Inside the Local Music Community
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
It’s quite a different feeling to sit down at your desk to livestream an orchestra concert, rather than lay back comfortably in red velvet cushioned seats facing a giant stage. As the show began, I just hoped my laptop speakers would be able to do the performers justice. Being a novice to the classical genre, Read More …
On that Tuesday like no other, one literally, completely comprised of “twos”, I felt the need to mix it up. I perused the internet for some local shows that night, and I found that the Blue Llama Jazz club was hosting Westbound Situation, a band that creates a fusion of classical, jazz, and bluegrass music. Read More …
The Young Lions Collective (YLC) at Kerrytown Concert House brings in the next generation of up-and-coming jazz musicians in the local music community, and in this performance, the YLC featured award-winning, Detroit-based recording artist, pianist, and composer, Emma Aboukasm. With the hope of inspiring other female artists, Aboukasm dedicated her entire performance to “The Divine Read More …
Nathan Shook in a Tuba-Euphonium Quartet at the Britton Recital Hall in the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theater, and Dance on February 21st 7:30 pm EST As someone who had personally never heard the Tuba or Euphonium in near isolation (always before in a full band or orchestral piece), I didn’t quite know Read More …
The image above is from a September 2021 concert my music nonprofit, ÆPEX Contemporary Performance organized at Ziggy’s in Ypsilanti featuring local harpist Danielle Kuntz. That image is set as the “Featured Image” for this page and will serve in that role until we decide on something else as a class. Your review posts should Read More …
