LocalArtsLive's 2nd showcase is around the corner so mark your calendar for July 12th!  We are collaborating with the William Way LGBT Community Center this time and it will be held in the ballroom of their wonderfully central location at 1315 Spruce Street.  The lineup will also be a bit more streamlined with 3 ensembles who will play 20 minute sets followed by a reception.  Time permitting we will also conduct a brief Q & A session prior to the reception.  

The first…

(photo: Jazz ensemble, Woodmere Art Museum web site)

The Woodmere Art Museum in Chestnut Hill presents a number of music programs in their main gallery and I was finally able to attend the final event in their "Classic Sundays"…

A few organizations have wisely concentrated their events over the slow summer season, giving fans and fellow musicians a better chance to attend.  One of these, the Delaware Valley Opera Company (DVOC), kicked off their summer festival this week with Engelbert Humperdinck's opera "Hansel and Gretel".  As of 2011, the DVOC calls the Salvation Army Kroc Center in Philadelphia its home, and a beautiful home it is!  The theater is…

          So many of my favorite themes all came crashing toward the audience in Michael Ching’s Slaying the Dragon on Saturday night at the Helen Corning Warden Theater. I love a good redemption story—probably as a result of my obsession with…

The Dolce Suono Ensemble performs music from the Baroque period to contemporary classical and I had a chance to witness their range in a concert at the World Cafe Live in the September 2011.  The Spring Festival on June 3rd was a bit of a departure from their emphasis on new music as it was concentrated on only the…