A team of talented local musicians, led by composer and flautist Elizabeth Kennedy Bayer, launch "oh my god, my body, my ears!" a 10-hour marathon concert celebrating new and daring music, Saturday,February 15th from noon to 10pm at The Trunk Space in Phoenix. K-BACH's Jane Hilton chats with Elizabeth about the effort.
The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art 2014 Spring Exhibition,The 5 Senses, features five works of art that inspire wonder and awe, and includes Artist Janet Cardiff’s riveting sound installation, “The Forty Part Motet". The installation includes a reworking of “Spem in Alium”—the masterpiece composed in 1575 by English Composer Thomas Tallis. K-BACH’s Sterling Beeaff chats with SMoCA curator Claire Carter.
Recently, violinist Karen Gomyo returned to perform Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in e minor with The Phoenix Symphony. The Avery Fisher Grant recipient had a brief interview with K-Bach's Sterling Beeaff, and shared why she cherishes Mendelssohn's masterpiece.
Beginning Wednesday, January 29th, at 7:30pm, and running through Sunday, February 2, 2014, the historic Icehouse in downtown Phoenix will be transformed into the interior mindscape of the fictional composer, Bastian Bachmann: The Seven Layers of Bastian Bachmann. K-Bach’s Jane Hilton interviewed director Megan Weaver.
Friday, January 24, at 8pm, the Phoenix Chamber Music Society presents the Takács Quartet, one of the world’s great chamber music ensembles at the Camelback Bible Church in Paradise Valley. K-Bach’s Sterling Beeaff chats with first violinist Edward Dusinberre about his career with the quartet and the upcoming concert.