James Dick

Festival Hill, home to a nationally known concert hall and a world-renowned music institute, is celebrating women in the arts on June 23, 2018, with three concerts featuring the music of Joan Tower, America's preeminent female composer.

Taylor Jacob, Carmine’s professional barrel racer, told me that home looks different when you see it in the rear view mirror. My Aggie daughter would add that home looks different after an airplane ride halfway around the world and back.…

Once upon a time in the 1970s, James Dick, a world-class pianist, asked, “Why dream the ordinary?” He envisioned an international center for music and learning nestled in the hills outside the tiny Texas town of Round Top. His path…