In-person concerts move online for 40-year-old music series Fine Arts Chamber Players announces its flagship series, Basically Beethoven Festival, will not be staged live in July 2020. This year, FACP will record and share Festival performances for the Basically Beethoven Festival-in-Place. Musicians will be recorded in a concert setting and the footage will premiere on FACP’s YouTube channel at the scheduled concert times: July 12, July 19, and July 26 at 2:30 p.m. “Because of public health concerns, the logistics … read more
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Our final co-pro with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra features DSO Principal Bassoon Ted Soluri and DSO Principal Harp Emily Levin. Their duets will be paired with a cocktail demonstration by a special guest. Who do you think that will be?
And we are on! Thank you for your patience!
Welcome to the third installment of Open Bar, presented by Fine Arts Chamber Players and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Short and sweet porch concerts paired with signature cocktails from local bars. The perfect happy hour activity!
This week's feature:
Maria Schleuning, violin
Emily Levin, harp
The People's Last Stand, mixology
Currier: from Night Time, I. Dusk
Saint-Saens: Fantasie
Tip your bartender: @Devc21 on Venmo
Donate to Cancer Blows and the Ryan Anthony Foundation:
www.cancerblows.com/addgift.php?v2glid=126909
HOLD ON. We're having technical difficulties! Tonight's OPEN BAR should be available before 6 p.m. We are so sorry for the delay.
Quick - check your cabinet now to see if you have the ingredients for tomorrow night's cocktail from @peoplesdallas. Missing something? No worries - The People's Last Stand is selling premade cocktails. Enjoy tomorrow's concert with a "Bay of Pigs" in hand.
Co-presented by @dallassymphony, the OPEN BAR porch concert on Friday, June 26, at 5 p.m. features DSO violinist Maria Schleuning and DSO Principal Harp Emily Levin.
The Dallas arts community has lost a shining talent, warm encourager, and incredible fighter with the passing of Ryan Anthony. Rest in Peace.The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is deeply saddened by the passing of Principal Trumpet Emeritus and great friend Ryan Anthony. Ryan was an incredible leader and a musician beyond compare. Music was the center of his life, and that was felt by everyone around him. He was revered by brass players for his talent, and he was loved by his colleagues for his friendship, joy and exuberance.
Ryan Anthony joined the DSO as guest principal trumpet in 2004, became Interim Principal Trumpet in 2006 and assumed the Diane & Hal Brierley Principal Trumpet Chair in 2008. His clarion notes rang through the Meyerson to open Mahler’s Fifth Symphony at the start of Jaap van Zweden’s tenure as Music Director, a moment he remembered fondly. Anthony was a leader of the orchestra as soon as he arrived in Dallas, as a unifying voice, a collaborative spirit, and as an anchor of sound of the brass section. His commitment to music making at the highest level was palpable, and his devotion was evident to every player.
Beyond the stage, Ryan helped to shape the future of the DSO. He served as a Dallas Symphony Association Governor by Virtue of Position since the 2012/13 Season. He also was among the principal players who served on the search committee for Music Director Fabio Luisi. In recognition of his incredible contributions to the orchestra, Ryan Anthony was named Principal Trumpet Emeritus in June 2019.
In 2012, he was diagnosed with a rare cancer of the blood and bone marrow, multiple myeloma. Ryan fought the disease for many years, and we were awed by his resilience and strength. He seemed unstoppable when he returned to work a few months after receiving a stem cell transplant. Following his diagnosis, he dedicated his performances and his time to using music to promote cancer research. The Ryan Anthony Foundation was founded in 2014. In 2015, the Dallas Symphony hosted Cancer Blows, the signature concert event of the foundation and an important vehicle for musicians and audiences to unite in finding a cure.
“I will miss his friendship and his wise counsel,” said Kim Noltemy, Ross Perot President & CEO. “It is rare to meet a person with all of Ryan’s gifts: passion, tenacity, diplomacy, humanity and an immeasurable love of music. He was much-loved and an inspiration to so many of us. His legacy will be felt forever at the Dallas Symphony. We mourn alongside his wonderful wife Niki and his two children, who will always be part of the DSO family.”
