Moab Music Festival was chosen by Sunset Magazine as one of the “Top Summer Events” of the West: “Chamber, jazz, and folk bands all sound pitch-perfect tucked into the grottoes of Utah’s rust-colored desert.” Read more at Sunset Magazine…
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Copland House Announces: CULTIVATE — Inaugural Concert of new Emerging Composers Institute
Join the August 5th kick-off concert for CULTIVATE, Copland House’s new, innovative all-scholarship, creative workshop for young composers at the start of their careers. For one week, five gifted, emerging American composers—Nathan Heidelberger, Roger Zare, Michael Djupstrom, Reena Esmail, and…
Preview: Oliveira in Evansville
On Saturday February 18th, Elmar Oliveira plays Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto with the Evansville Philharmonic. When choosing soloists for the concert, find out why music director Alfred Savia said, “Elmar was my absolute first choice.” Read more here.
WQXR – Q2 Feature: Aaron Jay Kernis – A Colorist of Maximal Proportions
WQXR-Q2 highlights the music of this Pulitzer Prize and Grawemeyer Award-winning American composer. Check out this thoughtful overview and listen to his music.
SF Chronicle lists Kernis Symphony No. 2 in Top 10 Classical CDs
San Francisco Chronicle reader John Rogers of New London, NH asked music critic Joshua Kosman for an introductory list “to the world of fine orchestral compositions of the last 50 years.” Kosman called Aaron Jay Kernis’ Symphony No. 2 “An…
Review: “Late Night with Leonard Bernstein” @ Music from Copland House at Merestead
On September 17th, Music from Copland House kicked off its 2011-12 season with its smash hit “Late Night with Leonard Bernstein.” The intimate program showcased the composer’s daughter, Jamie Bernstein, as she offered personal glimpses of the musical soirees her…
Review: Oliveira’s Masterful Interpretation
Elmar Oliveira,Violin Korngold: Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra Puerto Rico Symphony/Maximo Valdes October 15, 2011 “The Austro-Hungarian composer Erich W. Korngold is considered one of the ‘founders’ of cinematographic music. He emigrated to Hollywood in 1934, and [was]…
Reviews: Fain PORTALS World Premiere
WORLD PREMIERE: Symphony Space, NYC September 24, 2011 PORTALS – an full-evening multimedia musical exploration of the human longing for connection in the digital age featuring violinist Tim Fain. Composers: Philip Glass, Aaron Jay Kernis, William Bolcom, Nico Muhly,…
Review: Olivera mesmerizes and compels in Symphony Syracuse inaugural concert
Spotlighting the elegant violin artistry of Elmar Oliveira and under the direction of Stewart Robertson, Symphony Syracuse brought all the lush color of a Central New York autumn into the auditorium for a vibrant performance. Oliveira mesmerized the audience on…
Review: Jalbert’s “Visual Abstracts” possesses interesting timbres and a sense of cohesion
“An American Perspective” October 22, 2011 Contemporary Directions Ensemble/Christopher James Lee University of Michigan The second half of the concert was…no less potent, than the first. It began with Visual Abstract (2002), by Pierre Jalbert, a former professor of mine…