Texas Chamber Music Project (TXCMP) will feature Charlie Chaplin’s classic film accompanied by the orchestra and Brahms Hungarian Rhapsody. Thomas Connely will conduct other works by Grieg, Mendelssohn, and Vaughn Williams featuring Chris Mattaliano on violin. Texas Chamber Music Project of the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex is a 501c3 community- driven orchestra founded by veterans of the North Texas classical music scene specializing in music written for smaller ensembles. By performing in various, and sometimes unexpected venues, TXCMP seeks to bring the experience of chamber music to broader and diverse audiences. $20 Adults, $10 students, $15 seniors & Apex Members
Tickets available at the door or online at www.apexartsleague.com

With its 12th Annual Jazz Fest, Apex Arts League will present the University of Texas One O’clock Lab Band in concert on Saturday, February 29 at 7:00 p.m., at Carroll Senior High School Auditorium, 1501 W Southlake Blvd, Southlake These three talented high school jazz bands will open the program, performing commissioned pieces written by composition students at UNT.

• Carroll High School

• Boswell High School

• Denton High School  

The One O’Clock, under the direction of Alan Baylock, is the premier seven time Grammy- nominated performing jazz ensemble from the internationally acclaimed University of North Texas’ Jazz Studies Program. Tickets at the door are $15 for adults, $10 for band parents, seniors and Apex members and $5 for students. Tickets can be purchased online at apexartsleague.com or at the door.

The concert will feature Eric Barr, Principal Oboe Emeritus of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, performing famous works of the Classical repertoire, including a movement from the Mozart Oboe Quartet; as well as melodies by Gershwin and Berlin that will encourage humming or singing along. This program will then travel to several North Texas nursing homes, hospitals, cancer clinics, and Head Start centers as part of Texas Winds Musical Outreach. The mission: to engage, comfort and celebrate the spirits of isolated seniors, hospital patients, veterans and children in North Texas through live, professional musical performances. Join us for this “Gem” of a performance and learn more about how Texas Winds “turns dining halls into concert halls”, taking live music out of the concert hall and bringing it directly to people who have little opportunity to experience it.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir is known and loved for his impressionist paintings of Paris. These paintings count among the world’s favourites. Renoir, however, grew tired of this style and changed course. This stunning film – based on the remarkable collection of 181 Renoirs at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia – examines the direction he then took and why it provokes such extreme reactions right up to today. Some claim they are repulsed by Renoir’s later works and some claim they are seduced. What may surprise many is that among the many artists who sought Renoir’s new works out and were clearly highly influenced by them were the two giants of the 20th century – Picasso and Matisse. The film is a fresh new biography of this artistic giant but more than that it uncovers a rarely told story that places Renoir as a critical link between the old and the new.

The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra will return to Southlake, TX on December 19 to perform at White’s Chapel United Methodist Church for a holiday concert celebrating the season. FWSO Conducting Fellow Alex Amsel will lead the orchestra in an array of holiday favorites including Leroy Anderson’s “A Christmas Festival” and “Sleigh Ride,” Guaraldi’s “Charlie Brown Christmas,” selections from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, and a holiday sing-along. The program, titled Sounds of the Season, is presented in partnership with the Apex Arts League.

This concert begins at 7:00 PM in White’s Chapel UMC, Southlake on Thursday, December 19, 2019 and will be performed without intermission. Prices are $10 for children and $25 for adults, with discounts available for Apex Arts League members. Tickets can be purchased by calling the FWSO Ticket Office at 817-665-6000, by visiting www.fwsymphony.org.

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Apex Arts League and Opus Nova announce “Theater Scenes” a members only chamber music concert. This private home concert will take place on Sunday, December 8 at 4pm. Food and wine will be served, holiday attire is requested, valet parking will be provided. As part of Apex’s Chamber Music Project, this special event is limited to 50 people. Current Apex members are FREE and need only RSVP at apexartsleague@gmail.com. Become a member reserve and spot by purchasing tickets at  www.apexartsleague.com . Attendance is $50 per person and as stated, includes an Annual Patron APEX Membership.  With Apex Membership, you will receive discounts to all Apex programming, invitations to Members only events including meet-the-musicians and pre-concert lectures and importantly you will be directly cultivating a vibrant home of the arts in Northeast Tarrant County.

