Well-known beyond the University of Houston as the former Director of the Houston Symphony Chorus, Weber is staking a claim that even proud Texans will discover that California composers have produced a wealth of impressive choral music. The program includes works byEric Whitacre,Morten Lauridsen,Jo...
Texans' concerted efforts to rebrand their state as part of the West was, as historian Randolph Campbell has argued, a way to escape the "burden of southern history." 2 Western style and culture reached its cultural zenith across the nation during the 1950s and early 1960s. Western ...