Pianist Leon Bates will perform the first solo recital of the inaugural season at the newly renovated Baptist Temple at Temple University. Philadelphia resident Leon Bates will return to his alma mater to perform on Thursday, Oct. 7th. Bates studied his instrument with the late Natalie Hinderas at Temple’s Esther Boyer College of Music and [...]
As reported by Dori O’Neal, Mid Columbia Tri City Herald staff writer in Richland, WA, “Julianne Baird will help kick off another Camerata Musica season this weekend when she appears Sept. 25 as featured artist for the opening fall concert of 2010-11. Baird also will perform Sept. 24 at the Mid-Columbia Mastersingers opening concert. She [...]
Merilyn Jackson, Inquirer dance critic, on 9-10-2010, describing the Fall dance season in Philadelphia: “Koresh Dance Company. This company has carved out its own space in Philadelphia dance often using biblical, Middle Eastern, or psychological narratives in the abstract. Two world premieres, Somewhere in Between and Benchtime Stories, are Koresh’s fall offerings. (Oct. 28 to [...]
The list of nominees for the Latin Grammy Awards was revealed this morning at a press conference at the Avalon in Hollywood, with a nomination for Best Classical Contemporary Composition going to composer Tania León for To and Fro. Now in its 11th year, the Latin Grammy Awards represent an area of the music industry [...]
Melora B. North reporting for the Provincetown Banner about Monica Huggett’s September 4th concert at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum wrote, “She will be accompanied by Avi Stein on harpsichord and Roxanne Layton on Baroque recorder in a concert of Bach and Biber, her favorite composers. ‘Biber is somewhat unknown,’ says Huggett. ‘He was [...]
Gregory Hambleton describing the Performing Artist Series in Vineland, NJ for 2010-11 writes “If you were able to see the Kennedy Center honoring Jazz legend Dave Brubeck, you saw our next performer, Dave’s son, Chris! Chris has his own unique group called Triple Play consisting of Peter “Madcat” Ruth on harmonica, guitar, jaw harp, percussion [...]
Tom Aldridge reporting on the Baltimore Consort at the Early Music Festival in the Indiana History Center for the Newsweekly in Indianapolis said, “Their program and concert were a roaring success, getting a standing ovation and an encore. This six-performer group delivered the pizzazz in spades that Seattle’s Baroque Northwest lacked two weeks ago in [...]
“Over the past half-century, jazz guitarist Gene Bertoncini has played with Wayne Shorter, Buddy Rich, Tony Bennett, and the Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra. On his recent CD, “Concerti,” Bertoncini is joined by a string quartet and bass, playing arrangements written by Eastman School of Music colleagues. Needless to say, he excels in any setting, but [...]
Richard Scheinin, with the San Jose Mercury News, writes of the Prism Quartet release, “Breath Beneath” (New Dynamic). “Classical saxophone performance has long roots in France, where the instrument has been played with salon-like refinement and fragrance. It’s safe to say that the 25 year-old PRISM Quartet represents the flowering of an American school of [...]
The Times Record, Brunswick, ME reports on the Bowdoin Music Festival at Studzinski Recital Hall: Violinist Sergiu Schwartz performs Georges Enesco’s Violin Sonata No. 2 in F minor, Op. 6 with pianist Peter Basquin on July 19th. Schwartz has been compared to his fellow countrymen Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zuckerman. On July 21st Bedrich Smetana’s [...]