Leave your mark on musical history Tuesday, July 9. Composer Tod Machover is creating “Festival City,” a “sonic portrait of the city of Edinburgh” that will premier at the Edinburgh International Festival on August 27. Machover is inviting everyone who loves and/or has a relationship with the city of Edinburgh to contribute Tuesday, July 9. […]
Article · July 8, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Julie Todaro, Producer The Young Patronesses of the Opera was thrilled to bring the art of music and theater rolled into one – OPERA, to elementary school children this year. Almost 2,000 first graders experienced the performance of “Papageno”, a take off of Mozart’s “Magic Flute” at the Joseph Caleb Auditorium. The full 30-minute […]
Article · July 8, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer Summer is here, and the opera buff’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of cool, refreshing, music-filled getaways. The most ambitious head for European bastions of the arts like the Salzburg, Glyndebourne and Bayreuth festivals. But you don’t have to cross the pond. The USA offers attractive options like […]
Article · July 8, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Ranjana Warier, Rhythms School of Dance Nearly everyone knows the story behind the famed children’s fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty,” but an energetic new adaption of the classic story could help promote a new level of cultural understanding. Thanks to a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. the Rhythms School of […]
Article · July 7, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Maris M. Bish, The Wolfsonian FIU On July 26th and 27th, Jocelyn Leavitt and Samantha John present Hopscotch, their new iPad programming language for kids. With Hopscotch, users drag and drop blocks of code to build routines for fun characters. Aimed primarily at kids age 8 and up, Hopscotch eliminates the frustration common with […]
Article · July 6, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Dayna Martinez, The Ordway Everybody Polka! It was Polka night in Rice Park on Thursday night, June 27th for the Ordway’s Summer Dance Series, and the summer air was filled with the festive sounds of polkas and waltzes. Seasoned dance instructors, Stan and Dar Wandersee, taught some lively steps to a crowd of enthusiastic […]
Article · July 3, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer Good music refreshes body and soul. Two sequential events this torrid June confirmed the error of the equation “Miami + Beach + summer = Bye-bye, classical music.” Both the Baroque concert at the Iglesia-Museo Perú Nuestra Señora de la Merced and the finale of the 20th season of […]
Article · July 2, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Gary Steur, Chief Cultural Officer for the City of Philadelphia As some may have already heard, I have been appointed the new President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation in Denver, Colorado. I am so excited about taking on this new challenge but, of course, sorry to be leaving my friends and colleagues here […]
Article · July 2, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Katherine Bergman, Zeitgeist Each year, the American Composers Forum and the McKnight Foundation invite composers from outside of Minnesota to design and produce their own residencies within a Minnesota community. This year’s McKnight Composer Fellow is Hugh Livingston, a California composer with a keen interest in the communication between birds, insects and animals in […]
Article · July 1, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Julie Burtch, Detroit Institute of Arts Given the popularity of the DIA’s Inside|Out installation throughout metro Detroit, it’s no surprise that other museums have launched similar projects. In fact, the DIA isn’t even the first museum to install high-quality reproductions on buildings and in parks—the National Gallery transformed London’s West End into an outdoor […]
Article · July 1, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Pati Vargas, Viernes Culturales Join us June 28th for another Viernes Cultural/Cultural Friday. Little Havana’s popular art, music and culture festival for everyone. The last Friday of every month, enjoy music, free walking tour by Historian Dr. Paul George, free face painting for children and discover works by local artisans in our iconic Domino Plaza […]
Article · June 28, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad