by Jim Flaherty There are no perfect Fathers. Okay, okay, I apologize. That broad generalization is a personal reflection. And this essay is focused on earthbound 20th century fathers, not Heavenly…
Zhu Wang at the keys. Photo by Brian Keeler by Kevin T McEneaney Pianist Zhu Wang was introduced by Artistic Director Shuhui (Sophia) Zhou who noted that Zhu Wang won…
Kazemde George, Tyron Allen II, Kayvon Gordon. Photo by Tonia Shoumatoff by Kevin T McEneaney When it comes to jazz, the first image that appears with enhanced approval in my…
by Kevin T McEneaney If you still have a touch of the Pandemic Blues, you can chase those worries away by attending Amélie at Rhinebeck’s Center for Performing Arts where…
a photographically enlarged mite by Kevin T McEneaney When mites crawl in your hair or on your hands, you know you are headed for a shower. Mites are not around…
Mishka Rushdie Momen by Kevin T McEneaney Champions of Salon Music offered a taste of mid-18th century salon music from Berlin, played by Mishka Rushdie Momen from England. Momen was…
Juan A. Mesa, Hideki Yamaya, Christine Gevert Claudio Merulo by Kevin T McEneaney Trinity Church in Lime Rock, CT, hosted a Baroque concert, “The Art of Improvisation” by Crescendo last…
by Kevin T McEneaney Is this the mug that launched a thousand tanks? Who bombed hospital maternity wards? Who shelled elementary schools at noon? Who abducted 20,000 orphans, dumping them…
Conductor Peter Askim and orchestra by Kevin T McEneaney Sometimes one can be transported or teleported to another planet by attending a concert; it was one of those magical Saturday…
by Kevin T McEneaney The Next Festival of Emerging Artists, a program for composers and young performers in their mid-twenties, opened their Stissing Center chamber music concert with Paris Skies…