Interstellar JoyBoy: 11-11-22
We are thrilled to present some of Austin’s most innovative new music creators for our 2022 showcase, Interstellar JoyBoy. This otherworldly program will include… Electro-acoustic harpist Vincent Pierce performing Carline…
Read More Future Forward: Nov 19, 2021
Austin: On Friday, November 19 at the 4th Tap Brewing Cooperative, Fast Forward Austin presents Future Forward, an evening of eclectic, new music with inspiring performers from across Central Texas.…
Read More Digital Assemblage: Dec. 13, 2020
Dear Fast Forward Austin friends, The high point of our year is getting together to experience cutting-edge, contemporary music with all our friends. We aren’t able to meet in person…
Read More Blue Notes and Other Clashes: September 22
Sun. September 22 @ 5pm 4th Tap Brewing Co-op FREE ADMISSION (This is a family friendly event… Kids are welcome too!) We’re super excited to bring you a whole boat-load…
Read More A Point on a Slow Curve: Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2019
We’re super stoked to be teaming up with our friends at COTFG to bring A Point on a Slow Curve to the Museum of Human Achievement this Jan/Feb. Written by Composer/violinist Dana…
Read More The Difference Engine – Sep. 22, 2018
Sat. September 22 @7-11pm 4th Tap Brewing Co-op FREE ADMISSION (This is a family friendly event… Kids are welcome too!) We are super-stoked to announce the next Fast Forward Austin…
Read More Beat the Rush at the Blanton Museum of Art – Feb. 15, 2018
We’re big fans of the Blanton Museum of Art and are excited to announce that FFA Co-director Charlie Magnone will performing at their free Beat the Rush event this month.…
Read More Spare the Rod – Oct 14, 2017
Sat. October 14 @7pm Museum of Human Achievement Free admission We are super-stoked to announce the next Fast Forward Austin event, Spare the Rod, featuring NOW Ensemble and Invoke. With fiercely focused…
Read More SXSW Composers Showcase: March 17, 2016
We’re once again teaming up with some of Austin’s most innovative composers and performers for the SXSW Composers Showcase. For our portion of the the evening, we’ll be presenting Erik DeLuca‘s epic…
Read More Amid The Noise: April 30, 2016
We are crazy psyched to let you know about the next Fast Forward Austin event, Amid the Noise. Going down April 30 at the 4th Tap in North Austin and featuring performances by Jason Treuting (So Percussion), Battle Trance, Kraken Quartet, Cordova…
Read More Charting Influences: Feb 6, 2016
Charting Influences Feb 6 @ 8pm The North Door Charting Influences is an immersive concert experience exploring inspiration and the creative process. Culminating with the US premiere of UK Composer…
Read More FFA presents Cordova Quartet at SXSW – March 21
FFA presents Cordova Quartet at the official SXSW Composers Showcase! This will be part of a six-hour event focusing on music by living composers performed by some of Austin’s most adventurous ensembles.…
Read More FFA awarded New Music USA grant for US premiere of “Caught in Treetops”
We are thrilled to announce that Fast Forward Austin was awarded a New Music USA grant to present the US premiere of Charlotte Bray’s mesmerizing violin concerto, Caught in Treetops featuring soloist…
Read More Announcing FFA 2015!
Fast Forward Austin 2015 Promo from Fast>>Forward>>Austin on Vimeo. Guess what y’all? ITS YEAR FIVE!!!! We are so excited to announce the fifth annual Fast Forward Austin. Mark your calendars…
Read More Friction Quartet @ Studium – Jan 22
We’re excited to announce a concert of new music by the Friction Quartet co-presented by FFA and Church of the Friendly Ghost. Based in San Francisco, Friction has been making…
Read More River Measures
Canadian cellist Leanne Zacharias (FFA ’12) returns to Austin to perform an epic cycle of 9 one hour solo performances tracing a path along Austin’s lakeside trails. Various Locations along…
Read More Blanton Beat the Rush: Sep. 18, 2014
We’re thrilled to team up with the Blanton Museum of Art to present an hour of percussion and dance on their Beat the Rush series as part of the Blanton’s…
Read More FFA 2014 Artists receive Austin Critics’ Table Awards
Fast Forward Austin artists line upon line Percussion and Kathryn Findlen receive Austin Critics’ table awards for their performances at FFA 2014. Findlen won the award for “Best Vocalist”…
Read More FFA 2014 pics and reviews
Our 2014 marathon festival was a resounding success! You can read great reviews by New Music Box and The Austin American Statesman and check out some pics below.
Read More Disco Classical II – free event/FFA presale party!
Disco Classical began on April 12th, 2012 at the Butterfly Bar, showcasing UT School of Music talent and Austin-based bands in a night fusing live dance-inspired classical music with contemporary…
Read More Announcing the FFA 2014 Artist Lineup
We’re elated to officially announce our artist lineup for FFA 2014.
Read More FFA 2013 recap
With eight hours of new music, dozens of artists from Austin and all across the US, ten world premieres, and the Austin premiere of Steve Reich’s iconic Music for 18 Musicians, Fast…
Read More Announcing Fast Forward Austin 2013
Fast Forward Austin 2013 is coming up on April 06 at the Scottish Rite Theater. Check out our preview video to see what we have on tap this year!
Read More Unsilent Night Returns! – Friday, December 07, 2012
Fast Forward Austin is proud to present Austin’s second annual performance of Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night! Friday, Dec. 07 2012 @ 8pm Buford Tower: at the corner of Colorado…
Read More FFA 2012 recap
The second annual Fast Forward Austin Music Festival was a huge success! Nearly 200 people came to ND-501 to see artists from Austin, Waco, Winnipeg, and New York perform over…
Read More SXSW Nonclassical Showcase recap
It was such a pleasure for us to team up with Nonclassical to help bring “that ‘other’ kind of live music” to South by Southwest this year! The showcase was a…
Read More Fast Forward Austin co-curates Nonclassical showcase at SXSW
Fast Forward Austin is pleased to announce our involvement in an exciting showcase of contemporary classical music at SXSW on March 16. We’re teaming up with Nonclassical (London, UK) to co-curate…
Read More 2012 Festival Artists
Vicky Chow Canadian pianist Vicky Chow has performed extensively as a classical and contemporary soloist, chamber musician, and ensemble member, and has been described as “brilliant” (New York Times), “a monster…
Read More FFA Artists to perform at Contagious Sounds in NYC on Feb. 23, 2012
Thursday, Feb 23 @ 7pm The Gershwin Hotel 7 east 27th street New York, NY Fast Forward Austin teams up with Contagious Sounds for an evening of performances by…
Read More Austin Unsilent Night on Friday, Dec. 09!
Unsilent Night is an original composition by Phil Kline. Written specifically for outdoor performance in the month of December, it is a rousing street promenade in which the audience becomes the…
Read More Thank you!
With over 150 people in attendance, 8 hours of music, 8 ensembles, one killer In C jam, a food truck, baked goods, koozies, tats and tees, the first ever Fast…
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