by Daniel Hathaway
TODAY’S ENTRIES:
. News Briefs: Cuyahoga Arts & Culture and Assembly for the Arts receive $3.3 million from the American Rescue Plan Act
. Interesting Reads & Listens: canceling the “1812,” musical chairs at Westminster Abbey & St. John’s Cambridge, a conversation between Pierre van der Westhuizen and Aaron Dworkin
. Almanac: celebrating birthdays of Ashkenazy, Hartke, and Morricone
ON TODAY:
Ohio Light Opera continues its run of The Student Prince at 2:00 pm at Freedlander Theatre in Wooster. Purchase tickets here.
There are two concerts in Kent today at 7:30 pm. [Read more…]
At the Cultural Arts Center at Disciples Church on Friday, June 24, the repertoire was indeed both colorful and expansive as the excellent musicians of ChamberFest Cleveland explored works ranging from the sentimental (Fritz Kreisler’s Three Pieces for Piano Trio) to the evanescent (Gabriel Fauré’s Piano Quintet No. 1), from the stark and compact (George Walker’s Piano Sonata No. 5) to the delightfully verbose (Zoltán Kodály’s Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7).
TODAY’S ENTRIES:
On June 23, Ohio Light Opera rang up the curtain on the second production of its 43rd season in Freedlander Theatre at The College of Wooster. Following on the heels of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, the company’s first-ever staging of Hello, Dolly! continued the inclusion of Broadway in OLO’s repertoire.
TODAY’S ENTRIES:
IN THIS EDITION:
You’d think that two instruments that create their sound by plucking strings might not provide enough variety to sustain interest over the course of a whole program, but guitarist Colin Davin and harpist Emily Levin have news for you.
When looking at cellist Jonathan Swensen’s Facebook page, you can’t help but think that he is one busy guy. And one who has a good time doing what he does.
Textile artist Jodi Kanter has developed a second career as a musical impresario. As artistic director of M.U.S.i.C. (Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics), she heads a non-profit organization that searches out talented young musicians, gives them the opportunity to perform in concerts they curate themselves, and compensates them for their services.