Matthew Aucoin’s “Crossing” at BAM
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) The Civil War may have ended more than 150 years ago, yet in many ways our country has never fully recovered. The recent […]
Preview: Francesca Khalifa and Levi Vutipadadorn on Classical Thursdays
by Nick Stubblefield A church in Bedford-Stuyvesant might not seem like the first place you'd expect to hear classical music, but that's where you can find the Brooklyn Center for the Arts, home
“Elizabeth Cree” at Opera Philadelphia
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) PHILADELPHIA, PA – "Elizabeth Cree," the new chamber opera by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell playing through
Kendrick Scott Oracle Plays The Jazz Standard
by Nick Stubblefield Kendrick Scott Oracle played to an intimate but enthusiastic crowd at the Jazz Standard last Wednesday. Scott, a well-known drummer from various outfits around NYC, shined brightest
Birds and Music with Pierre-Laurent Aimard at Tanglewood
LENOX, MA – In the summer of 1949, Aaron Copland invited Olivier Messiaen, who at that time was little-known in the U.S., to be a composer-in-residence at Tanglewood, which was just then
Dawn of Midi and Mashrou’ Leila at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!
Those that braved the rain Saturday night at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! got to see a pair of acts that are pushing both musical and geographical boundaries. Lebanese rock outfit Mashrou' Leila sang
Morton Subotnick Performs “Silver Apples of the Moon” and “Crowds and Power” at the Lincoln Center Festival
For all those who think electronic music started with Frankie Knuckles in Chicago, or the Belleville Three in Detroit, a tutorial of sorts was provided by the Lincoln Center Festival
Christian Marclay and Okkyung Lee Perform Alexander Calder at the Whitney Museum
In 1932, artist and sculptor Alexander Calder devised Small Sphere and Heavy Sphere, Calder's first hanging mobile and one of the first works that sought to blend visual and performance art
NYO2 with Esperanza Spalding at Carnegie Hall
For five years now, the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (or NYO-USA for short) has been providing teenagers the opportunity to hone their music skills with