On the Town: Wonderful shows anticipated at OSU’s McKnight Center By: Lillie-Beth Brinkman The Journal Record May 18, 2021
Lillie-Beth Brinkman
The McKnight Center for the Performing Arts in Stillwater has announced some heavy-hitting acts for its 2021-2022 season lineup, including country music star Tim McGraw and Broadway icon Bernadette Peters.
Any performance at Oklahoma State University’s McKnight Center is worth attending because the facility is so impressive, with excellent acoustics and a beautiful setting. It’s wonderful to see the performing arts returning thanks to vaccines and a drop in COVID-19 numbers. While the center kept some performances going, seating capacity was limited.
Classical music: Vancouver academy rolls over Beethoven with symphonies splurge The Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra marked our pandemic year by completing an entire Beethoven symphony cycle, all available online
Author of the article: David Gordon Duke
Publishing date: May 19, 2021  â¢Â 4 hours ago  â¢Â 3 minute read  â¢Â A masked-up Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra records at the Orpheum Theatre. Photo by Courtesy of the Vancouver Academy of Music
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A recent unexpected pleasure has been watching musical projects that might have seemed too big, too impractical, or too difficult taking the place of conventional concerts.
Classical music: B.C. youth orchestras reach out with Apollo Initiative Named after Greek god of music, Nobles’ composition a tribute to the mental health challenges of the young
Author of the article: David Gordon Duke
Publishing date: May 05, 2021 • 6 hours ago • 3 minute read • Roger Cole, long-time artistic director of the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra, conducts a rehearsal with the VYSO. Photo by Courtesy, VYSO
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Keeping music going isn’t just about professionals and the organizations that present them. Grassroots music making has also faced immeasurable challenges over the last year, yet there have also been some wonderful successes.
It may not be the Carmen of director Brenna Cornerâs dreams, or even the Carmen planned to celebrate Vancouver Operaâs first ever production six decades ago. Even so, Carmen: Up Close and Personal will end this most remarkable VO season, and what could be a better choice?
Over the years VO has presented Carmens both traditional and modern, not always to universal acclaim. Its controversial 1986 version by Romanian director Lucian Pintilie is still trundled out as a cautionary tale against those hell bent on doing something new.
Brenna Cornerâs work with VO has been both innovative and fun. Her Elixir of Love, set in a turn of the century small town, was one of the most lovable productions of recent seasons.