TCMF News

Second Week of TCMF Kicks off with Variety of Musical Styles and Sounds

April 29, 2012

Austin — The Seventh Annual Texas Community Music Festival resumed Saturday with a program as diverse as Austin itself. Another packed house spent the afternoon and evening amid sunny skies and pleasant temperatures and heard some old favorites and newcomers to the TCMF. The day began with NUMBERS, a Dixieland ensemble composed of Math teachers from Austin Community College.  After them came the fourth annual a[[earance by the Hill Country Community Band of Marble Falls,…

Legendary Conductors take the Bandstand Wednesday @ TCMF!

April 26, 2012

Austin — The Texas Community Music Festival shifted to the Farmer’s Market at The Triangle Wednesday night and entertained an enthusiastic crowd of marketgoers and music lovers! The evening began with a performance by longtime TCMF act the Austin Polka Band and closed with an encore performance of the Chaparral Dixielanders, who played with a record number of musicians to the delight of patrons and vendors alike. In between, TCMF was graced by a short…

Clarinets, Concert Bands and ZOMBIES! Oh My!

April 25, 2012

 Austin — The Texas Community Music Festival presented arguably the most diverse evening of music in festival history Tuesday night as the sound ranged from ragtime to classical to raw! The Chalumeau Clarinet Quartet kicked off the evening with a delightful and varied set of classical and popular repertoire, followed by the Hill Country Community Band of Wimberley, one of the few bands to appear in all seven Texas Community Music Festivals, and one of…

Gorgeous Weather, Great Music!

April 24, 2012

Austin — The Seventh Annual Texas Community Music Festival continued Monday night at Central Market with performances by the Trilogy Clarinet Trio from Marble Falls and an extended set by the Austin Jazz Band. An appreciative crowd built throughout the evening, enjoying cool temperatures and even cooler musical performances, highlighted by the singing of Miss Lisa Clark, one of the handful of performers who have appeared at all seven TCMFs. The festival continues Tuesday evening…

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The Texas Community Music Festival kicked off in Austin on April 29, 2006 at Central Market Cafe North. The very first TCMF drew approximately 10,000 attendees over the four-day event, far exceeding expectations and setting the stage for what has now become a ten-day tradition.

 

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