Left without a vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic, it appears the orchestra fall season will not be able to proceed with audiences normally. There is no way to practice social distancing in a concert hall, nor would it be wise to risk gathering that many people together in one place. Here in Michigan,... Continue Reading →
The 2020 Detroit Jazz Festival is Virtual
The global pandemic of a novel coronavirus has changed how we can experience and enjoy music in 2020. It is impossible to safely gather people together for a live audience to a performance. Summer concerts have been cancelled, music tours not embarked on, and musicians left without gigs to play. Cultural organizations have had to... Continue Reading →
I Should Stop Hidin’ From Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn is one of the three giants of the Viennese Classical Style of music, along with Mozart and Beethoven. The works of these three men, in a style of music from the late eighteenth century, are still some of the most studied, recorded, and performed works in the genre of "classical" music... Continue Reading →