Music Section :: Page 28

• Plucky harpists learn some string theory at Antioch School

  By Susan GartnerJanuary 15, 2009

  

  The children sat on a rug in a semicircle around the visiting harpist in the art/science room at The Antioch School, each hugging her or his own child-sized harp, their faces pressed close to the strings.

• Original music, home grown musicians in FMC benefit

  By YS News StaffDecember 25, 2008

  

  A benefit concert to raise money for Friends Music Camp scholarships will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at the Friends Care Extended Living Center dining room, 150 East Herman Street in Yellow Springs.

• Variations on a family theme— Carmina debuts youngest member

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 6, 2008

  

  The chiming of church bells outside Wendy Champney’s home in Zürich, Switzerland rang clear and strong to sound the 6 o’clock hour on Sunday. It was a reminder that the time left to prepare before she and her husband and daughter returned to her hometown of Yellow Springs was growing short.

• Little town, big chamber music series

  By Susan GartnerSeptember 25, 2008

  

  In the world of chamber music, Chamber Music Yellow Springs can play with the big boys. “When I go to the Chamber Music America Conference [the national association of chamber music presenters and performers]….”

• Fall colors bring in the blues

  By Virgil HerveyAugust 28, 2008

  Around town folks still call it the “blues fest,” even though the popular annual event is now officially known as the Blues, Jazz and Cultural Fest. And, although there has been concern that without facilities traditionally provided by Antioch College the show might not go on…

• WEB concert reprise at Oten

  By Virgil HerveyAugust 7, 2008

  In a reprise of a popular music scene that suddenly went poof about a year-and-a-half ago, one of the original organizers of the WEB Coffeehouse will be staging a series of three performances at the Oten Gallery, across Xenia Avenue from its long-time home, the First Presbyterian Church.

• A Brazilian beat for dancing feet

  By Susan GartnerApril 10, 2008

  

  Click on to the Web site of New York City-based accordionist and composer Rob Curto at http://www.robcurto.com and when the music starts, just try to keep your body motionless. Concentrate on keeping your shoulders completely still…

• Early music renaissance in village

  By Lauren HeatonApril 3, 2008

  

  Pat Olds first started the Early Music Center in Yellow Springs in 1979 shortly after learning she had multiple sclerosis. A professional cellist, she was devastated that she could no longer perform for an audience. But she soon found that she could still play the viola da gamba,…