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American conductor, pianist and composer
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South Florida Classical Review
2024-03-17 16:21:06
Homespun Americana and refined Tchaikovsky were on the menu for the […]
South Florida Classical Review
2024-03-10 15:47:30
The New World Symphony’s program Saturday night encompassed a primer on […]
2024-02-07 00:24:00
Raehann Bryce-Davis in Recital
Raehann Bryce-Davis | Credit: Isamar Chabot Mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis gave a spectacular recital about ten days ago at Herbst. My review is on the formal side and missed out in one area: I'd actually wanted to mention what she and pianistJeanne-Minette Cilliers were wearing after the intermission, because Bryce-Davis's fiancé Allen Virgo designed both outfits and they were spectacular. But, I also didn't manage to grab a curtain call photo. The only disappointing thing about the recital was the turnout; the audience was tiny. This might have been because of Michael Tilson Thomas's valedictory Mahler 5 down the block, but I know there are plenty of opera folks who didn't turn out for this wonderful recital.Lisa Hirsch, SFCVPatrick Vaz, The Reverberate Hills
2024-02-05 09:09:00
Not everyone climbs mountains
[…] the infrastructure for both disciplines will slowly atrophy. There is no mass market for classical music and there never will be; but there is a heterogeneous and highly fissile conglomeration of small overlapping niches. Which means the opportunity exists to expand the market in a modest way, and, most importantly, to rejuvenate it by developing new niches.My listening in India included Mason Bates Works for Orchestra recorded by the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas on the SFSO's own record label. In his sleeve note the composer explains "I look to the digital world as an important twenty-first century expansion of the orchestral world". Mason Bates has also worked as a DJ and techno artist using the name Masonic in clubs and lounges around San Francisco, and this means he has a deep understanding of the new and young audiences that is almost completely lacking elsewhere in today's classical industry. While […]
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