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Gustave Courbet's landscape, depicting the source of the Lison River in France, was discovered in a storage box at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in 2016. It was so darkened that only a few letters of the artist's signature were visible.
Forgotten painting by a 19th-century French rebel is discovered at Penn
The landscape, painted more than 150 years ago by the radical French realist Gustave Courbet, was found in a basement during renovations. more
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Richard Troxell, the stage director for the Academy of Vocal Arts’ production of Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale,” which was conducted by Germantown’s Richard Raub.
Choral Arts to premiere commissioned cantata March 4
Matthew Glandorf will conduct Choral Arts Philadelphia on March 4. more
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Baritone Ethan Vincent
Region celebrates Black History Month with music
Members of the Fairmount String Quartet will be the principal musical performers in “Healing with the Arts.” more
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James Miller is seen in his Chestnut Hill home with two of the books his new company, Chestnut Hill Press, has published in recent months.
At 78, publishing books after a lifetime of travel
After a lifetime of working in technology, with travel that took him all over Asia, James Whipple Miller started an improbable new career after settling in Chestnut Hill eight years ago.  He founded a publishing company. more
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Soprano Jessica Beebe
Choral Arts Philadelphia and Phila. Orchestra round out the year
Choral Arts Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Bach Collegium gave the region’s final performance of 2022 on Dec. 31. more
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Ximena Violante is a teaching artist with The Philadelphia Lullaby Project.
Philly Lullaby Project pairs artists with parents to write songs for their babies
For three years, the Philadelphia Lullaby Project has been pairing parents with songwriters to write original lullabies for their babies. more
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Holiday concerts bring challenging year to a close
The year 2022 has been a challenging one for classical music lovers – locally, nationally and even internationally. more
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Emily Woodward Churchman Starr
Emily Woodward Churchman Starr, age 85, died December 15 at Bishop White Lodge in Philadelphia, PA. The daughter of John Horace and Elizabeth Sailer Churchman, she graduated from Springside School … more
The Philadelphia Orchestra will perform “The Glorious Sounds of Christmas at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Dec. 21-23, at the Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall.
St. Martin’s Church celebrates season with service of carols
The Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Chestnut Hill, marked the second week of Advent with an abbreviated and updated “Lessons and Carols” presented Dec. 4. more
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(Left to right) Pianist Laura Ward, soprano Danielle Talamantes, baritone Jorell Williams and mezzo-soprano Marjorie Maltais.
Lyric Fest celebrates pioneering patroness in Paris
Lyric Fest continued its commitment to uncovering overlooked geniuses in the world of music with a compelling recital Nov. 13 in The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. more
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Harpist Rachel Lee O’Brien performed with Andrew Kotylo at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
St. Paul’s Church hosts choral and chamber music concerts
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill was the site of two musical performances of vastly different personalities.  more
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Violinists Yesong Sophie Lee and Tianyou Ma, violist Michael Shaham, and cellist Matthew Christakos
Treble Choristers sing Evensong at St. Paul’s Church
Although the COVID-19 pandemic stubbornly refuses to completely go away, during the week between Oct. 16 and 23, I heard three performances that bode well for the future. more
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Mezzo-soprano Chrystal E. Williams
St. Paul’s Church Hosts First ‘Five Fridays’ Recital
Mezzo-soprano Chrystal E. Williams and pianist Andrew Hauze were the featured artists at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill’s first “Five Fridays” recital Oct. 14. more
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Piffaro, Philadelphia’s Renaissance Band, opened its season with a “Passing the Torch” concert marking Priscilla Herreid taking over for the group’s founders and co-directors Joan Kimball and Robert Wiemken who retired.
Piffaro passes the torch at Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church
Piffaro, Philadelphia’s Renaissance Band, opened its 2022-23 season of in-person concerts with a program entitled “Passing the Torch.” more
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Pianist Daniil Trifonov performed Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
St. Martin’s Church celebrates music with a showcase of its own
The Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Chestnut Hill, celebrated the opening of its 2022-23 season of musical events with an engaging potpourri. more
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A Choral Evensong at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church marked the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel and All Angels, whose image is depicted in a stained glass window made for the church in the Tiffany Studio.
St. Paul’s Church marks St. Michael with angelic authority
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, in Chestnut Hill, presented its first Choral Evensong of the season on Sept. 25. more
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Pianist Laura Ward, soprano Magdalena Kuzma (center) and mezzo Sun-Ly Pierce at the Academy of Vocal Arts.
Lyric Fest opens season with ‘Elysian Fields’
Lyric Fest, the “musical brain child” of Chestnut Hill pianist Laura Ward and East Falls mezzo-soprano Suzanne DuPlantis, opened its 20th season Sunday. more
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Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, will mark the retirement of co-directors Joan Kimball and Robert Wiemken with a concert Oct. 1 in Chestnut Hill.
Piffaro: ‘Passing the Torch’ on the Hill
Piffaro, Philadelphia’s internationally acclaimed Renaissance Band, will pass the torch with a concert Saturday, Oct. 1, at 7:30 p.m., at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. more
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Cricket Club dinner dance a new CHCA tradition
The Chestnut Hill Community Association’s first annual Fall Frolic was a big hit on Thursday evening, drawing a crowd of at least 174 people to the Philadelphia Cricket Club. more
Renata Merrill, whose work will be on display, began quilting 10 years ago after doctors discovered a tumor in her left eye. She said she began to lose her sight and picked up the hobby as a way to strengthen her eyes and cope with the changes she was experiencing.
Black Arts Festival this week hopes to bridge racial gap
The Rev. Robert Polk, a 94-year-old resident of the Cathedral Village Retirement Community in upper Roxborough, said there were almost no other Black residents when he moved there 20 years ago. more
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