Tulsa You Can’t Have Tenacity Without Triangles or Timpani The concert was subtle, until it was exciting, until it was hard as hell, in a good way. Z.B. Reeves 16 Jan 2025 · 2 min read
Tulsa Gabriel Royal Had Me at “Cello” On his main instrument, Royal channels a fusion of Andrew Bird and John Legend: a cool, laid-back, even sensuous sensibility blended with a sense of presence and technicality. Z.B. Reeves 6 Dec 2024 · 2 min read
Tulsa I Wasn’t the Only One Buzzed After Trio Bohémo Concerts like this are a breath of fresh air to the genre—and to people like my friend, who might not have even known this was something she’d enjoy. Yvonne Hazelton 22 Nov 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Dang Clarinet! The Austin-based Miró Quartet, along with clarinetist David Shifrin, delivered a show that was by turns technically thrilling, culturally edifying, emotionally satisfying, and—wouldn’t you know it—swinging. Z.B. Reeves 24 Oct 2024 · 2 min read
Tulsa May We Interest You In Some Tasteful Trombone Sliding? Tulsa Symphony Orchestra: Coleman, Ravel, and Tchaikovsky Tulsa Performing Arts Center Tulsa Sept. 14, 2024 I first heard the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra at the final concert of their 2023 – 2024 Yvonne Hazelton 20 Sep 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland “Symphony Dance Party”? I Left Breathless Oakland Civic Orchestra: Symphonic Dance Party First Presbyterian Church of Oakland Oakland Feb. 25, 2024 Classical music on the grounds of a church on a sunny Sunday afternoon — it just Robin Lapid 1 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa The Boléro Before The Storm Tulsa Symphony Orchestra: Ebb & Flow Tulsa Performing Arts Center Jan. 13, 2024 What if I told you that one of the most exciting pieces of classical music ever written Z.B. Reeves 19 Jan 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Reed Right Chamber Music Showcase Berkman Recital Hall, University of Hartford West Hartford Dec. 5, 2023 I played the clarinet for six years. I was first chair in my highschool band, and Jamil Ragland 11 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Tulsa Brahms Got Heavy Past My Bedtime Tulsa Chorale: Brahms’ “A German Requiem” First Baptist Tulsa Nov. 18, 2023 On a blustery Saturday night, a crowd of about a hundred settled into the First Baptist Church at Z.B. Reeves 29 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
Tulsa Sometimes the Coolest Thing You Can Do is Write a 40-Minute Classical Piece About One of the Worst Things That’s Ever Happened Barron Ryan’s Debut of “There Arises Light (in the Darkness)” Sept. 29, 2023 Guthrie Green Tulsa pianist Barron Ryan’s work, indeed his general vibe as a performer, has Z.B. Reeves 4 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
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