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STACIE DUNLOP – WHAT’S NEXT? SOPRANO’S WORK IN PROGRESS REIMAGINES VIVIER’S ICONIC LONELY CHILD FOR ENSEMBLE OF 8 PLAYERS, 2 CIRCUS ARTISTS AND HERSELF WEAVING STORY AND CHOREOGRAPHY BOTH ‘ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR,’ PLUS ON SEPTEMBER 21 WITH THE HAMILTON PHILHARMONIC SINGING ABBY RICHARDSON-SCHULTE AND THE SIBELIUS LUONNOTAR

JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us what you want the public to know about your recent completed projects or the ones you are actively working on. What is each one, why is it, and how was/is it done? STACIE DUNLOP: This … Continue reading

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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

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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LAUREN SEGAL: AN “ALLURING DARK-PLUM MEZZO” BRINGS FAVORITE ROLE CARMEN TO HAMILTON PHILHARMONIC ON OCTOBER 15: A REVIEWER’S INTERVIEW WITH PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

JAMES STRECKER: If you were asked for 50 words for an encyclopedia to summarize what you do, what would you say? LAUREN SEGAL: An opera singer sings works that have been created over many centuries to entertain, move and inspire … Continue reading

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HAMILTON PHILHARMONIC & TWO FINE BOOKS ON FILM

Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Perhaps it was our especially cold winter lingering still in one’s bones, but conductor Gemma New’s recent take on Beethoven’s Pastorale Symphony with the HPO certainly drew one into the richness of an approaching spring. Here was … Continue reading

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