MUSIC REVIEWS
Miles Revisited
SFJAZZ Collective delivered a masterful evening of Miles-inspired arrangements and original compositions under the aegis of Athenaeum Jazz at TSRI
Read MoreBach Collegium’s Brilliant Concert Digs Deep into the the Bach Treasure Trove
Bach Collegium San Diego Music Director Ruben Valenzuela brought an engaging, polished performance of two quite unknown choral cantatas by J. S. Bach to All Souls’ Episcopal Church in Point Loma Saturday (October 15) . . .
Read MoreShaham Soars Again as Soloist in the San Diego Symphony’s 2016-17 Season-Opening Concert
Can San Diego audiences ever get too much of Gil Shaham? Just two months ago he brilliantly played Sergei Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto at La Jolla SummerFest, and Friday (October 14) he gave a thrilling account of Felix Mendelssohn’s beloved Violin Concerto with the San Diego Symphony under Music Director Jahja Ling—Shaham’s fifth local appearance in the last four years.
Read MoreModest Stabs at Re-imagining Opera at UC San Diego
“The Voice Machine,” a collaborative performance of three new short operas at UC San Diego’s Experimental Theatre, could be described as the shotgun marriage of Dada opera with the extended “Saturday Night Live” sketch . . .
Read MoreAleck Karis Presents His Feast of New Music for Solo Piano
Pianist Aleck Karis, UC San Diego distinguished professor of music, gave a recital of contemporary music in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall Wednesday . . .
Read MoreNew York Avant-Garde Duo Visits Bread & Salt
Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and percussionist Tom Rainey brought their industrial jazz to Bread & Salt in Barrio Logan on September 30 to open Fresh Sound’s 2016 fall season . . .
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