THE members of the Chamber Strings used to play separately, in a bunch of Chicago bands, and never got anywhere. Then, the strings joined forces in 1999 to create some baroque pop. The band’s new ...
GREAT BARRINGTON — Caution: This music is fake. The warning could be affixed to some of the music to be played on the Close Encounters with Music program. And the music that isn't fake has largely ...
Chatham Baroque opens its 2024/2025 Concert Series with A Garden of Harmony, a captivating journey through the vivid and expressive music for strings from 17th-century Austria and Germany on September ...
“Frets & Strings,” Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra’s 2007-08 chamber series opener this weekend, will spotlight one of the world’s leading lute and guitar virtuosos, John Schneiderman. Led by ...
Baroque pop was one of the many sub-genres of rock and roll that emerged as the ‘60s rolled on. It was a time when certain artists were compelled to test the boundaries they could expand upon, or ...
MUSA is a chamber ensemble dedicated to historically informed performances of Baroque and Classical repertoire, as well as new music for period instruments. From trio sonatas to orchestral works, MUSA ...
The similarities between baroque music and jazz are obvious enough: the centrality of improvisation, of course; the freedom given to performers who extrapolate from lead sheets or figured bass lines ...
Two Houston Baroque music ensembles have formed an artistic alliance that will allow Mercury Baroque to take a big step toward its goal of becoming a major chamber orchestra in the United States.