Young Texas Artists (YTA), a nonprofit arts organization best known for the Young Texas Artists Music Competition, has named Aurel Garza-Tucker its Director of Program and Operations. Before beginning her position with YTA on Nov. 1, 2022, Garza-Tucker served as the Assistant Director of Education and Production at the Austin Chamber Music Center (ACMC). She […]
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Young Texas Artists Launches 2022-2023 Season with Classics At The Glade Celebration
Performing arts organization Young Texas Artists (YTA) will kick off its 2022-2023 season with Classics At The Glade, a celebration at Glade Cultural Center in The Woodlands set for Friday, Oct. 21. Classics At The Glade, which honors donors who supported YTA’s 2022 Annual Fund, will feature performances by several award-winning YTA artists. They include […]
Young Texas Artists’ Founder Establishes Matching Challenge Grant
All donations will be doubled through June 30 More than 35 years ago, when James A. (Jim) Pokorski helped establish Young Texas Artists (YTA), he created a wealth of opportunities for emerging classical musicians and Texas audiences. Now Pokorski is setting the stage for YTA to offer even more opportunities. Pokorski has committed $25,000 to […]
Young Texas Artists Delivers the Dazzle for 2022 Comeback
Young Texas Artists (YTA) promised an unforgettable come back for 2022, and it delivered in a major way. After two years of COVID-19-related cancellations, the performing arts organization delighted audiences with a Finalists’ Concert & Awards presentation packed with classical music talent; a sensational Bach, Beethoven & Barbecue gala; and — for the first time […]
Texas’ Legendary Bluebonnets
Texas historian Jack Maguire wrote that “the Bluebonnet is to Texas what the shamrock is to Ireland, the cherry blossom to Japan, the lily to France, the rose to England, and the tulip to Holland.” The average Texan merely boasts that the Bluebonnet, with its intense blue, is the most alluring flower in all […]