Austin — Cool, sunny weather and hot music brought the crowds en masse to the opening show of the Ninth Annual Texas Community Music Festival Saturday. Opening act, festival host Austin Civic Wind Ensemble, set the tone with a lively preview of their upcoming Spring show, dedicated to music by French composers. Hill Country Community…

Austin — The Ninth Annual Texas Community Music Festival kicks off Saturday, April 12, at 11:00am at Central Market North, 4001 N. Lamar, in Austin. The festival will be presented from April 12 – 27, virtually every day and evening of the week.  TCMF will NOT be presented on Tuesday, April 15 and Easter weekend, April…

Austin — One of TCMF’s new performers for 2014, the Yes Ma’am! Brass Band, is a relatively new Austin ensemble, but quickly building a follower throughout the brass band community. The all-woman band recently appeared at the fourth annual Honk!TX Festival here in Austin, and has been invited to appear in Seattle for HonkFestWest, later…