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Classical Spotlight
2:35 pm
Thu November 8, 2012

Harlandale Youth Shine In Choir - Project: Sing! Presents Fall Concert

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Children's Chorus of San Antonio.

Project: Sing! is the Children's Chorus of San Antonio's community outreach program serving elementary children in grades 3 through 6 in the Harlandale, San Antonio and Edgewood school districts and area private schools. Participating students who do not have the opportunity or access to CCSA’s core programs join together weekly in their own neighborhood for one or two condensed semesters of singing, learning, and sharing taught by their staff.

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Classical Spotlight
2:28 pm
Thu November 8, 2012

Songs To The Virgin With Copperleaf Quintet: Choral Chamber Music At The San Antonio Museum of Art

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Ruth Moreland.

Ruth Moreland loves pairing music with art. "There is something about singing in a space and having this art right there. Nothing better for the performers or the audience!" she says.

The Copperleaf Quintet, which Moreland founded and sings in, will set the galleries alive with songs about the Madonna.  San Antonio Museum of Art hosts Copperleaf in the Spanish Colonial Gallery for a concert of Renaissance vocal music reflecting the art in SAMA's current "Rostros de Maria" exhibit. 

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Classical Spotlight
12:59 pm
Thu November 8, 2012

Eliza Thomason Presents Colorful Viola Recital, 'Wild Purple,' at TLU

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Eliza Thomason plays Wild Purple by Joan Tower in the Texas Public Radio mail room.

Viola is the middle voice of the string family and is often considered more mellow than the violin. At Texas Lutheran University, Eliza Thomason leads the string department, teaching strings and conducting the student orchestra. This Sunday she'll be joined by Dr. Eric Daub in music by Bach, Schumann, Joan Tower and Rebecca Clarke.

The recital is free and open to the public. Sunday, November 11, at 4 p.m. in Wupperman Theater in the fine arts building on the TLU campus.

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Classical Spotlight
12:23 pm
Thu November 8, 2012

Inspirational Gardens: Pianist Martina Filjak Solos With San Antonio Symphony

"It's harder than it looks. You practice it, and it seems pretty straight forward. But when you add the orchestra, with the scoring and rhythms, it is not as easy as it seems, in fact it is really hard!" said Martina Filjak discussing Nights in the Gardens of Spain by Manuel de Falla.

Martina has played the piece for ten years now, and recently visited the gardens that inspired the work in Sierra de Cordoba.

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Classical Spotlight
12:07 pm
Thu November 8, 2012

Paul Jacobs Returns For Organ Masterworks At The Tuesday Music Club

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Organist Paul Jacobs.

Paul Jacobs is one of the leading organists of his time, and is passing along that knowledge and skill to the next generation at the Juilliard School. Known for his stunning new music performances, Jacobs is equally mesmerizing in the "standards."

San Antonio audiences can hear Paul play Bach, Mozart, and "a pair of ladies, from France - Nadia Boulanger, known for her teaching generations of composers, in a work for organ." Jacobs also says he is looking forward to spending time in San Antonio.

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