Dr. Edward Markward, the Director of The Chamber Orchestra of Barrington at St. John's, is our special guest this week. With Ed in his North Providence home, we remotely talk about his music season that has been changed because of the virus shutdown and listen to some music that will be presented in a Virtual Concert on February 21st. For more information you can go to http://www.cobsj.org
The Mystic River Chorale is the subject of this week's program with Dr. Frank Martginetti, Artistic Director, Frank Zilinyi, Asst. Director and Tim Rooney, President. We talk about Dr. Martginetti's tenure as Artistic and Music Director and the fact that Frank Zilinyi will now be taking over. The music we listen to is from past concerts by the Chorale. For more information you can call (860) 460-1487 or go to www.mysticriverchorale.org
This week we feature the Narragansett Bay Chorus with two members of the Chorus, Ken Brindamour, President and Sean Mulford, VP of Marketing. The chorus will be offering virtual Singing Valentines this year...we'll find out how to get one for your own and what else the Chorus has been doing during the pandemic. There will also be songs by The Boston Common, X-Men, Road Show and Rhode Island Ramblers. For more information you can go to www.SingNBC.com
This week we feature Kenneth Hamilton, concert pianist from Scotland. In this show he'll be coming to us remotely from Germany. We'll listen to examples of his music from his recently released CD, “More Preludes to Chopin”, discuss his career and how he became “one of the finest players of his generation”. He has appeared many times on TV, radio, and at festivals around the world.
Ms. Lori Robishaw, the Executive Director of The La Grua Center, is the special guest on the program. Joined by Christopher Greenleaf, we remotely talk about the season that has been changed because of the virus shutdown, about the future and listen to some of the music that will be presented on January 23rd. For more information you can go to www.lagruacenter.org
This week we feature The Jesse Liam Band with Jesse and Jack Gauthier. We'll talk with this father and son duo about their performances and recordings. The music we'll be listening to will be selections from six different CDs they have produced. For more information you can go to www.jesseliam.com
This week The RI International Film Festival is the subject of the program, with George T. Marshall, Executive Director. We talk about the great movie scores of 2020 and listen to some selections from this year's “Blockbuster” films that might be up for some awards. For more information you can call 401.861.4445 or go to www.film-festival.org
A Boston Pops Christmas, with Keith Lockhart, is the subject of this week's program. We dug into the archives of past Conducting Conversations shows when we talked to Keith about the Pops Christmas CD, “Sleigh Ride”, and listen to some of the music from one the Pops best selling recordings. For more information you can go to www.bso.org
