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SDSU Symphony Orchestra Premieres Joseph Martin Waters’ Saxophone Concerto

By Ken Herman | October 13, 2018 |

Conductor Michael Gerdes and the San Diego State University Symphony Orchestra offered the premiere of Joseph Martin Waters’ alto saxophone concerto “Tathata Garden,” written for the work’s virtuoso soloist Todd Rewoldt, on October 13 in the university’s Don Powell Theatre.

Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody and a New Work by Mason Bates Crown Edo de Waart’s Second Week with the San Diego Symphony

By Ken Herman | October 13, 2018 |

A significant advantage of conductor Edo de Waart’s frequent guest appearances with the San Diego Symphony is the array of new music he brings to Copley Symphony Hall. On Friday, October 12, he offered Mason Bates’ 2014 intriguing “Garages of the Valley” followed by Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” with the brilliant pianist Joyce Yang.

Calling Out Power and Privilege, Mozart’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ Proves a Timely Offering to Open San Diego Opera’s Season

By Ken Herman | October 13, 2018 |

The curtain will go up on San Diego Opera’s production of “The Marriage of Figaro” on Saturday, October 20, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. in the San Diego Civic Theatre. Stage director Stephen Lawless gives his take on the politics and social criticism in Mozart’s beloved opera.

Family Dynamic Comes to Call in TPN’s Earnest ‘Guadalupe in the Guest Room’

By Martin Jones Westlin | October 9, 2018 |

Television stakes its own reality, often at the expense of real life. In Teatro Pueblo Nuevo’s good ‘Guadalupe in the Guest Room’, a Mexico native and her former son-in-law learn this indelibly — and two cultures come away a little wiser.