James M. Keller noted author and critic took ample space in the current issue of Chamber Music to give high praise and kudos to Prism Saxophone Quartet on their newest CD, Antiphony, released on the Innova label. The CD is a collaboration between Prism and the excellent Music From China ensemble who perform on Chinese [...]

The International Mendelssohn Summer School Festival announced its faculty for the Festival in Hamburg, Germany for September 2010. Violinist Tanja Becker-Bender joins a group of illustrious musician who will offer master classes  and concerts. Serious students who are able to attend will participate and possibly perform with the Minsk Chamber Orchestra.  Among the musicians from [...]

Internationally famed Pianist Leon Bates is the Symphony’s guest soloist in Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto (Piano Concerto no. 5). at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts on Friday April 23rd and again in Springfield Illinois on Saturday the 24th at the Sangamon Auditorium, all under the direction of Karen Lynne Deal, the ISO conductor. Prior [...]

In a review published on 4-16-10 in the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester, MA, John Zeugner said, “The Ahn Trio…bring a dizzy mix of classical training and feminine pulchritude (Korea’s answer to the Eroica Trio), nightclub audience savvy and coterie inspiration to a number of contemporary composers, who delight in writing specifically for them like…Pat [...]

Napa Valley Register | April 7, 2010 For 20 years, the Napa Valley Symphony has experienced Asher Raboy’s growth as a composer as well as conductor. This Sunday at Lincoln Theater, the Napa Valley Symphony will perform a retrospective of Maestro Raboy’s work as a composer featuring the world premiere of “The Last Twenty Years,” [...]