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Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Saturday night a 5-alarm fire raged upon the stage of the Folly theatre as the St. Lawrence String Quartet ignited the beauty of three immortal masterpieces by Haydn, Mendelssohn and Beethoven, and then fanned those flames to cosmic perfection. This Quartet snorts the very fire of life into every note it sings.
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
Dr. Nathanael May is an impressive young man. With degrees in Piano and Pedagogy from Eastman, KU and Wisconsin-Whitewater, he is also the founder and artistic director of the soundSCAPE composition and performance exchange. His impressive curriculum vitae comes deceptively wrapped in a youthfulness that could convincingly pass for a high school senior, making his mature technique and confident stage presence all that the more remarkable.
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
Contemporary compositions can exciting - if a little catawampus. And seeing an elaborate collection of pitched percussion on stage is always a thrill for this reviewer. It is impossible to anticipate what is to come.
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
On Friday, November 6, about 1,000 people made the pilgrimage to the Community of Christ Auditorium to hear Principal Organist and Director of Music Jan Kraybill perform a recital that was 50 years in the making - and well worth the wait.
Tue, Oct 28, 2008
Brad Cox talks about an upcoming performance of the Owen/Cox Dance Group.
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
"There is something about a great piece of music - whether you love it or you don't - you want to hear it again. Whether you love it or not, that isn't important. If you want to hear it again, that's the important thing."
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
There is nothing like a Gilbert and Sullivan getaway to escape reality and "H.M.S. Pinafore" handily transports an audience. In the world of the G and S operetta, social class conflicts are easily resolved, baby farming is explained without difficulty and the coarse language of everyday is discouraged in favor of refined, elegant dialogue.
Mon, Feb 23, 2009
PART I: Laurie Arbore interviews composer, commentator, author and NPR star Rob Kapilow about "What Makes it Great?"
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