Click here to read the full article from Symphony Magazine (Winter 2021) about conductors in their first year as music directors and how they are adapting to this changing environment....
Featured Grantee Interview: Orchestra Santa Monica Type of art/cultural activity: Music Name/Position: Roger Kalia, Music Director Years working and/or living in Santa Monica: Two years What are your organization’s most important programs? Orchestra Santa Monica (OSM) presents live concerts featuring from 25 to 55 musicians. OSM concerts feature music from the classical and romantic periods to minimalist...
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — The coronavirus pandemic has forced many in the entertainment industry to change the way they perform. The Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra has “Re-Imagined” its opening night concert for the 86th season. Thursday night, the orchestra took to the stage to practice for its first...
EVANSVILLE, Ind (WEHT) The Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra announced its 86th Season with a new music director, a wide range of concerts and the introduction of a commissioned work for the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. This season begins with Roger Kalia in his first symphonic performance as the...
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT)- After a two-year search, the Evansville Philharmonic announced Saturday Maestro Roger Kalia will take over as its music director in June. Kalia holds degrees from Indiana University, the University of Houston, and the State University of New York Potsdam’s Crane School of...
Saturday evening brought several artistic forces in Evansville together for a fine production of "The Soldier’s Tale," by Igor Stravinsky. Yet another “re-imagined” program of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, this one-hour work featured seven instrumentalists of the EPO, four dancers from Ballet Indiana and two actors...
Saturday evening’s Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra concert might have been the best yet this season. The hour-long program featured diverse musical styles—classical, jazz, rock—in a celebration of music-as-dance. And there was dance, as UE Mad Hot Ballroom Dancers swirled on the Victory stage to the sexy “Libertango”...
This week Bill, Allen, and Dennis get classy with our guest, Roger Kalia, the new conductor of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. We talk with him about being one of over 250 candidates trying out for the position. We also talk about his background in music...