 The Brenham
Fine Arts League and Gallery, located in downtown Brenham
at 110 W. Alamo, provides a venue where artists of the area come
together for
art classes, workshops, and to show and sell their artwork. The Art
Gallery is where the public is invited to view and purchase artwork
created by League members. The League sponsors several art scholarships
and also a Spring Art Show. The gallery is open Monday through Saturday.
www.brenhamfineartgallery.com
 The
Brenham Children’s Chorus performs concerts and musicals
regularly in public and for private programs having appeared before
more than 36,000 in their first 4 years. Principal programs in the
Brenham area take place in October, December, and two spring performances
that include a licensed Broadway musical adapted for children. The
Chorus has toured numerous venues in Texas in addition to 3 cities
in Wisconsin including appearances in the Capitol Rotunda, International
Festival-Institute and company commemorations.
 Unity Theatre is now in its 12th season, serving the immediate community
and theatre lovers from nearby Houston, Austin and Bryan/College Station.
Located in historic downtown Brenham, Unity Theatre is firmly established
as a state-of-the art performance facility, yet it is housed in an
historic, 23,000 square-foot-warehouse that is sure to charm visitors.
Captivating performances are made possible by the many professional
actors, designers, costumers, and technical experts that travel from
across the region to participate in this unique theatre.
 Blinn College provides an outstanding venue, the Dr. W.W. O’Donnell
Performing Arts Center, for visiting artists as well as students and
faculty. Regular performances are produced by the Theater Arts, Choral,
and Band departments as well as by a mixed chorale of adult and student
singers who perform as the Brenham Chorale. Each department provides
a wide variety of music, instrumentation, and theater arts and is led
by faculty who are accomplished performers themselves.
Brenham
High School produces award-winning plays
and musicals such as Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Grease,
and Guys and Dolls. The
Choral
department provides programs featuring top vocalists in the
Chorale as well as a special ensemble “Encore” which performs
vocal jazz and pop music with choreography. The band,
orchestra, and ensembles perform in concerts throughout the year. Musical and theatrical
performances take place most weeks of the year in the 2000 seat state-of-the-art
auditorium.
 The International Festival-Institute at Round
Top presents classical
music performances and programs on art, art history, decorative arts,
theatre, gardening and poetry throughout the year. Each summer, an
international body of young artists performs as the Texas Festival
Orchestra under the direction of world-renowned conductors during the
Festival-Institute season in June and July. Mr. James Dick, internationally
renowned concert pianist and founder of this incredible facility, performs
regularly with the Texas Festival Orchestra, visiting guest artists
and conductors.
The Arts Council of Washington County,
chartered in 1981, supports the arts in Washington County and provides
community educational programs
as concerts, theatrical productions, ballet, children's music and theatre.
The Council schedules lecturers, story tellers, and other special programs
for the private and public schools as well as special summer concerts
the first Fridays in June, July, and August at Fireman's Park in Brenham
at 7p.m..
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