Posts by Ken Herman
Two Virtual NWEAMO 2020 Concerts Cover the Waterfront of New Music Performance
Over the weekend, May 16 – 17, 2020, SanDiego’s 2020 NWEAMO Festival launched two virtual concerts on YouTube. Curated by the festival directors, each concert offers a wide, eclectic panoply of contemporary composition and performance practice.
Read MoreMusic from Korea with Love–the NWEAMO Festival Opens Virtually in Your Living Room
San Diego’s annual New West Evolving Arts and Music Organism–also know as the NWEAMO Festival–opened Saturday, May 16, with a program streamed live on YouTube from Seoul, Korea.
Read MoreBanal Music Sinks ‘Ancient’–The La Jolla Playhouse Online Meditation Video
Thursday, the La Jolla Playhouse launched its digital Without Walls Series (WOW) with “Ancient,” a commissioned 20-minute Vimeo by Mike Sears and Lisa Berger. For this listener, the banal music torpedoed any hope of restful meditation.
Read MoreOpera NEO’s 2020 Summer Opera Festival the Latest Coronavirus Fatality–But Virtual Performances of ‘The Magic Flute’ Will Triumph Online
San Diego’s younger opera company, Opera NEO, announced today the cancellation of its annual Summer Opera Festival due to the current coronavirus pandemic.
Read MoreCivic Organist Raúl Prieto Ramirez Adds Welcome Interactive Dimension to His Sunday Online Recitals
Civic Organist Raúl Prieto Ramirez has overcome the cessation of concert performance during the coronavirus pandemic shutdown with compelling programming and lively commentary streamed over the internet.
Read MoreRafael Payare Announces Exciting 2020-21 Season for the San Diego Symphony
If the current absence of live symphonic music at the Jacobs Music Center can be assuaged, I suggest contemplation of San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payere’s recently released 2020-21 season of the Jacobs Masterworks Series is just what the doctor ordered.
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