Jerry Springer: The Opera
The Jerry Springer show -- that mesmerizing, down-market, slugfest -- has inspired an opera, and the first reviews are in: it’s good.In today’s New York Times, Ben Brantley writes:“If the real “Jerry...
View ArticleThe YouTube Symphony!
Snoring cat videos meet 21st-century classical music meet...Michael Tilson Thomas! It's official: the YouTube Symphony has landed:read more
View ArticleHoward Hanson's vision of a musical America
hanson_240.jpgHoward Hanson would have loved NPR's From the Top. He was a passionate educator.In 1996, musicians all over the world paid tribute to Howard Hanson in celebration of his 100th birth...
View ArticleStorms from the Pit
rehearsal.jpgThe view from the middle of the soprano section during a rehearsal of Merry Mount in Kodak Hallphoto by Brenda TremblayGuess what?I’m going to NYC to sing in an opera at Carnegie Hall.Wow....
View ArticleManhattan is for real
imag1357.jpgMuch of choir's job in the opera Merry Mount is to be euphoric about God.photo by Brenda TremblayWelcome to Merry Mount. Act Iread more
View ArticleThe reviews are coming in
10313045_709628075747168_7467194369822590531_n.jpgThe RPO at the Spring For Music at Carnegie Hall (L to R: tenor Christopher Pfund, bass Charles Robert Austin and baritone Richard Zeller with the...
View ArticleBusy times for WXXI Radio
I hope you had a chance to listen to the live broadcast of the RPO's Carnegie Hall concert on May 7th. Classical 91.5 was the only place you could have heard it in Rochester and the response has been...
View ArticleSteve Reich and Brad Lubman
steve2.jpgSteve Reich and Brad Lubmanphoto by Brenda TremblayClick here for a wide-ranging conversation about new music, religion, conducting, and cell phones with composer Steve Reich and conductor...
View ArticleBusy times for WXXI Radio
I hope you had a chance to listen to the live broadcast of the RPO's Carnegie Hall concert on May 7th. Classical 91.5 was the only place you could have heard it in Rochester and the response has been...
View ArticleSteve Reich and Brad Lubman
steve2.jpgSteve Reich and Brad Lubmanphoto by Brenda TremblayClick here for a wide-ranging conversation about new music, religion, conducting, and cell phones with composer Steve Reich and conductor...
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