Centuries of Brass! The MusicaNova Brass Quintet takes the audience on a journey through time and across geography. From a 15th century Flemish composer, through Italy, Germany and Russia (where the brass quintet is said to have originated), to American composers who popularized the blues, raised ragtime to an artform and melded jazz and classical […]
May 23: re•NEW•(all), 3 p.m. Scottsdale Presbyterian Church The MusicaNova Chamber Players continue the orchestra’s contemplation on the times in which we live with a program that includes two world premieres. Concertmaster Christiano Rodrigues, in his final performance before taking a faculty position at Washington State University, premieres Ben Robichaux’s Three Reflections on Impatience for […]
No Boundaries 2 p.m. May 16 The MusicaNova Chamber Winds takes you on a wide-ranging exploration of woodwind music featuring music by Wolfgang Mozart, William Grant Still, Graham Cohen, Valerie Coleman, and Eric Ewazen that erases the lines that can constrict classical music. This is part of the Classical Lounge series curated for SCPA by […]
