Artblog’s Community Intern, Jazz pianist and Urban Studies student Ashwin Suseendran, curates a list of 9 local music events he recommends checking out this August. There’s something for everyone on this list, from DJ sets to opera concerts. Zest up your summer before it ends- check out a new local music group!
Read MoreArtblog’s new community intern, Jazz pianist and Urban Studies student Ashwin Suseendran, rounds up a list of 9 musical events he recommends checking out during this second half of July. From Salsa to EDM, you’re sure to find something that piques your interest, and something new to explore. Find your new favorite Philly music group here on Artblog!
Read MoreArtblog contributor Corey Qureshi delivers a thoughtful and heartfelt review of musician St. Sol’s EP ‘Amphibian’, followed by a short Q&A with the artist themselves where they discuss identity, alchemy, personal transformation, and more!
Read MoreDonald Hunt reviews the new resident ensemble for Bowerbird, Arcana New Music Ensemble. He details the group’s incredible stylistic range while introducing us to a few of its members, and speaks to the acoustic richness of University Lutheran Church.
Read MoreDonald reviews an eclectic evening of music composed for video games, hardly a traditional outlet for classical music–and finds a surprising amount of fun to be had.
Read MoreDonald reviews a collaboration between the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in which paintings from the collection are paired with musical compositions they have inspired. While the idea of pairing music has the potential to provoke creative dialogue, the overall result fell short of those ambitions, he says.
Read MoreDonald Hunt thinks about what defines American music in his review of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s recent performance of music by Leonard Bernstein, Pat Metheny and Antonin Dvorák.
Read MoreArs Nova Workshop can be relied on to bring new music to Philadelphia audiences. Steve Lehman’s Sélébéyone, presented on March 24 at the Painted Bride Art Center, was no exception. A composer and alto-saxophonist, Lehman has received a 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2014 Doris Duke Artist Award, and has worked with major national and international artists like Vijay Iyer, Jason Moran, and Meshell Ndegeocello. For this performance, Lehman brought together an innovative combination of jazz, hip-hop, rap, and electronica whose disparate parts worked together surprisingly well.
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