Béla Fleck tests music boundaries – MontereyHerald.com :. Bela Fleck is on my all time favorite musicians. A true master. And those few who can keep up with him deserve the highest praise. I will be buying this triple concerto…
Special Private Peview Concert of Dances and Dreams, June 5 at 8PM
Link to Dances and Dreams- June 5 concert information. With music of Debussy, Stravinsky and Poulenc. Featuring the Columbus Symphony Woodwind Quintet and Columbus Symphony violinist Tatiana Hanna with Special Guest International Pianist Ahlin Min. Concert is free, but all…
The Magic of Clarinetist Martin Frost
I first learned of Martin Frost when I bought a CD of him playing opera inspired tunes. It included Donato Lovreglio’s Fantasia La Traviata, a wonderful bravura piece which I had played and wanted to hear an orchestration of. It…
Ligeti’s Light-Hearted Opera about the End of the World
Laughing in the Face of Death – WSJ.com. The New York Philharmonic with Alan Gilbert, in his first years as its Music Director, gambled and won on this other-worldly, wild opera, in a semi-staged production which sold out all 3…
Poem: Music Appreciation, finding Solace and Healing in Music
Music Appreciation by Floyd Skloot from the collection Mixed Voices, Contemporary Poems about Music, ed. Emilie Buchwald and Ruth Roston. This is a touching poem about being forced to face a mysterious and serious illness, and finding solace and healing…
‘Opus’: Inside the music – A Play about a String Quartet
‘Opus’: Inside the music – San Jose Mercury News. Getting inside the private life of a professional string quartet. This would be interesting to see. It sounds like engaging personal drama, which also delves behind the preparations for a concert.…