By Michelle Bless Editor’s note: This article is the second in a series of stories about Lubbock’s Moonlight Musicals. Since its first show premiered in 2006, Moonlight Musicals has provided Texas Tech University students with opportunities to build their resumes and gain experience in live theater. Rose Duncan, the choir director of Frenship Middle […]
From Dirt to Drama: Moonlight Musicals Gain Traction with Local Audiences
October 21, 2019 by
By Michelle Bless Editor’s note: This article is the first in a series of stories about Lubbock’s Moonlight Musicals. In April 2005, Texas Tech Professor of Voice Gerald Dolter heard the City of Lubbock was building an amphitheater in Mackenzie Park. After years of performing and teaching in Germany followed by years of summers spent […]
Music: Practice Makes Perfect
April 14, 2016 by
Texas Tech University School of Music students can be seen performing often, on stage or in the halls of the Student Union Building, to rounds of applause. Behind the curtain, though, their reality is less glamorous: hours and hours of tedious and difficult practice. Perfecting one’s craft is always time-consuming, but music majors are known […]
Three Nights At The Opera
September 26, 2014 by
The Texas Tech University School of Music and Lubbock Moonlight Musicals will perform two one act operas, “Suor Angelica” and “The Old Maid and The Thief” on September 26-28 at the Wells Fargo Amphitheater. ‘Suor Angelica’ was written by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, who is notable for other works like “La Boheme” and “Madama Butterfly.” […]
