobby Center’s Zilkha Hall (800 Bagby at Walker). With music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, Disney’s Aladdin Jr. features a marvelous score containing all the well-known songs from the Academy award-winning film ...

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TONY AWARD-WINNING “WEST SIDE STORY” TO KICK OFF TUTS' 2006-2007 SEASON
Release Date: 4-Aug-06
Author or Contact: Meridyth Garcia
Category:  What's New?  
Something’s coming, something good when Theatre Under The Stars produces the Tony Award-winning musical, West Side Story, from October 24-November 5 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (800 Bagby at Walker). With music by the legendary creative team of Arthur Laurents (librettist), Leonard Bernstein (composer) and Stephen Sondheim (lyricist), West Side Story features some of Broadway’s most beloved music including, “Somewhere,” “One ...

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Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy Presents Summer Intensive Showcase
Release Date: 26-Jul-06
Author or Contact: Cassie Patterson McClung
Category:  Houston Ballet  
Houston, Tx -- On Thursday, July 27 and Friday, July 28, Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy will present two public performances with over three hundred dancers from across the U.S. and abroad in the 2006 Summer Intensive Showcase at 8:00 p.m., Proscenium Theater, Marie Flickinger Fine Arts Building, San Jacinto Community College-South, 13735 Beamer Road, Houston. Ticket prices are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets will be sold at ...

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Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to Make Much Anticipated Houston Debut
Release Date: 9-Jan-06
Author or Contact: Lynda Sanders
Category:  Recent News  
Society for the Performing Arts (S.P.A.), bringing the world’s best to Houston, presents the world renowned Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sunday, March 12 at 2 p.m. in Jones Hall. The Houston debut performance will be led by Conductor and Music Director Riccardo Muti.

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