Tag: press/reviews

Jalbert: Secret Alchemy – “Music I Hold Dear” (Huffington Post)

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Writing for The Huffington Post, Daniel Asia’s review of “Secret Alchemy” (recently released by Music from Copland House) begins with the lead, “”Music I (Mostly) Hold Dear: The Music of Pierre Jalbert.” “Pierre Jalbert,” he continues, “writes music that is…

Phelps: An Inner Voice (NPR Music)

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NPR Music’s “Morning Edition” profiled violist Cynthia Phelps as being “at the pinnacle of her career,” as she serves as principal violist of the New York Philharmonic. She talks about heading-up the viola section and how they play a key…

Bermel: Paying Tribute (Sound Inversion)

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The Seattle Symphony’s Sonic Evolution series recently featured Derek Bermel’s Migration Series as part of its “Under the Influence of Jazz” concert. Bermel sat down with SoundInversion and talked about his jazz influences. He also spoke about paying tribute to…

MMF: 23rd Moab Music Festival

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Once again, The Salt Lake Tribune featured the Moab Music Festival, now in its 23rd season as it highlighted the Grotto concerts, music hikes, a virtuosi program, a Harlem Renaissance concert, and jazz  evenings with Chick Correa and Clarice Assad.…

Fain: A Revelation (The Whole Note)

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When Terry Robbins reviewed Tim Fain’s new CD “Partita” for The Whole Note, Robbins wrote, “I didn’t   know exactly what to expect from ‘Partita for Solo Violin: Tim Fain Plays Philip Glass’ (Orange Mountain Music OMM 0050), but what…

Bermel: A Bowdoin Success Story (Portland Press Herald)

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The 2015 Bowdoin International Music Festival featured alumnus Derek Bermel, who critic Allan Kozinn (Portland Press Herald) called, “…one of Bowdoin’s success stories. Now a faculty member, he attended the festival as a student 22 years ago…” Kozinn continued by…

Jalbert: Emotional & Affective Power (San Francisco Classical Voice)

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In his recent San Francisco Classical Voice review, Giancomo Fiore reflected on The Del Sol Quartet’s performance of Pierre Jalbert’s String Quartet No. 4. “The Fourth Quartet is in four movements, each evoking a different physical pattern in both title…