Thrilling, live chamber music performances are returning to the White Lake area! From Aug. 5-13, the 14th annual White Lake Chamber Music Festival will present an impressive array of exceptional
The tree remembers.
Or so I imagined as the Schumann Chamber Players opened the Austin Chamber Music Festival during an enchanted evening on the lawn of the historic Neill-Cochran House.
The tree in question is an enormous heritage pecan that sheltered the festival audience at dusk on May 27. Like the nearby 1855 Greek revival house on San Gabriel Street with its six tall white columns and thick limestone walls that tree likely witnessed many a musical and social event like this one during its 166-year history.
When built, the stately house perched on the rim of the Shoal Creek Canyon, located about a mile outside the Austin city limits. These days, West Campus, which surrounds the house, has become the most densely populated residential zone in the city.