4th Annual BRIC JazzFest
by Steven Pisano and Pete MatthewsThe 4th Annual BRIC JazzFest returned this past weekend to the BRIC House in downtown Brooklyn, with some 24 musical acts over three “marathon” nights,
Encompass New Opera Theatre Presents “Anna Christie” at Baruch Performing Arts Center
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) Of all the great American playwrights of the last hundred years, Eugene O'Neill has plumbed deeper and darker into the classic American
“Frankenstein” and Other Works in Green-Wood Cemetery
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The composer Gregg Kallor has an affinity for the macabre. His musical setting for Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” debuted two
Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night with the San Francisco Symphony, Renée Fleming and Audra McDonald
Carnegie Hall opened it's 127th season last Wednesday with Michael Tilson Thomas leading the San Francisco Symphony in a pops-style program that skewed heavily towards Americana and Broadway (with a
“The Mile Long Opera” on The High Line
Composer David Lang has never been comfortable with standards of music presentation. Thirty years ago, he – along with Michael Gordon and Julia Wolfe – founded Bang on a Can
A New Organ for New York: The Miller-Scott Organ at St. Thomas Church
"John taught me that… a pipe organ, breathing the living force of air, has a soul.” – Reverend Andrew C. Mead, former Rector, St. Thomas Church Look around, and you might
“Proving Up” at the Miller Theatre
by Steven Pisano (Photos by Rob Davidson for the Miller Theater.) "Proving Up," the new chamber opera by composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek, opened at the Miller Theatre Wednesday night,
Car Seat Headrest at Brooklyn Steel
by Katie ZepfSeattle’s Car Seat Headrest played two sold-out shows this past weekend at Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Steel. The band is known for their unique lo-fi indie rock sound, which started out
Gary Clark, Jr. and Fiona Silver at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!
In an age where almost any sound can be manufactured – or altered – in the production studio, it was a breath of fresh air to witness a true guitar