Cellists Emily Faris, Courcelle Stark, Kaylee Lino, and Kurran Singh performed last summer at Highfield Hall in Falmouth. Everyone loves the exquisite, warm, expressive sound of a cello. What could be better than hearing four of them together, played with dedication and enthusiasm by talented young students? Easy… Two cello quartets! On Saturday, January 28, … Continue reading
Photo courtesy of Carol Knox. Sandy Spencer touched the lives of many. I knew her as a cellist: she played in the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra for many years, and she taught cello to young and older at the Cape Cod Conservatory. She was particularly warm and supporting of adult beginners, helping them to … Continue reading
December 29, 2011 The Boston Cello Quartet concert in Woods Hole (MBL, Lillie Auditorium) in June was one of the highlights of the musical year. The Cape has much to offer music lovers of all kinds, no matter what one’s musical preferences. This is a sampling of the best offerings for 2011, but there are … Continue reading
November 22, 2011 Brittany Alexa Rodriquez wowed audiences last weekend with her performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 with the Falmouth Chamber Players Orchestra, directed by John Yankee. The 11-year-old played beautifully and won everyone’s hearts as well. She has a bright future ahead. Brittany also won the concerto competition she played in on … Continue reading
November 18, 2011 Members of the Falmouth Chamber Players Orchestra in a concert performed last spring. From left, they are Robert Knapp on viola, Fritz Sonnichsen and his wife, Laura Tutino, both on violin, and Patricia Knapp, Robert Knapp’s wife, also on violin. The orchestra includes three couples who play together. The third couple is … Continue reading
December 9, 2011 “Riding on Duke’s Train” introduces young readers—and older ones, too—to a world of magic, not one of wizards and werewolves, but of music, specifically the jazz of the 1930s and ‘40s: the jazz of the incomparable Duke Ellington. Mick Carlon’s new book, just published by Leapfrog Kids of Falmouth, provides an intimate … Continue reading
November 12, 2010 Natasha Korsakova at the CCSO Guild Luncheon I recently had the pleasure of having lunch with violinist Natasha Korsakova,who was on the Cape to perform Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra. ( The concerts took place on November 6 and 7.) The luncheon was part of … Continue reading
April 16, 2010 Jung-Ho Pak, James Cockey, and Joseph Fire Crow (From today’s Enterprise) Jung-Ho Pak created an outstanding program for the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, taking the much-loved, but often performed New World Symphony by Antonin Dvořák and giving it new brilliance and perspective by pairing it with African-American and Native American music. In … Continue reading
April 16, 2010 Jung-Ho Pak, James Cockey, and Joseph Fire Crow Jung-Ho Pak created an outstanding program for the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, taking the much-loved, but often performed New World Symphony by Antonin Dvořák and giving it new brilliance and perspective by pairing it with African-American and Native American music. In his Symphony No. … Continue reading
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