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The Coronavirus Challenge to the Art and Performance of Choral Music

By Ken Herman | May 26, 2020 |

All performing arts organizations are facing the daunting challenge of surviving during the current quarantine, but San Diego’s choirs and choruses are in a unique crisis.

Two Virtual NWEAMO 2020 Concerts Cover the Waterfront of New Music Performance

By Ken Herman | May 20, 2020 |

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.

Music from Korea with Love–the NWEAMO Festival Opens Virtually in Your Living Room

By Ken Herman | May 17, 2020 |

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.

Banal Music Sinks ‘Ancient’–The La Jolla Playhouse Online Meditation Video

By Ken Herman | May 17, 2020 |

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.