Tempesta di Mare provided local music lovers with a remedy to the COVID-19 lockdown that has eliminated in-person concerts since mid-March, 2020. Piffaro will present their “virtual” concert, “Music for Twelfth Night,” January 5-11. more

In a year characterized by so many uncertainties, one Christmastime tradition was carried on in spite of the multitude of challenges surrounding it. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill, … more

Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts continued its “virtual” 2020-21 season Saturday, Dec. 13, with its annual recital of “Russian Romances.” Assembled, directed and … more

In all the years that I've been writing about classical music for the Chestnut Hill Local, no concert of Christmas music has ever been more highly anticipated that the annual "Lessons and Carols" offered by St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill. more

 Anyone who grew up in the 80s or 90s likely had one or both of the following greatest hits collections: Steve Miller Band’s “Greatest Hits 1974-1978” and “Legend: … more

The weekend leading up to Thanksgiving Day presented me with the opportunity of hearing two virtual concerts of sacred choral music. I took in Matthew Glandorf and Choral Arts Philadelphia’s … more

Among its many singularities, 2020 is a year when the Christian “Solemnity of All Saints” fell on a Sunday. This liturgical celebration of the saints of the faith took place Nov. 1 and … more

  For local music lovers, Piffaro, Philadelphia’s Renaissance Band, and the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill make a pair that defines the term “hand-in-glove.” Over the … more

Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, opened its 2020-21 season with a virtual performance recorded at Awbury Arboretum in Germantown. The concert was streamed Oct. 23-25 and was a … more