Commonwealth plaza was swarming with large groups of teens and young adults, and many appeared wide eyed at possibly their first visit to the Kimmel Center.  The source of all these groups became clear as we waited patiently for the musicians to arrive on stage.  A man with a binder in the third row stood up, faced the…

Dolce Suono Ensemble performed a themed Debussy concert, “Dialogue of the Winds,” at Philadelphia’s Trinity Center for Urban Life on Sunday, February 17, 2013.  The concert ranged from works by Mozart to Saint-Säens to Shostakovich performed by four highly reputable chamber musicians: Anthony McGill, clarinet; Mimi Stillman, flute; Burchard Tang, viola; Charles Abramovic, piano.

Taking turns playing in different formations throughout the afternoon performance, the artists…

At the Trinity Center for Urban Life on Sunday afternoon, the young flautist Angel Hsiao gave her first full Philadelphia recital and was greeted by a receptive and appreciative audience. She was joined by a fellow Astral Artist, the pianist Alexandre Moutouzkine. Expectations are always high for the budding…

Sunday night in the auditorium of the Watermark, a retirement center on 18th Street just north of Vine, we heard a sensational 14-year old cellist, Binh Park, in a brief recital, sponsored by the Temple Music Prearatory Division. This division was, between 1942 and about 1986, the New School of Music established by the Max Aronoff and the other members of the Curtis String Quartet. The program tells us that Binh holds the Orlando Cole Chair of the Youth chamber Orchestra of the Center for…

On Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra organization will commence its 72nd Season with a FREE joint concert from the D.C. YOUTH ORCHESTRA & PHILADELPHIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA.

The program will include Wagner's Prelude to Die Miestersinger and Dvořák's Symphony No. 9.  More than 150 gifted and talented young classical musicians from the Tri-State region and the Greater D.C. area will perform under Jesus Manuel…

TWO FAMILIES OF MUSIC IGNITE AN EXCITEMENT IN THE ARTS BY

LAUNCHING THE INNOVATIVE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION …

“YOUNG CLASSICAL VIRTUOSOS OF TOMORROW”

BRINGING YOUNG MUSICIANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO HAVERFORD, PA

SPONSORED BY JACOBS MUSIC COMPANY

PRESENTED BY NELLY BERMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC 

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WEST…