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Lake Travis Schools Celebrate the Season
Students in the Lake Travis Independent School District are ready to spread some cheer this holiday season. Mark your calendars (download printable PDF) for the following performances and events this November and December: November 20 ● Lake Travis Middle School Band presents “Holiday Extravaganza” Lake Travis Middle School – Gym 4932 Bee Creek Road, Spicewood, 78669 6:30 p.m. December 3 ● Hudson Bend Middle School Choirs present “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” Lake Travis High School – Performing Arts Center 3324 Ranch Road 620 South, Austin, 78734 7:00 p.m. December 4 ● Lake Travis High School Choir presents “Light of Hope” Lake Travis High School – Performing Arts…
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Ring in the Holidays with a Lakeway Sing Along
Lakeway Sing Along celebrates their 20th anniversary of entertaining local crowds on Sunday, December 8th at the Lakeway Activity Center (map), with a special family Christmas Show featuring many favorite holiday songs from past years. There isn’t a better way to get into the holiday spirit than with a Christmas music show, especially one benefiting low-income children. There will be ample opportunity for audience participation – and a really good chance Santa and Mrs.Claus will drop in! Back-to-back performances will be held on December 8 at 2:00 p.m and 4:30 p.m at the Lakeway Activity Center, 105 Cross Creek. No need for reservations, but come early to get a good seat. Price of admission…
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Spook-tacular Monster Concert at Lake Travis High School
Halloween is just around the corner and to get you in the spirit, Lake Travis Orchestra will perform a spook-tacular Monster Concert on Tuesday October 29th at 7pm at the Lake Travis Performing Arts Center. Take part in a costume contest, bid on a haunted sweet in the cake auction and listen to a frightful performance. Tickets available at the door or online at laketravisorchestra.org.
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An Evening with the Austin Symphony Orchestra in Lakeway
Mark your calendar for An Evening with the Austin Symphony Orchestra in Lakeway. This inaugural concert with guest performers from the Lake Travis High School Orchestra will take place on November 16th at 7:30pm in the Lake Travis Performing Arts Center. Tickets are going fast so don’t delay in getting your seats. Prices range from $15 to $50 and are available for purchase online at TickeTracker. The concert will begin with members of the Austin Symphony Orchestra playing the musical selections St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 by Gustav Holst and Symphony No. 28 in A Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Then, there will be a collaborative performance between the Austin Symphony Orchestra…
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Nosferatu and a Symphony of Horror!
Join us as we celebrate the spookiest time of year with Lake Travis High School Chamber Orchestra as they play by a live orchestral score to the classic 1922 silent film Nosferatu on Saturday, October 26 at 7pm at the Lakeway Activity Center. This is an opportunity to see a classic silent film with orchestra accompaniment like our grandparents… or great grandparents used to see. Plus you are supporting our local talented teens. It is a truly unique cinematic experience you are sure to enjoy! Popcorn and drinks available for purchase. Don’t forget to enter the Vampire costume contest and win prizes! How to Purchase Tickets Price: $5 at the door or…
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Balcones Orchestra Concert
Lakeway welcomes the Balcones Community Orchestra again to our Lakeway Activity Center for another wonderful performance. In this free afternoon concert, the Orchestra will perform: Metamorphosis (2019) by Adrienne Inglis Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No. 1 in C-Major Haydn: Symphony No.84 in E-Flat Metamorphosis(2019) by Adrienne Inglis for flute, harp, and string orchestra, commissioned by Balcones Community Orchestra celebrates the life and work of Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717), pioneering entomologist, naturalist, and artist. Besides presenting the world première performance of Metamorphosis, Chaski flute/harp duo with flutist Adrienne Inglis and harpist Shana Norton will also perform the Texas première of Le barde muet by Bernard Andrés. The Balcones Community Orchestra is in its 22nd season…
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An Afternoon of Opera: Mozart to Puccini
Opera Etc. will be performing at the Lake Travis Community Library in Lakeway, Texas on June 14, 2019 at 4:00pm. The program will feature of an hour of music from various operas featuring arias, duets, and trios in Italian, French, and German from a variety of opera composers including Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutti, La Clemenza di Tito and Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). Their previous performance left the audience wanting more…if you hunger for opera, you won’t want to miss this one!
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Lakeway Sing Along Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Lakeway Sing Along celebrates two decades of entertaining area music lovers with its 20th Anniversary Spring Show at the Lakeway Activity Center on April 25-27. Expect an array of favorites from past Sing Along shows, as well as familiar songs about who they are and those who helped them get where they are today. Doors open for these dinner show performances at 6 p.m., with dinner served at 6:30 p.m. and the show following. BYOB, of course, and tables of 10 available. Dinner entertainment by the Lohman’s Crossing Band. Tickets are $30 and go on sale at 8 a.m. March 26 at the Activity Center. These shows sell out quickly,…
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Harmonizing with the Lakeway Sing Along
Sing Along is a group of approximately 80 men and women from the Lakeway area who enjoy singing and performing. Sing Along meets regularly at the Lakeway Activity Center on Thursdays from 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. They perform twice annually, a Spring Show series (Thursday, Friday & Saturday) and a Christmas Show (2 performances on Sunday in December). Profits from the Spring show supports the Christmas Show which currently benefits the Green Santa program. Each year, Sing Along collects thousands of toys and dollars for charities which benefit children in need in the Lake Travis area. For more information, please contact the Lakeway Activity Center at (512) 261-1010.
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Lakeway Arts Committee presents Bella Corda youth guitar ensemble
The Austin Bella Corda Guitar Ensemble will return to Lakeway for a free concert from 4-5 p.m. Saturday at the Lakeway Activity Center, 105 Cross Creek. This ensemble of extraordinary students from the Central Texas area has performed music from medieval times to the present on tours throughout the United States and Germany. Their YouTube videos have garnered over 350,000 viewings. Bella Corda soloist Aytahn Benavi, 15, recently placed first in high school guitar competitions at Texas A&M and Indiana universities. One reviewer said, “The kids have an emotional sensibility way beyond their years,” and the Austin American-Statesman said, “The music is fun and the students play it to the…
