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1:55 pm
Sat May 4, 2013

UTSA Archaeologists Announce Two Major Acequia Finds On San Antonio River

An excavation at Brackenridge Park has unearthed irrigation systems built to serve the first settlers of San Antonio.

The find offers opportunities to study indigenous peoples and provides fuel for the UNESCO consideration of the San Antonio Missions as a World Heritage Site.

Archaeologists have long been aware of the existence of the 300-year-old irrigation systems, and even had maps and data from Spanish engineers who documented their work.

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KPAC Blog
9:59 am
Fri May 3, 2013

Maria Schneider: Classical, Jazz, Or Does It Matter?

A few weeks ago I had the wonderful opportunity to interview the remarkable composer and band leader Maria Schneider.

Her latest work as a composer is still the buzz around both classical and jazz crowds. The disc, consisting of two song cycles written for Dawn Upshaw, is called "Winter Morning Walks."

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KPAC Blog: Metropolitan Opera
12:08 pm
Thu May 2, 2013

Rare Met Return For Poulenc's "Dialogues Des Carmelites"

Credit Metropolitan Opera

I have recently been reading about the post World War II international attempts to restore Europe, both materially and spiritually.

This struggle for renewal after suffering and oppression is given a musical shape in Francis Poulenc's, "Dialogues des Carmélites." Though premiered in 1956, its origins are in the period directly after the war in 1947-49.

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KPAC Blog
8:01 am
Thu May 2, 2013

KPACK 2013: Greenberg On How To Listen

San Antonio Symphony
3:13 pm
Wed May 1, 2013

New Symphony CEO Set To Take Organization Into The Future

Credit Tobin Center
The San Antonio Symphony moves into the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in Fall 2014.

The San Antonio Symphony announced today that Jack Downey, a local businessman, fundraising consultant and retired Air Force officer, will take the helm as the organizations new CEO.

Downey said this position was an irresistible opportunity:

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