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My Heart is Full: Songs for Muska
When Craig Hella Johnson recommended I Am the Beggar of the World, a book of traditional Landays folk-couplets by Pashtun women on the Afghanistan and Pakistan border, to friend and fellow composer Jocelyn Hagen, he knew exactly what he was doing. The two-line poems...
“You Opened My Eyes”: Jasmine Williams, Conspirare’s First Insight Fellow
As the first in her family to attend college, Jasmine Williams chose to study music, her first love. Yet she worried about career options. As Conspirare’s first Insight Fellow, Jasmine spent a week embedded with the choir. "Being able to see all the rehearsals and...
Bringing the Classroom to Life: High School Choral Students Learn First-Hand and Give Back
“The things I say daily in class about technique, breathing, support, phrasing, and musicianship are embodied in Conspirare’s amazing musicians and skilled conductor,” says Courtney Neva, choir director at Drippings Springs High School. This spring Conspirare invited...
Learning and Healing with Conspirare
One way Conspirare shares the power of choral music is through Craig Hella Johnson's teaching and conducting. Recently, Johnson served as the conductor for the Texas Two Year All-State Choir; an auditioned choir made up of students from 2-year colleges across Texas....
Conspirare Joins Matthew McConoughey, Boz Scaggs and Other Creative Texans
Conspirare joined a movie star, a rock legend, and a handful of others to receive the state's highest creative honor, the Texas Medal of Arts. “There is a power in combining disparate voices,” Craig Hella Johnson said in his remarks, accepting the honor on behalf of...
Conspirare to be Honored with Texas Medal of Arts Award in February 2019
Conspirare, Austin’s own internationally recognized Grammy®-award-winning choral ensemble, joins a stellar array of fellow Texans honored with the 2019 Texas Medal of Arts. The Texas Medal of Arts Awards ceremony will be held at the Long Center for Performing Arts on...
Carla McElhaney, Piano
An innovative presence in the classical music field, pianist Carla McElhaney is highly regarded as a dynamic performing artist and a creative arts entrepreneur. She is the pianist, co-founder, and Executive/Artistic Director of Austin’s innovative chamber music and...
Conspirare Performs at Washington National Cathedral
Conspirare performed for 2,025 attendees for the interment of Matthew Shepard’s ashes at Washington National Cathedral on October 26. Conductor Craig Hella Johnson led Conspirare's choir of 34 singers and eight instrumentalists. Conspirare performed selections from...
Brian Shaw, trumpet
“Brian Shaw epitomizes the versatile twenty-first-century trumpeter.” – Elisa Koehler, Fanfares and Finesse Brian Shaw is the Julian & Sidney Carruth Associate Professor of Trumpet/Jazz Studies at Louisiana State University. He is also Co-Principal Trumpet of the...
Conspirare to Perform at Washington National Cathedral Interment of Matthew Shepard’s Ashes
Full Press Release Donate Conspirare has accepted an invitation to perform at the interment of Matthew Shepard’s ashes at Washington National Cathedral on October 26. The service will be livestreamed at https://cathedral.org/matthewshepard. Conspirare will perform...