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Just What the Doctor Ordered: Art of Élan’s Latin American Voices

By Ken Herman | November 26, 2017 |

Art of Élan’s superbly performed program of Latin American chamber music on Tuesday (November 21), deftly curated by Artistic Director Kate Hatmaker, sent me out of the San Diego Museum of Art elated.

Art of Élan Champions Pärt and Muhly at San Diego Museum of Art

By Ken Herman | January 14, 2016 |

Art of Élan presented Minimalist gems with maximum expression Tuesday at the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park . . .

Splendid Mozart String Trio by Mainly Mozart Festival Chamber Players

By Ken Herman | June 14, 2015 |

No doubt some obscure Mozart pieces should remain so, but not the Divertimento in E-flat Major, K 653, a string trio presented in all its glory at Thursday’s (June 11) Mainly Mozart chamber music concert . . .

Precious and Provocative Chamber Music by Art of Elan

By Ken Herman | November 27, 2014 |

Art of Élan offered Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw’s clever 2011 “Entracte” for string quartet and a raft of mellifluous French chamber music to their Tuesday (November 25) program at the San Diego Museum of Art . . .