ABOUT THE CONCERT

“With the advent of cinematography came vivid film music and compositional styles that aimed to depict colorful musical landscapes or scenes. From breathtaking melodies of John Williams to playful, jazzy vignettes of George Gershwin to the irresistible tangos of Astor Piazzolla, this highly accessible program is a prismatic journey through some of the 20th century’s most viscerally attractive sonic narratives..” Opus Nova is a new concert series in Fort Worth, TX, founded by local clarinet pedagogue Dr. Ann Hung and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Principal Clarinet Stas Chernyshev. They perform Chamber music from all different time periods, including today’s.

Avant Chamber Ballet brings Nutcracker: Short and Suite with live music back to Southlake, Texas! This production is a family-friendly shortened version of the holiday classic with the professional dancers of ACB plus new costumes and choreography by Paul Mejia.

“This performance is a perfect introduction to everyone’s favorite ballet,” says ACB artistic director Katie Cooper. “Nutcracker: Short and Suite will get you in the spirit and launch your holiday season.” The performance is presented by Apex Arts League which brings major arts group such as the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Fort Worth Symphony to the city of Southlake.

Tickets are available online at www.apexartsleague.com or at the door. $20 Adults, $15 Seniors or Apex Members, $10 Children.

A staged Baroque Opera is coming is coming to Northeast Tarrant County. The American Baroque Opera Company along with Avant Chamber Ballet will present The Decent of Orpheus to the Underworld or La descente d’Orphée aux enfers.

The 2 act opera, written by French composer Charpentier around 1686 will be Sung in French with English translation provided on screen.  The classic story centers around Orpheus; a musician, poet, and  prophet  in  ancient Greek religion  and his attempt to retrieve his wife  Eurydice  from the underworld.

ABO performs fully staged baroque operas; costumed performances with chamber (small) orchestra using period instruments.

Tickets $20 adults, $15 seniors/Apex members $10 children are available online at apexartsleague.com or at the door.

Captured live in 2011 from the National Theatre stage in London, this thrilling, sold-out production became an international sensation, experienced by almost half a million people in cinemas around the world. Directed by Academy Award®-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), Frankenstein features Benedict Cumberbatch (Hamlet, BBC’s Sherlock) and Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary, Trainspotting) alternating between the roles of Victor Frankenstein and his creation. Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the increasingly desperate and vengeful Creature determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil, are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic tale.

Please note: Frankenstein has a BBFC rating of 15, and contains a scene of sexual violence.

Food and beverages will be available beginning at 5 PM and the program will start at about 5:15 PM. It's 2 hours and 10 minutes long, so we'll have you heading home by 7:30

Too long ignored, it is time to look at the early years of Picasso: the upbringing and the learning that led to his extraordinary achievements. APEX Arts League and the Southlake Library invite you to Exhibition on Screen, a unique exploration of artistic masters. Wine and food reception before the film. Ages 21 & up only. Registration opens July 1 and tickets can be reserved by emailing the Southlake Public Library at southlakelibrary@ci.southlake.tx.us

Please note the performance is free, the $30.00 fee is for participants only.

“Dior and I” refers to the connection between 47-year-old Raf Simons and the late, master designer, which the film reveals through narrated segments from his 1956 memoir, “Christian Dior & I.” The parallels are many. Both men share a preference for the quiet company of a few trusted friends. Both ponder their outward persona versus their true selves. Both fret about dealing with the press. Raf Simons is the Belgian fashion designer, who took over in 2012 as creative director at the venerated house of Christian Dior, and was tasked with putting together his first-ever haute couture show in just eight weeks, an enormous undertaking which usually requires five or six months. “Dior and I” intimately demonstrates the tricky balance between art and commerce, between perpetuating a mythology while attending to the bottom line, and doing it with the pressure of a ticking clock. As one of Simons’ top lieutenants, do you make sure your gowns are ready in time for the collection, or do you jet from Paris to New York for a fitting with a client who spends hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to update her wardrobe? 

