Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra Concert Saturday, April 27, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Lowman Concert Hall, IAA Campus The occasion of the final orchestral program of Idyllwild Arts Academy’s year was a pleasant enough evening, with only light breezes interrupting an otherwise warm, ambient environment, and further banishment of the latest off-Hill human frailties (nefarious and otherwise)…
What with the preceding weeks of cold, blustery rain and snow here on the Hill, it would seem somewhat adverse for a recitalist to present a public program dealing in the main with (possibly) equally adverse weather conditions. Nevertheless, the presenter in question, guest pianist Caroline Oltmanns, acquitted herself of the task quite well on…
By Arthur Connor Music Reviewer
Music Review Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra program: Rossini: “Overture, Guillaume Tell” Villa-Lobos: “Ciranda das Sete Notas” Tchaikovsky: “Symphony #5, E Minor, Opus 64” For the inaugural concert of conductor Scott Hosfeld’s third season this past weekend, a unified program centered around IAAO’s normally outstanding string sections seemed the order of the evening, and as usual,…
The year 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of a substantial and somewhat controversial force in American cultural life, that of Leonard Bernstein. As a powerful advocate for classical and popular forms of music, particularly those produced in the United States, and as an equally important spokesperson for a variety of activist causes…
As an incentive to celebrate the warmer weather recently, the Idyllwild Arts Academy faculty gave the community ample opportunity this past Thursday evening with a carefully selected program of late Romantic piano music, as provided by a very capable piano pedagogue in the person of Parvati Mani. The rather spacious confines of Lowman Hall proved a sonorous environment, and a small group of interested IAA students and patrons were in attendance to hear that well-balanced auditory offering.
