The Steamboat Pilot & Today: Music

When we strolled into the Strings Pavilion on Saturday night, I fully expected Heidi Krutzen’s harp to present a musical experience like none I’d ever encountered. And I was pretty certain that Mike Garson’s premiere of a piece of music created expressly for Strings with vocalist Nnenna Freelon would stretch the boundaries of what we know as the lullaby.

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Opening doors in the opera world

Emerald City young artists’ program offers entry-level performances

Monday, Aug. 4, 2008

It’s a chorus line heard from aspiring professionals in fields from politics to newspapers to opera productions: you’ve got to have experience to get experience. Read story.

Elissa Greene: Strings enters final week of classical music

Monday, Aug. 4, 2008

Beethoven — he is a superstar of Western classical music. And he’s the star of the last classical performance of Strings’ Season 21 on Saturday, which features a record 46 musicians on the larger stage of the new Pavilion. Read story.

Lullaby for strings

Festival to premiere crossover commission by an industry pro

Friday, Aug. 1, 2008

Fifty years into his music career, keyboardist Mike Garson is relatively certain his catalog of 4,400 compositions is in the running for the most prolific of any composer, living or dead.

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Cross Canadian Ragweed stays true to its rough edges

Friday, Aug. 1, 2008

Cross Canadian Ragweed is signed to a label in Nashville, Tenn. But other than having higher-quality press photos than most rollicking red dirt rock bands, there isn’t much that ties the band to the glistening world of pop country.

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Elissa Greene: Whales, harps and a world premiere

Strings lineup offers 100 years of modern music performances this week

Monday, July 28, 2008

Tonight is the second installment of New Frontiers of Modern Music, a series celebrating music written in the past 100 years. Read story.

Perry-Mansfield celebrates 95 years

Monday, July 28, 2008

As she toured Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp in a yellow and pink dress, tossing her small stuffed bear, 8-year-old Daisy Thunstrom was left with one definite impression. Read story.

Inaugural ‘Steamboat Connection’ offers four days of classical instruction

Saturday, July 26, 2008

When violin teacher Teresa Steffen Greenlee asks her students if they’re tired after three days of classical music rehearsals and classes, the response is a scattered round of “Yes.”

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Folk singer churns out soul

Friday, July 25, 2008

Ruthie Foster came into the music world as a folk singer. Armed with an acoustic guitar, she used simple songwriting to hone her craft, learning how to tour and entertain an audience.

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Steamboat Grooves wants you to dance the house down

Word from the underground

Friday, July 25, 2008

Clad in a powder blue Steamboat logo tank top, a sweatband, aviators and a pair of red shorts for which the word “short” is almost an injustice, Tony Santora isn’t exactly the definition of hip.

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