Happy 25th Anniversary, Musical Offerings!
This is an exciting time for Musical Offerings! Musical Offerings is the leading professional chamber music organization in San Antonio with exceptionally diverse programming of classical, jazz and contemporary chamber music. Founded in 1983, Musical Offerings brings together the talents of musicians from varied musical environments to create a wide array of programming, concert formats, and musician participation. Because of the broad range of Musical Offerings’ programming and personnel, we have the opportunity to unite our talents with local organizations and participate in special community events.
The dates for the 2008-2009 25th Anniversary Season...
JAZZ MEETS CLASSICAL AT LUMINARIA
Musical Offerings will feature a 30 minute presentation of its annual blockbuster, Jazz Meets Classical, featuring Joan Carroll, vocalist, between 7:55 PM - 8:25 PM on the Houston Street Stage, at the intersection of Houston St and Ave E, close to the Alamo. Listen to the San Antonio Symphony at 9:00 PM on the Menger Stage nearby.
Come join us as Jazz Meets Classical performs at the exciting Luminaria celebration of San Antonio’s artists, musicians, performers and cultural organizations.
James Scott Balentine
Join us at 7:55 PM as Joan’s pure voice sings arrangements by the venerable James Scott Balentine, and Matthew Dunne, including: I Get a Kick Out of You, Desifinado, Se Fue y No Vuelve Mas, and Jim’s original composition, Terra’s Lullabye.
Artists include: Joan Carroll, vocalist, Joan Christenson, violin, James Balentine, saxophone, Heinz Frommeyer, piano, Matthew Dunne, guitar, Zlatan Redzic, bass, Curtis Calderon, trumpet.
See you at 7:55 PM, March 14, on the Houston Street Stage for Jazz Meets Classical!
For information on the upcoming Jazz Meets Classical XVII concerts on April 11, 13, 14, 2009, click here
JAZZ MEETS CLASSICAL XVII
Please join us for the seventeenth year of this unique collaboration between jazz and classical musicians as we explore the captivating music of Latin America, with a special focus on the exotic sounds of Cuba.
Featuring Con Alma, Salon Buenos Aires, Wapango, Primavera Portena, A Night in Tunisia and other salsas, milongas, tangos and danzons of Paquito d’Rivera, Miguel del Aguila, Astor Piazzolla, Dizzy Gillespie and others. Three performances with two distinct programs. Programs at the Instituto Cultural de Mexico and the Witte Museum are the same.
Jazz Meets Classical XVII at the Instituto Cultural de México: Latin Latitudes
Saturday, April 11, 2009, 7:00 PM
Instituto Cultural de México
Suggested donation: $10/adults, $5/students
Call 210.227.0123 for more information
Jazz Meets Classical XVII at the San Antonio Museum of Art: Sounds of Havana
In celebration of the Museum’s Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Latin American Art
Monday, April 13, 2009, 7:00 PM
Great Hall, San Antonio Museum of Art. Reception to follow.
Admission: $6/members, $8/students with ID, $10/non-members
Call 210.978.8151 for advance tickets
Jazz Meets Classical XVII at the Witte Museum: Latin Latitudes
Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 7:00 PM
Witte Museum
Admission: free/members, $10/adults, $5/students
Call 210.357.1900 for more information
Parking at the Witte Museum has greatly improved! Don't miss this opportunity to hear Jazz Meets Classical at the Witte, because parking will be easy in the new Brackenridge Parking Facility.
Click here for more information
DANCE KALEIDOSCOPE 2009
Musical Offerings and San Antonio Metropolitan Ballet, both celebrating their 25th Anniversary Seasons, are collaborating for an OFFICIAL FIESTA EVENT this Saturday night, April 25, 2009, at 7:30 PM, at the Carver Cultural Community Center.
Saturday, April 25, 2009, 7:30 PM
Carver Community Cultural Center
For more information go to http://www.sameballet.org or http://www.musicalofferings.org
This production is not a presentation of the Carver Community Cultural Center, or the Carver Development Board.
