In an article for Packet Publications, Anthony Stoeckert wrote, “Similar groups may have a designated ‘guitar 1′ player, who takes on the hardest part of a piece and carries the melodies. The other players follow suit with their individual roles, with the guitar 4 player often playing bass parts.” ”That gets kind of boring for [...]

Chris Waddington reports in the New Orleans Times-Picayune “…it’s partly because so many recent concerts seem emblematic of positive changes on the music scene both here and nationally. Topping the list is the way that new music–long thought to be box-office poison–has been drawing new audiences while winning applause from folks weaned on the standard [...]

Chamber Music America announced this on 06/07/10: “CMA congratulates composer/conductor Tania León, a member of CMA’s board of directors, on her election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters this spring. Classically trained as a pianist at Cuba’s Havana Conservatory, León has been based in the U.S. since 1957. She served on the planning [...]

Daniel Stephen Johnson writes “…the title piece is the standout. I’ve raved about the Prism Saxophone Quartet in these pages before, and this is a piece that lives up to its gifts of intonation and ensemble. The two outer movements are bittersweetly elegiac, but it’s the almost jubilant second movement that’s marked “G.L. In Memoriam,” [...]

Musica Pacifica will perform “Dancing in the Isles Folk and Baroque Music from England, Ireland and Scotland” as part of the Berkeley Early Music Festival on Saturday, June 12. The concert is in celebration of their forthcoming CD of the same title, to be released this summer. The program includes Musica Pacifica’s original arrangements of [...]