Archive for November, 2011

A Special Leon Bates Performance at the Philadelpha Art Museum

Sponsored by The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. this year’s Century Series includes a performance by Philadelphia native, pianist Leon Bates. He will perform in an afternoon recital at the Philadelphia Art Museum on Sunday, November 20th, 2011 at 3 pm. “An Artist of powerful impact” (Musical America), Philadelphia native Leon Bates is known for his [...]

Praising Laura Kaminsky at the Helm of Symphony Space

Kat Long and Shannon Leigh O’Neil reported in GO Magazine, “The New York Times praised Laura Kaminsky as a composer with ‘an ear for the new and interesting’ whose works are ‘colorful and harmonically sharp-edged.’ As an award-winning artist, presenter, music educator, member of the board for numerous organizations and ambassador for the artistic culture [...]

The Baltimore Consort Brings Some Early Music to Salisbury, MD

The Baltimore Consort will visit Salisbury University on Sunday with a program that ranges from protosongs and dances to the early American folk music. The group began in Baltimore when a faculty member at the prestigious Peabody Institute had some Elizabethan ensemble music that he wanted to play with a variety of instruments. “It’s actually [...]

Triple Play at the Jazz Festival to Benefit the Saratoga Arts Festival

Jennifer Patterson of the Times Union writes, “Triple Play will performs at SaratogaArtsFest 2011 at Skidmore College. They brought the house down during a performance at SaratogaArtsFest in June, and now Triple Play is coming back for an encore. Chris Brubeck, son of jazz legend Dave Brubeck, formed Triple Play in 1999. In addition to [...]