Music Review: Strauss and Stravinsky dominate TSO Classics Concert Oct 29, 2008
The concert opened with Aaron Jay Kernis Musica celestis. It is all about angels. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
All Strung Out Aug 3, 2008
" In the end, though, the two men agreed on a varied and unconventional roster. The headliners include Zoran Dukic, a Serbian virtuoso with a focus on 20th century works; Japanese guitarist Shin-Ichi Fukuda; Czech guitarist Pavel Steidl, whose program includes music from 18th century Bohemia as well as his own compositions; and the renowned lutenist Hopkinson Smith. On Friday, in what Tanenbaum regards as a signature offering, the Conservatory Guitar Ensemble will perform a program of new music... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
An athletic and vigorous show (from a slightly hobbled maestro) Feb 24, 2008
Aaron Jay Kernis' "Overture in Feet and Meters," an orchestral version of one movement from his Second String Quartet, dabbled in dance gestures from the Renaissance and Baroque but never made much more of them than pastiche. "Night of the Flying Horses," a klezmer exercise by Osvaldo Golijov, was about what you might hear from a Jewish wedding band warming up. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Renowned piano quintet bringing their unique show to Marion ... Spring coaching personnel changes made at school board meeting ... WGGH now streaming local ballgames live on the Internet ... Deadline to enter “New Year, New You” extended to Jan. 23 ... Miners manager Pinto speaks to S.I. Writer’s Guild tonight ... ';var marqueewidth="350px";var marqueeheight="25px";var marqueebgcolor="#FFFFFF";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}}Friday, January 18, 2008 The Five Browns are a piano quintet that has been featured numerous times on national television. They are (from left to right): Ryan, 22; Melody, 23; Deondra, 27; Gregory, 25; and Desirae, 28. (PHOTO PROVIDED) Renowned piano quintet bringing their unique show to Marion Jan 18, 2008
It is done by a well-known classical composer, Aaron Jay Kernis, and is called Superstar Etude Number One. MDR: You have a question and answer period during your concerts. (Marion Daily Republican, IL)
Marin Alsop Directs Orchestra Sep 30, 2007
Audiences at this series will get to see John Adams, Tan Dun, HK Gruber, Aaron Jay Kernis, Mark O Connor, Steven Mackey, Christopher Rouse, James MacMillan, John Corigliano, Thomas Ad;s, and Joan Tower. Other highlights of the season will include classics such as Mendelssohn s Hebrides Overture, Stravinsky s Firebird Suite, Beethoven s 3rd Symphony ( Eroica ), Beethoven s Symphony No. 8, Orff s Carmina Burana, Gershwin s Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in F, and Handel s Concerto Grosso Op. (Suite101.com)
'It's really entirely irrelevant to what I do' Sep 28, 2007
" So this season, she's bringing 11 living composers to Baltimore. And since 1992, she has been music director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, California -- mentoring young conductors and giving stage to Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Michael Daugherty, Thomas Ads, John Corigliano, Christopher Rouse, Kenneth Fuchs and Aaron Jay Kernis. Even the weekend's inaugural Baltimore program (there's an XM replay on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET) fields not only the Mahler 5th but also... (CNN -- Showbiz)
