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BY BRIAN FLEMING
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or the past 10 years, the Texas Music Festival
has brought to the Texas A&M community
the opportunity to experience the arts,
frhe Festival includes many events, all of
which give audiences an opportunity to hear
some of the greatest music history has to of
fer, while simultaneously providing an im
pactful learning experience for all involved.
■The Texas Music Festival first began in
Houston under the title of the Lyric Art Fes
tival. Conceived in 1984, it has since grown
to be a well-known celebration of music.
_£l_Hsince that first concert season, the Festi
val has featured internationally known
alists and ensembles, members of the
;i [IIHouston Symphony and Houston Grand
*LvOp^ra Orchestras and performing faculty
from the University of Houston Moores
f£LL School of Music.
1988, the Lyric Art Festival expanded
to also entertain the students and faculty of
Gr N Texas A&M University when festival orga-
», nizers formed a partnership with the Col
lege' of Liberal Arts.
■Werner Rose, coordinator of the Texas
A&M concerts of the Texas Music Festival
and professor of music, witnessed the fes
tival’s growth.
■“Over the 10 years, I have seen it get bet
ter. The arts level has grown and it has be
come well-known,” Rose said.
/ Rose said bringing the Festival to Texas
A&M was a good idea because it provides
( j an opportunity for students at A&M to hear
. T classical music.
TluJ “There is also local high school involve-
j ment as well,” Rose said.
"I? event takes P^ce over Ihc course of
;; June. There are many concerts, six of which are
:lt: performed in College Station.
The remainder of the events take place in Hous
eel alii
lent
ton.
■ The festival attracts people from all over the
world to take part in the events, which include in
tense master classes and concerts featuring some of
the world’s premiere artists.
■ “Auditions are held internationally. Once students
are accepted, all they have to do is get to Houston,”
Rose said.
MFrom that point, students from many places in
cluding Mexico City; Kamakura, Japan; New York
City and Sugar Land, Texas (to mention a few),
study and perform in the south Texas area.
HOn June 21, the music festival will present “An
Evening with Violinist Andrzej Grabiec & Friends.”
Grabiec, an internationally recognized performer
and educator, will perform various works by such
com
posers
such as Mil
haud, Bacewicz
Brahms.
Also performing in the June 21 event is Rose,
whose talent not only has impacted the A&M com
munity, but the international community as well.
“Pianist Werner Rose proved a treasure in inter
pretation and dynamic control,” a press release from
Australia said.
The festival will return to the Brazos Valley June
25 and 28 following Monday’s events.
These events will feature such works as “Sym
phonic Dances” from Wesf Side Story by Leonard
Bernstein and “Symphony No. 5” by Tchaikovsky.
The music festival has become widely respected
in the south Texas area over the years.
A 1998 Festival audience information survey of 98
attendees said that of those surveyed, 28 were stu
dents at A&M and 67 were residents of local com
munities and other communities as well.
This event serves as a useful pedagogical tool for
A&M professors as well.
“All teachers make the concerts an intricate part
of the summer music courses at A&M,” Rose said.
JEFFERY SMITH/The Battalion
“For many students, it’s the first time to hear this mu
sic.”
“I feel that we need to keep the prices reasonable,”
Rose said. “For the money, it’s the best deal in town.”
The Texas Music Festival is a long-standing tradi
tion in this area.
It offers a variety of music at reasonable prices and
provides a learning experience as well.
For anyone who loves music, seeks enrichment,
and values culture, the Texas Music Festival is a per
fect outlet.
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