Reflections from a Graduate
The time has come for my student life to end. This month, like many others (congratulations to all of you!), I graduated. Six years of music education and two degrees in cello performance are now...
View ArticleA New Season - Carlos Kalmar and the Grant Park Music Festival
Summer ushers in many exciting things - the hope of regaining some pigment in our skin, fresh produce from farmers' markets and of course, summer music festivals! Chicagoans in particular have the...
View ArticleKick off to summer: Rush Hour Concert returns for 13th summer series
It’s summer in Chicago! And that also means the return of festival season, hanging out lakeside, and plenty of new ways to get your classical music fix. Tonight, Rush Hour Concerts kicks off its...
View ArticleBit of Broadway: Conversation with Randall Fleischer on West Side Story Concerto
Arrangers have the difficult task of interpreting music for different ensembles and music groups. Hearing things on such an individualized level, and then having the weight of someone’s else’s...
View ArticleA Celebration of Collaboration: Spoleto USA 2012
"Collaboration is the engine of change." - Philip Glass Have you ever had one of those months where so many things were going on at once that you feel like you need a repeat button to go back and full...
View ArticleThe Role of Government
Whenever people see "government" or "politics" in article titles, they tend to either have or prepare for a reaction. With the election just around the corner, more than ever we are focused on what we...
View ArticleCorporate Sponsors: Heroes or Villains?
Though I've never been one to read comic books, I enjoy a good superhero film as much as the next girl. This summer has been a big one for heroes: Spiderman, The Avengers and another Batman movie all...
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Fulcrum Point celebrates arts education and Latin rhythms
Fulcrum Point musicians, Flamenco dancer Chiara Mangiameli, and the Sones de Mexico Ensemble are creating quite the musical mashup next week, when arts education and new music and Latin culture come...
View ArticlePalatine Teen to perform Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 with Ars Viva...
An unassuming and modest 15 year old boy, Ryan Jannak-Huang plays the piano with the grace and skill of a professional musician more than twice his age. He has been studying under his aunt, the...
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