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Violist and ASU professor Nancy Buck curates a series of chamber music concerts at Ravenscroft Hall in Scottsdale, and will be featured in the program "Immersion," Saturday, November 16 at 7pm. She and pianist Miki Aoki, who will also perform on the concert, chatted with KBACH's Greg Kostraba about the series, the music featured in this performance, and the immersive visuals by Xuan that will be a part of the experience.
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Violinist and Sphinx Competition Winner Njioma Grevious comes to the East Valley for a Classical Music Inside Out residency, including a performance at Mesa Arts Center Wednesday, November 13 at 7:30pm. She recently chatted with KBACH's Greg Kostraba about her musical upbringing in Boston, winning the Sphinx Competition, and her activities in Mesa, including her concert of music by Mozart, Beethoven, and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson.
The Phoenix Chamber Music Society is bringing in the Jerusalem Quartet and pianist Inon Barnatan for a performance of string quartets by Haydn and Shostakovich, and the Brahms Piano Quintet, Saturday evening, November 9 at Camelback Bible Church.
The Phoenix Chamber Music Society opens its 65th season by bringing in the Dover Quartet for a performance Sunday afternoon, October 27 at Camelback Bible Church. KBACH's Greg Kostraba recently chatted with the quartet's cellist Camden Shaw about the history of the group, the genesis of its name, and their program that includes string quartets by Mozart, Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky.
Learn more about the concert, and purchase tickets here: https://www.phoenixchambermusicsociety.org/doverquartet
The Concert Truck, a fully-functioning mobile concert hall complete with lights, sound system, and piano, will be making a stop in Chandler October 17-20. KBACH's Greg Kostraba recently chatted with pianists Nick Luby and Susan Zhang about the concept behind the traveling performance venue, the concert experience itself, audience reaction to their performances, and the music they will be performing.
The Phoenix Chorale and Tucson's True Concord (pictured) will perform the Requiem by Maurice Durufle and Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir Sunday, October 13 at Camelback Bible Church in Paradise Valley. Phoenix Chorale's Artistic Director Christopher Gabbitas and True Concord's Music Director Eric Holtan recently came into the studio to chat with KBACH's Greg Kostraba about the reasons for their first-ever collaboration, and the music they will be performing.
Janet Green has been attending Phoenix Chamber Music Society concerts since she was a teenager, and is now Executive Director of the society. She recently chatted with KBACH's Greg Kostraba about the history of the society, the groups coming for its upcoming 65th season, and the joys of musical conversation that is a hallmark of chamber music.
Pianist Stephen Cook is founder and Artistic Director of the Oracle Piano Society in Oracle, Arizona, which enriches rural Pinal County with a concert series and educational programs. He recently chatted with KBACH's Greg Kostraba about the group's recent and upcoming activities, including outreach to Cuban student and professional musicians, the screening of a silent movie filmed in Oracle a century ago, and the fall concerts in its Signature Series.
Cellist Zuill Bailey created the Classical Music Inside Out series at Mesa Arts Center more than a decade ago and continues to curate the series.
He recently chatted with KBACH's Greg Kostraba about the series, including its history, the huge variety of performers coming to town for the 2024-2025 season, and what he looks for in booking musicians.
NAU piano professor Silvan Negruțiu is the founder and Artistic Director of the Flagstaff Piano Festival. KBACH's Greg Kostraba recently chatted with Negruțiu to chat about the big-name soloists coming to the festival, as well as the myriad of opportunities for students, at and away from the piano.