TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL AT UH A TREAT FOR
FANS,
A TREASURE FOR STUDENT MUSICIANS
For four weeks this summer, the University of Houston will be alive
with the sound of music.
The 2005 Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival (TMF) offers
students a chance to polish their performance skills under the supervision
of professional musicians at UH’s Moores School of Music (MSM).
It also provides music aficionados with a wealth of entertaining
concerts and recitals from some of the world’s brightest young
musicians.
In 1990, Houston arts patrons Immanuel and Helen Olshan founded
the festival as a four-week orchestral fellowship program dedicated
to developing the talents of student musicians. Since then, TMF
has attracted students from around the globe and entertained local
audiences with performances ranging from chamber music to jazz.
“Very few universities are able to present a summer music
festival of the caliber of our Texas Music Festival,” said
David Ashley White, director of MSM. “It offers an outstanding
orchestral training program for young musicians.”
Overseeing the festival’s clinics and classes are MSM’s
distinguished musicians and faculty, members of the Houston Symphony
and internationally recognized artists including conductor Marek
Pijarowski and violinist Lucie Robert. Students are accepted to
the festival based on live and taped auditions.
Components of the 2005 TMF include the “Classical Minds”
Guitar Festival, High School and College Jazz Institute, High School
Piano Institute and “Floot Fire,” a workshop for flutists.
Ticket prices for the performances vary; some are free to the public.
For ticket information, call the Moores box office at (713) 743-3313.
WHAT: |
2005 Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas
Music Festival |
WHEN: |
Concerts will be performed May 31 – July
2. For a detailed list of times, dates and locations, visit
http://www.uh.edu/texasmusicfestival/2005schedule.htm
or call (713) 743-3167. |
WHERE: |
Moores School of Music
University of Houston – Entrance 16
Houston, TX 77204 - 5017 |
WHO: |
University of Houston/Moores School of Music |
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