Fe(a)stival of Music
Get out your Metrocards: on June 21 – the summer solstice – NYC will play host to the first annual Make Music New York, offering free, live performances in public […]
This Shouldn’t Be Possible
I am almost at a loss to describe what I witnessed yesterday at Town Hall, the final event of this season’s Free for All at Town Hall series. Bach’s Well-Tempered
Something Old, Something New…
The conclusion of a major musical event took place yesterday afternoon in St. Thomas Church on Fifth Ave., attended by perhaps 200 people. John Scott, the Director of Music at
Opera in the ‘hood
Apparently, the Met isn’t the only opera company coming to the Slope this summer: our very own Brooklyn Repertory Opera will be presenting Mozart’s Cosi next month at the Lyceum,
One more from Venezia
Apparently, Stravinsky isn’t the only important 20th Century composer entombed at San Michele in Venice: Bruce Hodges from Monotonous Forest includes this photo (courtesy of David Conway) on his post
Summer Sounds
This week’s Time Out New York has a solid rundown of all the concert happenings coming up over the next few months. It is literally a Feast of Music here
Tough Stuff
I was at a half-empty Zankel Hall on Monday for a concert by the Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble, a pickup new music band put together in 1970 by Czech-American
Other Travels
For those who have been reading the posts from Italia, I thought I’d throw up the link to a little travelblog I wrote when I visited Vienna, Prague and Dresden
Music In the ‘Burbs
I don’t often make my way out to Jersey for concerts, but on Friday night I made an exception to see the Ridgewood Concert Band, an organization of local wind