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If you have not yet managed to make it to one of the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s Pastorius Park Summer Concert Series, you might very well want to put that on your bucket list for the summer.
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by Tom Beck
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7/7/22
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Here are nine things you might want to try.
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7/7/22
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Donald Nally and The Crossing will bring their “Month of Moderns” series of contemporary choral music concerts to a close at 7 p.m., Friday, July 8.
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by Michael Caruso
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7/7/22
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Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, closed out its 20th anniversary season with a concert that is now available online through July 19.
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by Michael Caruso
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6/30/22
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The Chestnut Hill Community Association’s Pastorius Park Summer Concerts series will continue next week with a performance by Runa, a traditional celtic band with roots in Chestnut Hill.
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by Tom Beck
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6/30/22
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Steven Courtney writes music for kids and families.
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by Tom Beck
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6/23/22
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Donald Nally and The Crossing opened their long-awaited and deeply anticipated “Month of Moderns” series of three concerts Saturday, June 11, at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill.
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by Michael Caruso
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6/23/22
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The high point of the evening came during “Two Shades of Texas,” when the parish’s new rector, Father Eric Hungerford, both recalled and poked fun at his own Texas roots in a musical manner that was both casual and accomplished.
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by Michael Caruso
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5/18/22
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Perhaps the most amazing aspect of AVA’s presentation of “La Boheme” is its incredibly imaginative use of the tiny space of the Warden Theater.
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by Michael Caruso
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5/12/22
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Through the magic of the Internet’s digital stage, the concert presented in Dresden’s Dreikoenigskuchen (Church of the Epiphany) was available for viewing by local music lovers and supporters of the ensemble.
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by Michael Caruso
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5/4/22
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The concert has been described as “an inspiring collaboration between musicians and church leaders who believe in the power of music and storytelling to foster ‘beloved community.’”
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by Michael Caruso
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4/29/22
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The event is scheduled for 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the center’s headquarters, 6711 Lincoln Dr.
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by Len Lear
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4/29/22
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Pearl opened the program with a rare treat -- Jacquet de la Guerre’s Suite in A minor.
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by Michael Caruso
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4/21/22
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Creole-born C.J. Chenier, a Grammy-nominated, world-renowned musician and recording artist will bring his musical hot sauce to the “Zydeco Dance Party” on Friday, April 22, at The Irish …
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by Len Lear
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4/21/22
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“The Seven Last Words of Christ” at the Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields is part of a tradition of reflecting on Christ’s sayings on the cross that goes back 335 years.
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by Michael Caruso
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4/14/22
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The tradition of reflecting on Christ’s sayings on the cross goes back 335 years. A century later, Haydn was commissioned to provide music for a Good Friday service in Cadiz, Spain.
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by Michael Caruso
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4/13/22
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The three major works of the musical roster were the “Magnificat” and “Nunc dimittis” from the “Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense” (Service for Magdalen College, Oxford University) by Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988) and the anthem at the Offertory “Turn Thou to Thy God” by Leo Sowerby (1895-1968).
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by Michael Caruso
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4/8/22
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AVA’s president and artistic director, K. James McDowell, of East Falls, conceived “Jubilate!” to fill the contemporary absence of great music heard in churches and the loss of that repertoire not only for music-lovers, but for professional singers as well.
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by Michael Caruso
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3/31/22
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Whereas PCCH’s Steinway grand is a masterwork that beautifully evokes the sound of turn-of the-20th-century Steinways – mellow, but clear – the instrument at St. Paul’s sounds as though it were wearing a woolen mute.
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by Michael Caruso
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3/24/22
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Everyone involved in the service, which drew an encouragingly large congregation, wore masks, even the choristers while singing.
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by Michael Caruso
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3/17/22
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