/tags/columbus-musicians Columbus musicians en-US Copyright Thu, 07 Sep 2023 20:12:35 GMT /2023-09-07/friendship-and-joy-vivo-music-festival-season-9 As the VIVO Music Festival’s ninth season unfolds through this Saturday, Sept. 9, friendship and the joy of sharing music with the Columbus community remain the most important things for the festival’s musicians. Thu, 07 Sep 2023 20:12:35 GMT /2023-09-07/friendship-and-joy-vivo-music-festival-season-9 Jennifer Hambrick /2023-01-27/coast-to-coast-conductor-antoine-clark-calls-central-ohio-home Since 2017 Antoine Clark’s list of guest conducting engagements has grown steadily longer and, this season, will expand coast to coast. But even as Clark's conducting career takes him farther afield, he’s set to remain on the podium of one of central Ohio’s professional orchestras. Fri, 27 Jan 2023 11:57:00 GMT /2023-01-27/coast-to-coast-conductor-antoine-clark-calls-central-ohio-home Jennifer Hambrick /2022-11-21/meet-central-ohio-composer-ben-shirley During the last 25 years, Shirley has gone from the rhythm section of a rising-star rock band to L.A.’s Skid Row and, most recently, to a new career as a classical composer in his current home of Newark, Ohio. The story of Shirley’s path to central Ohio is one of loneliness and addiction, of mountaintop highs and rock-bottom despair and, ultimately, recovery and redemption. And music was the friend that led him to a new life. Mon, 21 Nov 2022 15:34:47 GMT /2022-11-21/meet-central-ohio-composer-ben-shirley Jennifer Hambrick /2022-11-01/columbus-bassoonist-finds-music-in-weaving When Scott Hanratty isn't performing as a professional bassoonist, he's often enjoying the meditative music of weaving cozy textiles on his loom. Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:22:15 GMT /2022-11-01/columbus-bassoonist-finds-music-in-weaving Jennifer Hambrick /2022-09-12/the-inaugural-season-of-the-worthington-chamber-orchestra Founded as the McConnell Arts Center Chamber Orchestra, the Worthington Chamber Orchestra will, moving forward, perform as an entity separate from McConnell Arts Center. Mon, 12 Sep 2022 17:51:26 GMT /2022-09-12/the-inaugural-season-of-the-worthington-chamber-orchestra Jennifer Hambrick /show/the-american-sound/2021-02-26/chamber-brews-premieres-new-work-inspired-by-2020 “It was here, it was gone and it wouldn’t go away.”That’s how Columbus composer Sharon Udoh describes her experience of the year 2020. Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:06:00 GMT /show/the-american-sound/2021-02-26/chamber-brews-premieres-new-work-inspired-by-2020 Jennifer Hambrick /classical-101/2021-02-04/behind-the-scenes-in-a-rehearsal-with-the-mcconnell-arts-center-chamber-orchestra It's the stuff of anxiety dreams – having to play the clarinet in an orchestra while wearing a mask or to play the flute with an unwieldy apparatus attached to it designed to keep your breath aerosols in check. Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:17:40 GMT /classical-101/2021-02-04/behind-the-scenes-in-a-rehearsal-with-the-mcconnell-arts-center-chamber-orchestra Jennifer Hambrick /classical-101/2021-02-02/video-and-musical-work-celebrate-black-women-leaders A video about African and African American women leaders and showcasing the work of a Columbus composer, visual artist and cello quartet has recently been… Tue, 02 Feb 2021 12:31:00 GMT /classical-101/2021-02-02/video-and-musical-work-celebrate-black-women-leaders Jennifer Hambrick /show/classical-music-with-jennifer-hambrick/2020-09-11/columbus-symphony-orchestra-performs-free-outdoor-concerts Being able to be in more than one place at the same time might seem like a futuristic dream, but it will soon be a reality for the Columbus Symphony… Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:38:28 GMT /show/classical-music-with-jennifer-hambrick/2020-09-11/columbus-symphony-orchestra-performs-free-outdoor-concerts Jennifer Hambrick /show/the-american-sound/2020-09-09/mcconnell-arts-center-chamber-orchestra-performs-free-outdoor-concerts-saturday Last spring, the coronavirus pandemic forced the McConnell Arts Center Chamber Orchestra’s 2019-20 season to a premature close. This Saturday the… Wed, 09 Sep 2020 20:08:43 GMT /show/the-american-sound/2020-09-09/mcconnell-arts-center-chamber-orchestra-performs-free-outdoor-concerts-saturday Jennifer Hambrick