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Conrad Oberon Johnson (November 15, 1915 – February 3, 2008) [1] was an American music educator, long associated with the city of Houston, who was inducted into the Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame in 2000. Born in Victoria, Texas, Conrad Johnson was nine when his family moved to Houston.
Sam Houston Coliseum and Music Hall circa 1940. Houston Music Hall was a 2,200-seat music venue located in Houston, Texas. [1] [2] The Music Hall opened in November 1937, at the same time as the Sam Houston Coliseum, which were built conjointly as the brainchild of Jesse H. Jones, and designed by Alfred C. Finn, his frequent collaborator.
Prior to Hofheinz Pavilion being built (on the campus of the University of Houston), the Houston Cougars played home games at the coliseum. [5] The venue also played host to the Houston Apollos, of the CPHL, from 1965 to 1969; the Houston Aeros, of the WHA, from 1972 to 1975 and the Houston Apollos of the CHL, from 1979 to 1981.
El Paso, Texas, U.S. Car crash [259] Lisandro Meza Colombian singer and accordionist: 86: December 23, 2023: Sincelejo, Colombia: Stroke [260] Willie Ruff Jazz musician and educator: 92: December 24, 2023: Killen, Alabama, U.S. Undisclosed [261] David Freeman Preservationist of bluegrass and old-time music: 84: December 25, 2023: Alzheimer's ...
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts is a theater in Houston, Texas, United States. Opened to the public in 2002, the theater is located downtown on the edge of the Houston Theater District. Hobby Center features 60-foot-high (18 m) glass walls with views of Houston's skyscrapers, Tranquility Park and Houston City Hall.
The orchestra performed in either the City Auditorium or the Music Hall until the construction in 1966 of the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts. In 2001, the orchestra lost millions of dollars' worth of instruments, music, and archives when Tropical Storm Allison flooded the basement levels of Jones Hall. In 2003, the musicians went ...
Clifton Lafayette Bruner (April 25, 1915 – August 25, 2000) was a fiddler and bandleader of the Western Swing era of the 1930s and 1940s. Bruner's music combined elements of traditional string band music, improvisation, blues, folk, and popular melodies of the times.
Rob Todd (born October 23, 1963) is a Houston-based entertainment attorney and former member of the Houston City Council [1] from 1996 to 2002. Todd was a member of the Houston City Council from 1996 to 2002, [1] representing the eastern edge of Houston.