May 12, 2019
Thanks for tuning in, here's the line up for our Florida performances!
Inspired by Bach
Sonata for violin and basso continuo BWV 1021
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Adagio - Vivace
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Largo - Presto
Suite Inspirato
Hirono Borter
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Muse I
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After rainfall
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Nostalgic r...
May 11, 2019
The following are program notes for our upcoming concerts in Florida. Hope you enjoy learning a little about the selections we have prepared!
May 12, 2019 @ 5pm- Memorial Presbyterian Church in St. Augustine
May 16, 2019 @ 6:30pm - Blessed Trinity Catholic Church in Ocal...
May 7, 2019
Heitor Villa-Lobos had a great deal of experience playing in street bands, he was also a cellist and had the opportunity to play in the Rio Opera Company, prior to the launching of his career as a composer. The diversity of these experiences must have profoundly affect...
May 2, 2019
Hirono and I first stumbled across the musical genre ‘chôro’ as graduate students at the Eastman School of Music. I must confess that at that time, we likely didn’t have an explicit interest in learning about popular musical forms outside the Western Classical traditio...
February 8, 2019
Welcome back and Happy (belated) New Year! We recognize it has been a while since we built on our blog. Our ambition and resolution this coming year is to not only write more frequently about music, but also to be open about, and embrace, the joys and challenges we e...
April 12, 2018
Having grown up in Central Florida, I suppose I'll always feel like a Floridian at heart. When I was a teenager, my family relocated from Ocala, FL to Richmond, VA, where I spent the remainder of my pre-college days, before moving on to Cleveland (OH), Rochester (NY)...