The Redwood Symphony and Conductor/Director Eric Kujawsky are to be congratulated for taking on such a challenging and remarkable work and delivering a polished, moving performance.
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No, the latest offering by Bay Choral Guild was not program of favorites from Woodstock. The title of last Friday’s concert, “Peace and Love” alludes to the works that made up the program. The concert we attended was the first … Continue reading
Last Saturday my spouse and I had the pleasure of listening to another excellent concert by the Bay Choral Guild at the Campbell United Methodist Church. The name of the program was “A World of Song”, a title which does … Continue reading
A recent article in the Washington Post reports growing confidence in the US economy even though it will probably be some time before we see a real, live “recovery”. Call me cynical, but I don’t really think we’ve hit bottom … Continue reading
This past weekend, my spouse and I recently had the pleasure of hearing the Bay Choral Guild in a concert of music by French composers. If you haven’t had the chance to listen to the Bay Choral Guild, you’re missing … Continue reading
Waterfire brazier. Photo by the author. Despite my passing through middle age, I am still naïve enough or wise enough to argue that it is the duty of any creative intellectual to improve the place where he or she lives … Continue reading
When I was in grade school, I had the good fortune to benefit from the fact that the Russians, via Sputnik, had scared the bejesus out of America, prompting our leaders to the very sensible conclusion that we needed more … Continue reading
Every independent learner, hobbyist scholar, or amateur scientist eventually has to come to grips with something that our friends in the art community have known for a long time: by and large, nobody gives a damn about what you are … Continue reading
One of my all-time favorite American writers and thinkers is Henry David Thoreau. I first encountered him in small doses during High School back in the years when “anti-establishment” thinking was the mental subliminal hum of an entire generation. Throughout … Continue reading
Every once in awhile when you get a bunch of intellectual types “talking shop”, the subject turns to the matter of intellectual objectivity. The journalist and broadcast majors will go on and on about the problems of maintaining objectivity and … Continue reading