Two local ensembles, Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, rounded out their 2022-23 concert seasons with recent performances.
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by Michael Caruso
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6/1/23
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Donald Nally and The Crossing, the Chestnut Hill-based choir specializing in contemporary choral music, will join the New York Philharmonic June 1-3.
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by Michael Caruso
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5/25/23
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Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, will explore the music of the cities, missions and cathedrals of 16th- and 17th-century Peru, Bolivia and Chile in concert Saturday, May 20.
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by Michael Caruso
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5/18/23
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As a child growing up in Swarthmore, Annie Carruthers wanted to be a pop star like Britney Spears or the Spice Girls. Lucky for us, her tastes changed.
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by Len Lear
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5/18/23
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“If I was going to be in a band,” Noah Weinstein told the Local from a studio in Huntsville, Alabama, “I wanted it to be a band that was going to go somewhere.”
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by Tom Beck
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5/12/23
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Walter Bell, an international force in jazz, gave up the flute for 20 years because his music career wasn’t paying the bills.
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by Len Lear
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5/11/23
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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill is looking to increase the number of its young Choristers, who enhance the singing of its Adult Choir throughout the liturgical season.
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by Michael Caruso
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5/11/23
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Raji Malik will perform original acoustic guitar pieces from his new album, “Time of the Glowing,” at the Mt. Airy Art Garage (MAAG), 7054 Germantown Ave., on Tuesday, May 9.
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by Len Lear
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5/4/23
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The Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Chestnut Hill, will welcome the Fairmount String Quartet Saturday, May 13, at 7:30 p.m.
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by Michael Caruso
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5/4/23
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Chestnut Hill’s two Episcopal parishes, St. Paul’s and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, will combine forces for the final Choral Evensong of the season Sunday, April 30.
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by Michael Caruso
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4/28/23
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Philomusica Chorale, a Chestnut Hill-based community chorus, will perform in a May 6 concert that highlights issues of social justice.
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4/28/23
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Chestnut Hill’s Woodmere Art Museum will host two classical concerts over the next two weekends. First on the roster is “Sacred and Profane,” featuring Variant 6, Saturday, April …
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by Michael Caruso
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4/20/23
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For younger readers who may not recognize the name, Harry Chapin was an influential singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and anti-hunger activist known for folk-rock hits of the 1970s, which he …
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by Len Lear
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4/20/23
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Matthew Glandorf will conduct Choral Arts Philadelphia in two performances of a pair of oratorios by Giacomo Carissimi long thought to be lost to posterity.
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by Michael Caruso
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4/13/23
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The Montgomery County Chorale & Orchestra will conclude its 25th anniversary season with a concert April 16 featuring the premiere of a new work by composer Dr. Rollo A. Dilworth.
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4/13/23
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RUNA returns to the Commodore Barry Arts and Cultural Center, in their hometown of Philly, on Friday, April 21.
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by Lori Lander Murphy
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4/13/23
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The Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields will present a rare performance of Franz Liszt’s “Via Crucis” (“The Way of the Cross”) on Palm Sunday, April 2.
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by Michael Caruso
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3/30/23
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Lovett Library in Mt. Airy will celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month with a series of in-person concerts throughout April.
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3/30/23
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Three local churches hosted a trio of varied concerts, providing a glimpse of how concert life used to be before the outbreak of COVID.
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by Michael Caruso
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3/23/23
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