by Jeff Maisey | Nov 29, 2021 | Classical, Music, Music News
(Horszowski Trio is set to dazzle a Norfolk audience.) By Montague Gammon III Early December’s Feldman Chamber Music Society concert at the Chrysler Museum’s Kaufman Theater showcases three piano trios: a mid 20th Century masterpiece by the under recognized...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 24, 2021 | Classical, Music, Music News
(New Virginia Symphony Orchestra Music Director Eric Jacobsen in rehearsal with saxophone great Branford Marsalis. Cell phone photo by Kristen E. Bennington.) By Montague Gammon III Virginia Symphony’s Music Director Eric Jacobsen kicks off the conducting part of...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 11, 2021 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
(Puppets, including this giraffe, featured in Earth Remembers were built by Black Light Puppet Theatre.) A world premiere collaboration at Virginia Stage brings people and history together By Montague Gammon III A hip-hop history of Hampton Roads, a one hour song...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 21, 2021 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Styx: Chuck Panozzo, Ricky Phillips, Todd Sucherman, Tommy Shaw, James “JY” Young, Lawrence Gowan. Photo by Rick Diamond) By Jeff Maisey It may still be the best of times for classic rock band Styx. The group will perform August 10 inside Chartway Arena on the...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 21, 2021 | Art, Art News, Current Exhibits
(Alma Thomas, Red Azaleas Singing and Dancing Rock and Roll Music) By Betsy DiJulio We have probably all said it: “That’s a Picassso,” or “That’s a Faith Ringgold.” But the work is not the artist and the artist is not the work. The work is the tip of the human...