The 2020 GRAMMY Award nominations arrived with no shortage of good news. The Recording Academy nominated THE ARC IN THE SKY (Navona Records) for Best Choral Performance, and CeCe Winans’s Something’s Happening! A Christmas Album (PureSpring ...
The opening movement of Marie Nelson Bennett’s English horn concerto Excursions (2004) is an almost perfect microcosm for her extraordinary musical accomplishments. Stately and confident, the movement’s initial brass fanfare is decidedly mid-century in style, reflecting ...
What began as an idea, an effort to uncover a unique musical perspective, and CEO Bob Lord waiting at the baggage claim of Havana’s Jose Martin Airport on a hazy post-travel afternoon in late 2015 has ...
Dennis Kam’s obituary notes the Hawaii native will be remembered for “wearing aloha shirts…loving the color green, playing tennis, [and] tai chi practices,” a touching tribute that adds winsome detail to Kam’s international education in music ...
Dwight Beckham grew up in the countryside of Lamont OK, and spent his 64-year career as a trumpeter, band director, and composer in Hesston KS, another small town barely more than 100 miles from his birthplace. ...
A contemporary quartet bridges gaps between genres and cultures with an innovative new album and a summer tour of China.
It’s that time again—late summer has arrived, and the next PARMA Call for Scores season is on its heels. It’s time to sharpen pencils, polish up the finishing touches on scores, and think about where and ...
Philip Koplow lived a musical life defined by strong connections with others. Deeply involved in his Northern Kentucky community, Koplow composed works for an incredible range of local ensembles, from professional symphonies to music theater troupes ...
Dedicated to premiering and performing new choral music, Grammy Award-winning chamber choir The Crossing and Artistic Director Donald Nally are no strangers to artistic innovation. So when PARMA began a new initiative to introduce more contemporary ...
Meet the house ensemble for Navona Records’ MOTO series, which features an album release and a Carnegie Hall performance.
