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…
Preview by Kevin T McEneaney NEXT is an annual event: The Next Festival of Emerging Artists, brainchild of composer, conductor, and double-bassist Peter Askim, is coming to our area! This…
Preview by Kevin T McEneaney Last May, the Smithfield Church Chamber Orchestra in northwestern Amenia was the first group of musicians to offer a Spring in-person concert Memorial Day weekend…
by Kevin T McEneaney On the afternoon of May 20th at Láslo Z. Bitό Conservatory Building Keyan Ivy Wu delivered her post-graduate Degree Recital. She opened with Beethoven’s Piano Sonata…
Andrés Rivas and orchestra by Kevin T McEneaney The Bard Conservatory Orchestra opened its semester-end concert with Mazeppa (1853) by Franz Liszt. Byron published an epic biographical poem (now only…
Gordon Hall at Music Mountain by Kevin T McEneaney I had a chat with Oskar Espina-Ruiz, Director of the Music Mountain Festival, and discovered that there are interesting new program…
Pianist Frank Corliss in mask with TON by Kevin T McEneaney William Grant Still’s Dismal Swamp (1935) opened last Sunday’s afternoon concert by The Orchestra Now at Sosnoff Theater conducted…
From left: Benny Kohn, Bill Patriquin, Rob Tatten, aaron Dean, Gina Coleman, Seth Fleischmann by Kevin T McEneaney The Misty Blues Band returned to The Stissing Center Saturday night. Last…
From left: Evan Shinners, Jane Chung, Eliot Bailen, Susan Rotholz, Peter Weitzner, Doori Na, Jameel Martin by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday afternoon at St. Andrew’s Church in Kent, CT,…
Performers with Sheila Silver taking a bow by Kevin T McEneaney Sunday afternoon at The Stissing Center featured performers from Bard College’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program with post-graduate piano fellows.…