Apex Arts League and Texas Chamber Music Project are pleased to partner for the first time as we bring you Unity Through Music. The orchestra will perform an interesting and unifying selection of music, free of charge on Thursday March 21, 2019 at 7PM at the Marq in Southlake.

In a world of diversity, where values and ideals often clash, music leaps across gaps and brings us together. Music cares not about what language you speak orwhat you drive. Instead, music unites strangers, making them friends. Join your new friends of the Texas Chamber Music Project as we enjoy Unity Through Music.

TXCMP is a local nonprofit comprised of over 30 volunteers with backgrounds in professional and/or advanced orchestral experience. The musicians are dedicated to giving the gift of music. 

In its 11 th Annual Jazz Festival, the APEX Arts League will present to Northeast Tarrant County The UNT One O’Clock Lab Band in concert on Saturday, March 2 at 7:00 p.m., at Carroll Senior High School Auditorium, 1501 W Southlake Blvd, Southlake

Three highly talented high school jazz bands will open the program, performing commissioned pieces written by composition students at UNT. The High School bands include:

 Carroll Jazz Orchestra from Southlake, Texas

 Paschal High School Jazz Ensemble from Ft. Worth, Texas  

 Plano West Sr. High School Jazz Ensemble from Plano, Texas   

The One O’Clock, under the direction of Alan Baylock, is the premier seven time Grammy- nominated performing jazz ensemble from the internationally acclaimed University of North Texas’ Jazz Studies Program.   

Tickets at the door are $15 for adults, $10 for band parents, seniors and Apex members and $5 for students. Tickets can be purchased online at apexartsleague.com or at the door.

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Apex Arts League and OnStage in Bedford are pleased to announce “A Wedding to Die For”. The dinner theater will take place Thursday Jan 24 at 6:30PM at the Marq Southlake. The play, with a nautical theme, intrigue and humor will be presented by the finest local thespians and is sure to entertain. A full dining experience will be provided by Scratch Kitchen. Tickets are $40 for general public and $35 for Apex members.

“The year is 1923 and the HMS Victoria sets sail across the English Channel. The famous Inspector Clurrot has tracked down a homicidal mastermind hiding out on board. Meanwhile, the ship is the vessel of matrimony for the Contessa Follette and John D. Rothchild - a marriage encouraged through financial need and murderous greed. But not everything is as it seems, and it turns out that the English Channel isn’t the only thing being crossed. Audience members are recruited to stand in for the best man, bridesmaid, mother of the groom, and father of the bride in this Agatha Christie style comic mystery.”

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The Apex Arts League together with the Southlake Public Library are pleased to present the next film in the Cine d'Arte series Degas: Passion for Perfection. This film is from the world-renowned Exhibition On Screen. EOS is the originator and pioneer of bringing exhibition-based art films to the cinema. Tickets are free by registering on the linked form above. Ages 13 and up please.

Avant Chamber Ballet presents the one-act Nutcracker: Short and Suite plus the world premiere of Katie Cooper’s Winter from Vivaldi’s The Seasons in Southlake, TX with live music. This season’s production is a family-friendly one-hour performance with the professional cast of dancers from ACB, Cezanne String Quartet plus new costumes
and choreography. “This performance is a perfect introduction to live classical music and dance,” says ACB artistic director Katie Cooper. “Vivaldi’s Seasons is one of the most recognized pieces of music, but to see it with choreography and dance takes it to another level for the viewer. Nutcracker: Short and Suite is the second half of the evening with the best parts of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker and all the characters that you love.”
 

This fall, Fort Worth Opera presents a new, 60-minute, pop-up production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s (the German composer, not the Las Vegas act) enchanting fairy tale opera,Hansel and Gretel, in English. Based upon the beloved Brothers Grimm story, this family-friendly classic explores the perils of growing up, and reminds children of all ages to beware the witchy woods and never judge a book by its candy-coated cover. Cleverly reimagined for 21st century audiences, this innovative update features a witty, contemporary design, exhilarating performances from the talented FWO-TCU Lesley Artists, and a delightful chorus of gingerbread children.