Events

Chippewa River Chamber Orchestra Jayson Aylward, conductor    

Yara Ensemble is an exciting and unique collaboration between Portuguese-Italian pianist Alexandra Mascolo-David and Brazilian-British-American mezzo-soprano Sarah Stone. With direction and choreography by Annette Thornton and digital media art by Eric Limarenko, the Yara performance experience weaves music, theatre, and art into an intimate and accessible narrative journey designed for 21st century audiences. Our goal is... View Article

I will be a panel presenter at the College Music Society International Conference in Sydney, Australia, with panel participants Dr. Jennifer Campbell (University of Kentucky), Professor Jennifer Shaffer and Professor Scott Harding of Central Michigan University. Additional details TBA. Stay tuned!

As per the Gilmore Festival Website, "The Gilmore KeysFest is an annual day-long festival for West Michigan piano students grades 1-12. Students will perform in a master class environment with an audience of supportive peers and adults. They will receive one-on-one instruction from professional pianists and educators, and participate in workshops and performances by KeysFest... View Article

Yara Ensemble will give workshops and master classes at Kentucky Country Day School, a private JK–12, coeducational school located in Louisville, KY. KCD combines a rigorous academic program with a wide variety of athletic and extracurricular programs. We are excited at the prospect of engaging young minds in the music making process! Looking forward!

Yara Ensemble will present "Sirens of the Sea: Love and Longing" to the Louisville audience. This program was inspired by the lives and loves of women in the age of the 16th century Portuguese maritime expeditions. For the specific works to be performed, please click here.  

Aloha! "The 8th Annual STEM/STEAM and Education Conference promotes an academia well versed in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math and Education which is a key portion of the public education agenda of the United States. The conference intends to stimulate competitiveness and our nation’s future economic prosperity through encouraging and inspiring more... View Article

  Yara Ensemble will bring its program "Sirens of the Sea" to the Chicago crowd, in a most anticipated recital at Pianoforte Chicago. For tickets, please click here.

ABOUT THE COMPOSER: http://www.evanware.com ABOUT THE WORK: "In the era of the smartphone, waiting has become an activity almost lost to us. Though sometimes formless, even boring, waiting nevertheless allows us to wander, daydream, and wonder; it opens a space to be creative, to be us. This piece is a musical paean to the kind... View Article