February 12, 2025
So I guess the first thing I need to do is apologize to all of you for how icky (I think that’s the technical term) the layout of my blog is. I’m working on it but old people and technology don’t often mix well. I have a plaque that says, “Everything is figure-outable” and I seem to read that out loud a lot these days.
In case you missed it…
Composer, educator, cantor Gerald Cohen talks about writing chamber music, choral music, and opera. The recording of his opera “Steal A Pencil For Me” was recently released as a two-CD set.
Coming up…
On Sunday my guest on Creative Conversations will be Janusz Marynowski the director of Sinfonia Varsovia in Warsaw, Poland. This orchestra and music organization is world renowned and it was a true honor to meet him.
In other news…
The Polish Chamber Orchestra visits the U.S. for the first time in nearly 20 years.
They will be appearing at:
February 23: Vero Beach, FL
Community Church of Vero Beach
February 24: West Palm Beach, FL
Dreyfoos Hall at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
February 28: Atlanta, GA
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts at Emory University
March 02: Beaver Creek, CO
Appearing with the Polish Chamber Orchestra is the acclaimed violinist Daniel Hope playing a program of Mozart, Haydn, and Gluck.
Also…
The Folias Duo (Carmen Maret/flute and Andrew Bergeron/guitar) are teaming up with mandolinist Brian Oberlin and bassist Sallie Bacon for a delightful evening of classical and jazz at The Stray in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Valentine’s Day February 14
One of the things that Creative Conversations is teaching me is that classical music is still alive and well but is evolving like everything else. I think many people have a distorted idea of what the arts are and I hope that the podcast and this blog can help with that. If you would be willing to pass them on it would boost the effort.
