The Chicago Sinfonietta honored Paul Freeman June 4th in Chicago. The organization’s founder and music director retired this year. The evening included a concert by the orchestra under the direction of Mei Ann Chen, Sinfonietta’s music director designate. The concert’s finale, “Climb Every Mountain,” was conducted by Freeman. Selections included music by Coleridge-Taylor, Gershwin, Puccini and [...]

The Dayton, Ohio Muse Machine concert “TONIGHT” is this week (Aug 10 & 11) and the singers, dancers, soloist and orchestra look and sound great! There will be songs from West Side Story and more in pop, jazz, country and other styles!. Sharks, Jets and a swatch of pianist Leon Bates in Gershwin “Blue” will [...]

Cristina Bass reports in The Patriot-News (central Penn- sylvania) reported “The Ahn Trio can be seen everywhere these days, from the cover of Time magazine to People magazine’s 50 most beautiful people list. The group, made up of sisters Maria, Lucia, and Angella, will travel to midstate to perform as part of the 2011 festival [...]

A featured performer in the “Boston Comes to Cooperstown” concert on August 10th, violist Marcus Thompson, Artistic Director of the Boston Chamber Music Society, has appeared as soloist, recitalist and chamber music player in series throughout the world. He was soloist with the Symphony Orchestras of Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, St. Louis and with the [...]