Vacation at Lake George in the Adirondacks is a quintessential New York summer experience. This year, if you’re looking to enjoy all the fun the lake region offers during the day and a metropolitan arts experience at night, make a plan to head upstate when...
Last year, in honor of National Poetry Month, I asked several past Indiana Poets Laureate their thoughts about the importance of Amanda Gorman’s inauguration poem to the revitalization of American poetry and to the health of the nation. This year I decided to pose a...
Combining archival footage, historical documents, and original music, Orchestra Santa Monica has created a film project called “We Gather.” It tells the story of Black life in Santa Monica “through music, visuals, and narrative.” Composer Derrick Skye performs with musicians of OSM and Music Director Roger Kalia, underscoring images of...
It has been a harrowing year for the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. The year began with masks and COVID-19 protocols, yet the orchestra played to large audiences at each concert. Probably nothing was more anticipated, though, than this final EPO Classics concert featuring Ravel’s “Tzigane” for violin...
When Roger Kalia was appointed Music Director of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra in April 2020, he wanted to “dive into the community and reach out to new audiences,” he says. This desire, combined with a love of bourbon, drove him to conceptualize the Bourbon Series...
Though the weather outdoors was cold, the Victory Theatre was warmed Saturday night by the music of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. The audience responded enthusiastically to the well-balanced program, a welcome musical refuge from COVID and the cold. The program began with a charming performance of "Pastorale...
Irrepressible Porgy, the crippled character who gives his name to Gershwin’s folk opera "Porgy and Bess," delights in life despite his difficult circumstances. In his most famous tune from the opera, “I got plenty o’ nuttin,” he proudly announces “Got my song” — in other words,...
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Symphony NH recently kicked off its 2021-22 season, welcoming back live in-person audiences for the first time since March 2020. The following audio postcard features Roger Kalia, music director for Symphony NH. Kalia: Having an audience with us in the concert hall, it's an amazing experience because...
EVANSVILLE -- Saturday’s fine Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra concert featured a consortium of local artistic forces. The EPO performed in its pre-COVID fullness while, in the semi-staged production of Mendelssohn’s musical setting of "Midsummer Night’s Dream," members of the orchestra chorus accompanied sopranos Tiffany Choe and Andrea...