by Kevin T McEneaney At the Amenia Town Hall Auditorium last Sunday, a quintet of musicians performed a Santa’s sack of Celtic tunes. Celtic folk music is dancing music that…
By Kevin T McEneaney The concert opened with Symphony No. 8 in B Minor “Unfinished,” D. 759 by Franz Schubert (1797-1828) under the baton of Dr. Leon Botstein. Schubert began…
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday evening at The Stissing Center in Pine Plains, Windborne, a group with four noted CDs, entertained those with a rising Christmas spirit. They are…
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Thursday, at Daryl’s House in Pawling, Misty Blues soaked the wooden rafters with words and music that reverberated with down-home honesty and riffing pleasure. Gina…
by Kevin T McEneaney Just who are we? We are singing stardust! The chances of life evolving remain staggering—about six trillion to one and that may be too low a…
by Kevin T McEneaney Smithfield Church in northwestern Amenia conducted its annual (the nineteenth) Christmas Concert & Tea, sponsored by the Bang Family Concert Series. This year the concert was…
by Kevin T McEneaney I get phone calls in Spanish, Korean, Chinese, and many other languages. The world is a crazy open market, raucous cacophony as Plato said, nightmare of…
Preview by Kevin T McEneaney Smithfield Church in northwest Amenia on Rte 83 will conduct its annual Christmas Concert & Tea sponsored by the Bang Family Concert Series this coming…
by Kevin T McEneaney The Sherman Chamber Ensemble is not your ordinary ensemble: while it specializes in classical music, it is equally adept at various jazz genres, as well as…
by Kevin T McEneaney Centuries ago, turkeys filled the sky, and all one had to do was shoot upward. Ah, the poor turkey plump on the table, rich with symbolism…