Upcoming Salon Concert:
Mandolin & Guitar in History
Featuring Dan Kyzer & Stephen Lochbaum
Saturday, November 1, 3pm
Wine, Collation, Valet $70
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Join us for an intimate Salon Concert celebrating the expressive sonorities of the mandolin and Spanish guitar in a program of Spanish and Italian repertoire. The performance will include works by Vivaldi, Sanz, Scarlatti, Granados, and beloved themes from The Godfather arranged for mandolin and guitar.
This program showcases the artistry of both musicians while exploring the fascinating history of the mandolin — an instrument that traces its roots to 18th-century Italy and even earlier influences from the oud, a highly developed instrument of Moorish Spain and Sicily.
Dan Kyzer, mandolin specialist and faculty member at Dallas College, is a prize-winning guitarist who earned his degree from the New England Conservatory, studying under world-renowned guitarist Eliot Fisk, and later completed his Doctorate at UNT. In addition to maintaining a busy teaching schedule, he is active as a performer and festival organizer.
Stephen Lochbaum, adjunct professor of classical guitar, is a true polymath of the instrument. Trained at the University of Victoria, where he studied with Pepe Romero, his expertise spans both classical and jazz guitar. He has won top Canadian and U.S. prizes and built a distinguished performing career before pursuing his Doctorate in Baroque Guitar at UNT.
Introducing our 2025-26 Season
Season 2025-26 Highlights!
September 20th- Composers of Vienna and Madrid: Haydn, Mozart, Courcelle
Christ the King Catholic Church, 7:30 PM
By 1700, Spain was no longer part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but the court remained closely involved with Vienna and its music through Farinelli and musical exchanges during previous centuries.
This concert features Nicholas Garza, one of the few extraordinary male altos, who will sing arias of the Bourbon Court composer Francisco Courcelle's opera, Achilles in Sciro.
November 1st - Mandolin and Guitar in History
Salon Concert at the home of Barbara Bradfield, 3 PM
Featuring Dan Kyzer & Stephen Lochbaum
Music around this exotic instrument include works by Vivaldi, Sanz, Scarlatti, Granados, and Themes from The Godfather (Mandolin and Guitar).
Dan Kyzer, Mandolin specialist on the faculty of Dallas College, is a prize-winning guitarist who received his education at the New England Conservatory (studying with world-renowned guitarist Eliot Fisk) and later received his Doctorate at UNT. He has a busy teaching schedule for guitar, as well as organizing festivals. Adjunct professor of classical guitar Stephen Lauchbaum is a polymath of guitar, having trained at U Victoria in classical guitar (including with Pepe Romero) as well as jazz, winning top Canadian and US prizes and building a successful performance career before joining UNT for his doctorate in baroque guitar.
Salon concert to be held in the elegant White Rock Lake residence of music patron Barbara Bradfield.
January 4th - Epiphany at Christ the King
Christ the King Catholic Church, 6 PM
Padre Antonio Soler and the Christmas villancico:
While the Court celebrated Epiphania with the panoply of orchestra and chorus, Antonio Soler created music of the common people with the witty tales of everyday Spanish life.
February 15th - Harpsichord and Piano with Malcolm Matthews
Salon Concert at the home of Richard and Enika Schulze, 3 PM
Newly hired by UNT as Assistant Professor of organ and harpsichord, Malcolm Matthews will bring one of his harpsichords to charm us with a variety of compositions for that instrument --from Early music to baroque and much more!
Hosted in the music room of prominent art patrons Enika and Richard Schulze.
March 27th-28th - Pulcinella and El Amor Brujo
Moody Performance Hall, 7:30 PM
Double bill of Stories in Dance with Avant Chamber Ballet
Pulcinella: Reimagined by Igor Stravinsky and El Amor Bruno by Manuel de Falla. Stravinsky took a baroque model and made the 20th century's modernism a classic! El Amor Bruno takes un into the people and land of Andalucia in this one act ballet famous for its Ritual Fire Dance.
Choreography by ACB Director, Katie Puder and Fernanda Olivera. With Mezzo-Soprano Carla Lopez Speziale and costumes by Fernando Hernandez
Family showing of Pulcinella Jr. - Saturday Matinee, 3:30 PM at Moody
April 23rd - Music in the Museum
Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University, 5 PM
Join us at the Meadows Museum for Mercado Español
Sponsored by 2025 Festival: Celebrate Spain Open galleries of the exhibit of the the Art of Jose Madrazo (1781-1859) scion of a family of 19th c. artist.
Stay for concert of ONS costumed vocal soloist performing lively tonadillas of that epoch.
May 2026 - Home and Garden Concert
Location & Time TBD
Chamber music hosted in the private home of ONS arts patron.
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Thank you to all subscribers and friends for
your support this season!
Our season is proudly sponsored by:
Carlson Foundation
Richard & Enika Schulze Foundation
Eugene McDermott Foundation
Hoblitzelle Foundation
Moody Fund for the Arts
Don & Norma Stone
Ray & Martha Quigley
Richard & Alice Stevenson
