by Jeff Maisey | Jan 27, 2016 | Classical, Music, Music News
By Montague Gammon III A one-time subway busker – tall, good-looking and possessed of a multi-million dollar 1713 Stradivarius violin, a six-figure valued Tourte bow and prodigious, priceless talent – kicks off the classical music part of Virginia Arts...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 18, 2015 | Classical, News, News & Views
Virginia Symphony officials today announced that JoAnn Falletta’s contract has been extended for an additional five years, and she will remain at the helm of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra through the 2020 – 21 season. Falletta, already the longest-tenured...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 16, 2015 | Classical, Music, Music News
By Montague Gammon III The Virginia Symphony Orchestra marks its 25th year under the baton of JoAnn Falletta with a Classics Series that touches, in each concert, on high points of her quarter century as its Music Director. From Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra, which...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 28, 2015 | Classical, Music, Music News
By Elizabeth Blachman This past September, I attended High Holy Day services for the last time at the last Jewish synagogue in Portsmouth. Rabbi David Goldstein presided over Yom Kippur services, and then Gomley Chesed Synagogue closed its doors, ending more than a...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 28, 2015 | Classical, Music
By Montague Gammon III A promised surprise, a quartet on the rise, a married pair, top Hampton Roads musicians and a well known group of Early Music specialists highlight the Virginia Art Festival’s five morning Coffee Concerts this spring. Coffee Concert I, May 7,...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 17, 2015 | Classical, Music, Music News
Music, mystery and excitement in a glass filled castle By Montague Gammon III When JoAnn Falletta calls any musical event “one of the most exciting things I’ve ever been a part of, in my entire life of making music,” it’s time to take notice. That’s how she...
