Evan Ziporyn's Ambient Orchestra's Blackstar Tour concluded with an exceptional performance at Standford Univesity. The Orchestra has already sold out tickets for it's Boston performance at the Isabella Stweart Gardner Museum on February 28, 2019.
Originally inspired by the emotion around Bowie's...
Ken Urban was awarded a Jerry A. Tishman Playwrights Creativity Fund from New Dramatists to support the development of my new play DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY.
A four-day workshop of the play will be directed by Steve Cosson (Artistic Director, The Civilians) and feature Maulik Pancholy (30 ROCK, WEEDS...
THE IMMORTALS
In preparation for the upcoming CAST workshop at MIT, Ken Urban's new play THE IMMORTALS, inspired the cellular afterlife of Henrietta Lacks, will receive a closed reading in early December at New Dramatists in New York, where he is a resident playwright.
Directed by Logan Vaughn, the...
A Colorful & Folksy Performance
"Radius Ensemble’s selections of Dohnányi, Janáček, and Mazzoli recast somewhat the classical scene with folkish ways and hues..."
"Clarinetist Eran Egozy’s moments of air-surround sound unmistakably conjured those broken arches, that eerie disembodiment."
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Betrothal of Bach & Harbison
A Review of the Cantatas Singers Performance on November 3, 2018
"Harbison’s well-documented affinity for Bach may have been capstoned by Saturday’s performance and the arrival of his book, What Do We Make of Bach?"
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A Review of the BMV's Harbison Premieres Last Month
"Harbison’s vocal line is more dramatic than lyrical... and Fitz Gibbon conveyed it with admirable flair, moving from woe to bitterness to irony with perfect conviction and plausibility."
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Kenneth Amis originated Rep Decks, normal playing cards with the added feature of displaying a different musical quote in the middle of each card. Play everyday card games and then download the free Studio, Keyboard or Orchestral Series Games Manuals to begin using your wits and knowledge of music...
Hane Lee & Sho Yamasaki perform John Harbison's Diamond Watch
MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble
Frederick Harris, Jr., Music Director
Featuring MIT Alumni Jazz Band
Mark Harvey, Guest Conductor-Composer
Special Guest Artist: Sean Jones, trumpet
This annual concert honoring Herb Pomeroy, MIT’s “Father of Jazz,” features celebrated and immensely gifted...
Featuring Soloists
Matthew Roitstein, flute
David Deveau, piano
Samuel Barber - First Essay for Orchestra, op. 12
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K.314 (Matthew Roistein, soloist)
Richard Wagner - Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano...
