Monthly Archives: April 2019

STEPHEN SITARSKI: VIOLINIST/CONCERTMASTER, WHO PERFORMS PROKOFIEV’S 2ND VIOLIN CONCERTO ON APRIL 27 WITH HAMILTON PHILHARMONIC, EXPLAINS, “SINCE PROKOFIEV WAS NOT A VIOLINIST (HE WAS A VERY FINE PIANIST), MUCH OF THE VIRTUOSIC PASSAGEWORK IS NOT IDIOMATIC FOR A VIOLINIST. SO, I WAS FORCED TO BE A REAL PROBLEM SOLVER AND HAD TO PUSH MYSELF TO ‘THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX’. MANY OF MY SOLUTIONS FOR SOME OF THE TECHNICAL CHALLENGES TOOK MONTHS TO DEVELOP” … A REVIEWER INTERVIEWS PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on April 25, 2019 by strecker

JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us about one or more projects that you have been working on or have recently completed. Why exactly do they matter to you and why should they matter to us? STEPHEN SITARSKI: I’m currently preparing to … Continue reading →

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HEATHER DALE: CELTIC SINGER-SONGWRITER DESCRIBES 20TH CD: “SPHERE FOCUSES ON STORIES OF WOMEN BREAKING FREE FROM SILENCE — THEY FIND THEIR OWN POWER, THEIR OWN VOICE….: LAYERING THE OLD WITH THE NEW MAKES ME FEEL CONNECTED TO MY CELTIC ROOTS, EVEN AS I’M LIVING MY LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY. …. A REVIEWER INTERVIEWS PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on April 23, 2019 by strecker

Photo by Bruce Zinger JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us about one or more projects that you have been working on or have recently completed. Why exactly do they matter to you and why should they matter to us? HEATHER DALE: … Continue reading →

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CLAUDETTE LANGUEDOC: AUTHOR OF COURAGE AND COMPLICITY EXPLAINS, “I FELT DEEPLY ASHAMED OF JUST BEING WHITE… THE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SYSTEM ROUTINELY USED SHAME TO SUBJUGATE THEIR STUDENTS, SO PERHAPS IT IS USEFUL FOR MY WRITING THAT I FELT THIS WAY.” …A REVIEWER INTERVIEWS PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on April 14, 2019 by strecker

JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us about one or more projects that you have been working on or have recently completed. Why exactly do they matter to you and why should they matter to us? CLAUDETTE LANGUEDOC: The book I have … Continue reading →

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DOUGLAS WILLIAMS: BASS-BARITONE, NEPTUNE IN MOZART’S IDOMENEO WITH OPERA ATELIER APRIL 4-13, AND THEN NICK SHADOW IN STRAVINSKY’S “THE RAKE’S PROGRESS,” WITH THE MUNICH PHILHARMONIC CONDUCTED BY BARBARA HANNIGAN, EXPLAINS: “WHETHER OR NOT YOU’RE A SINGER, YOUR VOICE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAYS THAT YOU PROJECT YOUR SOUL INTO THE WORLD.”…A REVIEWER’S INTERVIEW WITH PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on April 2, 2019 by strecker

  Photo by Juan Camilo Roa Photo by Florian Grey JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us about one or more projects that you have been working on or have recently completed. Why exactly do they matter to you and why should … Continue reading →

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