William Cavanaugh

Symphony’s Family Series serves as introduction to classical music

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The atmosphere inside Jones Hall during a typical Houston Symphony performance is a model of decorum. Silence and stillness prevail; anything more than an occasional cough is conspicuous. This is not the case during a concert in the orchestra’s Family Series.
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Brad Cavanaugh

Houston Icons Saluted at Symphony Gala

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From insights on dinners with President Nixon and President George Herbert Walker Bush to the socialites who have chased me across ballrooms, Donna Vallone of Tony’s fame and I answered myriad questions from our interviewer Leisa Holland Bowman at the Houston Symphony League‘s annual “Conversation With an Icon” luncheon.

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Brad Cavanaugh

Inside Houston Symphony’s $1.1M ‘Golden Age of Hollywood’ ball at the Post Oak Hotel

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Welcome to Hollywood, Texas.

For one night only, Houston Symphony transformed the Post Oak Hotel at Uptown’s into scenes from the “Golden Age of Hollywood” for its annual black-tie ball.

Think “L.A. Confidential,” and “Chinatown.” A quartet of trench-clad reporter impersonators welcomed 400 guests into the gala. Pencils and notepads in hand, they shouted interview questions at arrivals. Inside, Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn lookalikes posed against Art Deco-inspired backdrops. 

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William Cavanaugh

Houston’s Lunch of Secrets Earns the Symphony League a Coveted National Gold Award

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Applause, applause for the Houston Symphony League which has received a coveted Gold Award for one of its special events from the Volunteer Council of the League of American Orchestras, a national leadership group of individuals recognized for outstanding support of their local symphony orchestras.

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Brad Cavanaugh

Musicians bring Houston Symphony to people in communities that may not have access otherwise

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The holiday party at CarePartners’ Dementia Day Center is in full swing. Maybe 30 to 40 clients, known as “members,” mingle with family members, enjoying cookies and hot chocolate in the center’s day room. Seventh-graders from nearby St. Mark’s Episcopal School fan through the crowd, passing out treats.

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William Cavanaugh

Charlie Wilson’s War Heroine Shares Tales of the Earliest Days of the Houston Symphony League — Joanne King Herring Has Been Involved Since 1946

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What: The Houston Symphony League Fall Membership Luncheon

Where: The Junior League of Houston

PC Moment: The age-defying Joanne King Herring — who has lived many exciting interludes in her 90-plus years, including having Julia Roberts portray her in Charlie Wilson’s War — took a step way back to recall the early days of the Houston Symphony and her memories of Ima Hogg, principal of the symphony founding in 1913. Herring was just 17 when she first became involved with the symphony in 1946.

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