Archive for June, 2011

The Brooks Center Will Be Presenting The Temptation of the Muses

The Brooks Center at Clemson University in South Carolina is going to be presenting The Temptation of the Muses in November. This is a collaboration between the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company and the Ahn Trio chamber ensemble in a performance which has been a great success in recent months. The entire evening meshes dance and [...]

Annual Jazz Concert Features Triple Play with Guest Dave Brubeck

R. J. DeLuke of the Times Union writes: “The SaratogaArtsFest starts with a family affair of the highest order: Triple Play with Chris Brubeck and the special guest, Chris’s father, jazz legend Dave Brubeck. Despite the family connection, Chris Brubeck stresses that the concert will be a Triple Play gig. ‘It’s a very surprising band,’ [...]

Ed McDade to Be Featured at Bethlehem’s Annual Blueberry Festival

The festival, in its 26th year, features activities, live music and delicious blueberry pie. The event will have almost 30 crafters and demonstrators as well as theater, dance and musical groups. Back to play the festival again this year is folk artist Ed McDade, who will perform two shows: one for children and one for [...]

Reviewer Describes Laura Kaminsky’s Composition as Incredible

Christopher Hyde of the Portland Press Herald described the concert at the Dunway Center in Ogunquit, ME: “The Cassatt String Quartet played four major contemporary works, including a world premiere. The compositions varied tremendously in style, but each was given a thoughtful, lively and technically flawless performance. The first work on the program was ‘Cadmium [...]

Prism Saxophone Quartet Takes Over New York’s Symphony Space

Benjamin Ivry writes in Forward: “On June 3, the Prism Saxophone Quartet takes over Symphony Space with a happy family of world premieres, including works by David Rakowski, Perry Goldstein, and Matthew Levy, the last-mentioned being the tenor sax player of Prism. Summer is nothing without old relatives, and pieces by two elder statesmen of [...]