It’s about love and sentiments across distances. It was filmed on cell phones and webcams while the San Francisco-based Chanticleer was on tour.  The music are lyrics are by Erika Lloyd, arrangement  by Vince Peterson. For beautiful voices and beautiful men, we give thanks. share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Tip on Hyves Share via MySpace Share on Orkut share via Reddit Share...

Bernstein and Bach, Dvorak and Brian Wilbur Grundstrom. That’s the line-up for the Queer Urban Orchestra‘s program on Sunday afternoon (11/21) in Manhattan. Grundstrom, who lives in Washington DC, will conduct his nine-minute work “Jubilation! Dance for Orchestra.”   The piece debuted in 2006 with the George Washington University Orchestra conducted by Nancia D’Alimonte.  You can listen to...

“Gay culture feels more allegiance toward Lady Gaga than Lady Day. As someone who frequents gay bars with almost the same regularity as jazz clubs, I often sense a great divide between the two worlds… It would seem that there’d be more overlap between the jazz and gay communities in relationship to mainstream society. After all, both foster communities that cut many strata, including those dealing with race,...

Pianist MARC PELOQUIN starts a three-concert series titled “Keyed Up” on Saturday night at the Tenri Cultural Institute in Manhattan. Each program features him in collaboration with composer/performers and he kicks it off with his close buddy David Del Tredici. Marc has been playing DDT’s music for some years now and is preparing a three-CD set of the composer’s complete piano music for Naxos. Also...

In late June 2009, during the week of the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, WNYC radio celebrated the legacy of gay and lesbian composers in classical and popular music with four evenings of programming.   The broadcasts were thoughtful and wide ranging: • Nico Muhly and host Nadi Sirota play and discuss music of John Corigliano, Benjamin Britten and Lou Harrison • Alex Ross (The New Yorker) and Ann Powers (Los...

In today’s Arts & Leisure section of the New York Times, Vivien Schweitzer writes about Jeremy Denk, his new recording of the Ives sonatas (amazingly his first solo disc), his obsession with Proust, and addiction to chili peppers. She also mentions “his boyfriend, Patrick Posey, a saxophonist and the director of orchestral activities and planning at Juilliard.” Scanning the web, this is the only reference...

Has the highpoint of the local concert season already come and gone? Only time will tell, but it will be a tall order to surpass the splendor of Garrick Ohlsson’s all-Chopin recital. The Thursday night concert (9/30) in the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall launched the 114th year of presentations by the Troy Chromatics. A deep dive into the Chopin repertoire hasn’t been a common occurrence for recitalists lately, at least...

“We’re a strange pair,” says pianist Garrick Ohlsson of his long association with Frederic Chopin.  “He was rather short, some what frail and very elegant.  I’m not a fashion plate and weigh 260 pounds and have enjoyed good health my whole life.” Music would seem to unite Ohlsson and Chopin across the centuries. But even there, Ohlsson points out a contrast: “I love playing concerts. He hated playing concerts.” Ohlsson...

There’s a lot more to music and culture in Minnesota than “A Prairie Home Companion.” Just ask pianist Matthew McCright, who lives in Minneapolis and teaches at Carlton College. But better yet, listen to one of his recordings or go hear him in concert. McCright will be performing an all-Minnesota program at Merkin Concert Hall in New York on Saturday September 25.  Every one of the six pieces on the program...

Alan Pierson, artistic director, conductor and keyboardist of the group Alarm Will Sound, and his partner David Scott Herszenson, a physician, appeared in yesterday’s New York Times announcements of  weddings/celebrations. The couple “affirmed their partnership” in a ceremony in Chicago. Congratulations! share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Tip on Hyves Share via...