Posted on April 6, 2016
by Jason
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In “On Holt Avenue”, each of the four movements presents a small vignette from Jenni’s memories of daily life in her apartment in a particular Los Angeles neighborhood.
Category: Musical Musings, New Voices, PerformancesTags: Benzie County, Benzie Wild Rose Society, California, Classical Music, composers, concert, female composers, Interlochen, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Jason McKinney, Jenni Brandon, Los Angeles, manitou winds, modern music, New Voices, Northern Michigan, oboe, On Holt Avenue, piano, sonata, Susan Snyder, woodwind
Posted on March 30, 2016
by Jason
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The flute is capable of so many modern special effects and extended techniques that a large swath of modern flute music tends to explore these extra-musical sounds and effects rather than drawing the listener in. Bonnie’s music manages to be undeniably modern yet unquestionably musical.
Category: Musical Musings, New Voices, PerformancesTags: Benzie County, Benzie Wild Rose Society, Bonnie L. Cochran, Boston Convervatory, chamber group, Chamber Music, Classical Music, composers, female composers, flute, Frankfort, manitou winds, modern music, New Voices, Northern Michigan, performance, Sam Clark, Suite for Flute & Piano, Susan Snyder, Traverse City, woodwind
Posted on March 24, 2016
by Jason
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“Five Songs for Kathleen” is a brilliant song cycle combining the often bittersweet imagery of the poets’ lines with Deborah’s signature warm and graceful melodic writing.
Category: Musical Musings, New Voices, PerformancesTags: Anne Bara, Benzie County, Benzie Wild Rose Society, chamber group, Chamber Music, Claire Olinik, clarinet, Classical Music, composers, concert, Deborah J. Anderson, Emily Dickinson, female composers, Five Songs for Kathleen, Frankfort, Interlochen, Interlochen Center for the Arts, manitou winds, modern music, New Voices, Northern Michigan, performance, piano, Sara Teasdale, Sheila Nickerson, soprano, Susan Snyder, Traverse City, woodwind
