Students Revived Reutter’s ‘Dafne’ at Amherst Early Music
The Amherst Early Music Festival's Baroque Opera Project this summer focused on a rarity, Georg Reutter’s 'Dafne.' Students and early-career singers and instrumentalists brought this ancient #metoo tale to life.
Lobster, Coastal Maine, and Blue Hill Bach
Blue Hill Bach, a festival in the idyllic harbor town in Maine, celebrates its 15th season this summer, with performances July 15-19. They play each concert in a different often surprising location, like a shipyard. With booming arts tourism and new festival leadership, the Blue Hill Bach is ready for the next step.
Concert Commentary: Rumbarrocco at BEMF Fringe
At the Boston Early Music Festival's Fringe Concerts, one show in particular caught the ear of Tina Chancey. The bowed-strings player shares her connections with Rumbarrocco's program. The 'intersection of cultures gave the group an excitement and intensity that was refreshing to watch and hear.'
CANTO: Low-Voiced Angels of Loveliness
A true contralto voice is rare and thus is often misunderstood or mistreated. In her Canto essay, a notable contralto makes the case for carefully nurturing what's as compelling a voice type as has ever existed on stage.
Showcasing ‘The Women of Magdala’
The eclectic ensemble Magdalena, its members trained in historical performance, explored their broad interests at last year's EMA Emerging Artists' Showcase concert. From Irish sean-nós folk singing to a Renaissance dance suite, their program explored music associated with historical women named Magdalena.
Picking Up Good Vibrations at the EMA Showcase
Violinist Amelia Sie and friends gave a sensational performance at the 2024 EMA Emerging Artists Showcase. Their virtuosic program explored scordatura (or cross-tuning), the re-tuning of violin strings for new sonic effects. From Baroque composers to Appalachian fiddlers, it creates sounds at once spectacular and down-home.
Ronnie Malley & Newberry Consort Visit the Ottomans
Ronnie Malley, an oud virtuoso, curates an upcoming Newberry Consort program, 'In the Realm of Osman,' devoted to five centuries of music from the Ottoman Empire. In our increasingly intolerant culture, the concert is about what we can learn from living in a pluralistic society.
An Indigenous Family Tale, in Music
Retelling her ancestry as a series of musical stories, the author starts with a very great grandmother, Pa I Sha. She walked the Trail of Tears, the forced removal of the Five Civilized Tribes from their homelands to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. The Chickasaws called this dark chapter “the Removal.” She tells a musical story both harrowing and hopeful, about both hardship and love.
Putting Down Roots in the Oklahoma Soil
The Oklahoma Baroque Orchestra, founded in 2022, has rapidly blossomed under artistic director Dylan Madoux. His goal is to create a self-sustaining early-music community for Oklahoma City and the region. People around the country are starting to take notice.
Boston Early Music Festival Names New Dance Director
In appointing Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière to lead its prestigious dance activities, BEMF has picked a multidisciplinary choreographer, dancer, actor, and musician. She has been 'an invaluable collaborator for many years and is at the top of her field.'
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