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Chris BeckerArts/EntertainmentChris Becker is a composer, freelance writer and staff writer for Consumer Media Network's education division. As a writer, he has contributed to Option Magazine, classical music blog Sequenza 21, and the Houston Press blog, Art Attack. He composes for dance, film, and mixed media installations, and performs on laptop collaborating with Houston's jazz, noise, and avant-garde musicians.
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Music that's out of this galaxy: Jeff Lorber Fusion shakes the bad rap of an innovative sound
By Chris Becker
05.17.12 | 10:39 am
Houston, we have Jeff Lorber Fusion. The band will be playing two sets this Saturday at the Red Cat Jazz Café, which is right back in the heart of downtown ...
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She looks like a star now: Idol snubbed Kat Edmonson reveals all in an exclusive interview
By Chris Becker
04.30.12 | 12:48 pm
I've been really digging this track by Texas-born singer Kat Edmonson, "Lucky," from her new album Way Down Low. Listen to it if you can with headphones, and see ...
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Haunting photographs that are true to the eye: See Houston artist Mark Chen's revolutionary work
By Chris Becker
04.11.12 | 12:57 pm
Houston photographer Mark Chen took some time out of his schedule to give me an informal walk through of his current show, The World: Landscapes and Cityscapes, now showing through ...
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Oompah! Jimmy Brosch remembers 20 legendary Czech polka bands (listen to the music)
By Chris Becker
03.27.12 | 5:31 pm
On a day trip with friends to Schulenberg to visit its painted churches, I stumbled across the Texas Polka Music Museum. Before our visit, I thought I had a slight ...
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School superheroes: Branford Marsalis & Joey Calderazzo make sure music does good in H-Town
By Chris Becker
03.22.12 | 1:34 pm
Music and the arts in pre-college education are the first things to go due to state deficits and blowhard politicking. Several music and arts organizations in Houston with strong educational ...
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Lady sings the blues: Dee Dee Bridgewater brings it on for Billie Holiday at Wortham Center
By Chris Becker
03.15.12 | 4:56 pm
When we turn on the radio and acknowledge with a smile a song's lyric as it is sung by contemporary artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson or Lalah ...
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Filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman is out to end Black History Month: In an exclusive interview, he tells us why
By Chris Becker
02.19.12 | 8:00 pm
It's Black History Month, and filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman is on a mission to end it. To do it, he braves the reproaches of his parents; both former and ...
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We're over the moon: Top 10 songs with a lunar legacy from a Leo (with sun in Aquarius)
By Chris Becker
02.05.12 | 3:23 pm
On Monday, the moon enters into my astrological sun sign Leo. And Tuesday is a full moon. So it's no wonder I've been feeling energized, optimistic, and kind ...
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The ultimate piano challenge: Four-hand requires two to play as one in Menil performance test
By Chris Becker
01.29.12 | 6:01 pm
"We should trust the picture of the printed notes and let it exert its influence upon us. The graphic picture conveys an idea about the arrangement in time of even ...
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Air Laptop: The world of experimental electronic music is a Super Happy Fun Land
By Chris Becker
01.20.12 | 5:52 pm
"Is it conceivable that in the future, electronic manipulations of timbre, texture and sound space will be understood as containing emotional depth and intellectual rigor equal to that of (for ...
Rare Birds
Can composers get a little respect? What Houston needs to connect those dots on paper
By Chris Becker
01.15.12 | 6:15 pm
"The general consensus seems to be that music by living composers is not only irrelevant, but also genuinely obnoxious to a society which concerns itself primarily with the consumption of ...
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Cool jazz gets its day: Thomas Helton aims to avoid the ordinary with legends tribute
By Chris Becker
12.29.11 | 10:37 am
Houston bassist and composer Thomas Helton leads a quartet Friday at Cezanne's in a tribute to the musical legacies of Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan. With Warren Sneed on ...
Rare Birds
The awkward, sometimes pious, mostly hilarious & occasionally arousing holiday CD ever: It's A John Waters Christmas
By Chris Becker
12.18.11 | 5:38 pm
Last week I shared with you my favorite holiday read. This week, I want to hip you to my favorite Christmas album, a compilation of holiday songs spanning several musical ...
Rare Birds
A Holden Caulfield Christmas: Why The Catcher In The Rye is the best holiday book ever
By Chris Becker
12.11.11 | 7:38 pm
I have never presumed that what I write has any influence on any single person whatsoever beyond a much-appreciated Facebook “likes” and Twitter “tweets.” But I hope that this week ...
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Unfinished business: Composers interpret fragments of the masters for Brentano String Quartet
By Chris Becker
12.04.11 | 7:38 pm
It is a particularly Eurocentric concept, this belief that a “finished” work of music, i.e. music written down on paper, copyrighted, and under the control of a publisher, should ...
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Jazz saxophonist Mindi Abair recalls great advice from Randy Jackson & the joys of playing live
By Chris Becker
11.28.11 | 10:04 am
Women rock. But you knew that right? No? Well, that’s not entirely your fault. You’d be hard pressed to find a cover of Rolling Stone magazine featuring a ...
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John Cage turns 100: Unearthed reviews of 4'33" shed light on controversial composition
By Chris Becker
11.20.11 | 11:34 am
Composer, painter, writer, self-described anarchist and mushroom connoisseur John Cage turns 100 in 2012 and all sorts of events are underway to mark the occasion. (Editor's note: He's ...
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Making classical music community business: Embraced by H-Town's Taiwanese society, Trio Oriens tackles End of Time
By Chris Becker
11.13.11 | 6:45 pm
The Trio Oriens came to my attention when my friend composer Hsin-Jung Tsai told me that the trio, pianist I-Ling Chen, violinist Johnny Chang, and cellist Olive Chen, would be ...
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Sculpture and experimental music mix in Trimpin: The Sound of Invention at Cinema Arts Fest
By Chris Becker
11.11.11 | 8:00 pm
In one of the many striking scenes from director Peter Esmonde’s documentary Trimpin: The Sound of Invention, which will be shown Saturday afternoon as part of Cinema Arts Festival ...
Rare Birds
Jazz guitarist Russell Malone talks about playing the notes that count & the intensity of live music
By Chris Becker
11.04.11 | 10:44 am
"This (expletive deleted) hotel!" I've apologized to jazz guitarist Russell Malone for the delay in reaching him at his (not in Houston) hotel, explaining that I had been disconnected ...
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21 | may at 10:00 am
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Tyke Hike at Houston Arboretum |
| Houston Arboretum and Nature Center | |
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21 | may at 12:15 pm
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Center for Performing Arts Medicine Concert: Russian pianist Luisa Splett |
| The Methodist Hospital | |
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21 | may at 7:30 pm
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Bayou City Concert Musicals presents One Kiss: The Music of Sigmund Romberg |
| The Performance Centre at The Ensemble Theatre | |
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22 | may at 11:30 am
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CanCare's 18th Annual National Cancer Survivors Day Luncheon |
| Westin Galleria |
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