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Boston-based cellist Rhonda Rider comes to Phoenix to perform at the MIM with the MusicNova Orchestra this Saturday at 6 P-M. She recently chatted with KBACH's Greg Kostraba about her interest in new music, her strong connection to Arizona, and the music of Reena Esmail and Victoria Yagling that she'll be performing.
KBACH's Heart of the Arts
Pianist Jeffrey Siegel continues his 46th season of Keyboard Conversations at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, January 14 at 7:30pm with a program called "Dances for the Ears!" He recently chatted with KBACH's Greg Kostraba about the program, which features dances from Bach and Beethoven to Granados, Albeniz & de Falla.
The East Coast Chamber Orchestra brings a program that blends old and new to Camelback Bible Church Saturday, January 11 at 7:30pm. Co-Executive Director of the ECCO, violist Jessica Thompson, recently chatted with KBACH's Greg Kostraba about what makes the ensemble different than a traditional orchestra, and this concert, which includes music of Dvorak and Bach, as well as works written for the ensemble by David Ludwig and Vijay Iyer.
The Oracle Piano Society presents its annual Chamber Music Festival January 2-5 in Oracle, Arizona. The society's founder and Artistic Director Stephen Cook recently chatted with KBACH's Greg Kostraba about the festival, which includes several student and faculty performances, as well as the other winter concerts in its Signature Series.
Former Music Director at the Church of the Ascension in Fountain Hills and ASU graduate Charles Szczepanek has a new album out on Heart Dance Records titled "The Solo Piano Project, Vol 1."
He chatted with KBACH's Greg Kostraba about his recent activities, and the album, which features Szczepanek's transcriptions and arrangements of well-loved, popular orchestral and operatic masterpieces.
Pianist Jeffrey Siegel begins his 46th season of Keyboard Conversations at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, December 10 at 7:30pm with a program called "A Few of Our Favorite Things!" He recently chatted with KBACH's Greg Kostraba about the program, which features well-loved, popular masterpieces of Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, and Debussy.
Learn more about the concert, and purchase tickets here: scottsdaleperformingarts.org/keyboard-conversations-24-25/
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.
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