January 2012

Making Waves: May Festival Chorus Members Build Community On and Off Stage

Posted by Rebecca Bromels on 01/05/12

Cincinnati’s May Festival Chorus is extraordinary for many reasons—it’s the oldest continuous choral festival in the Western Hemisphere, it serves as the chorus for the world-class Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra throughout the year, and perhaps most surprisingly, it is made up entirely of volunteers.

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Making Waves: Kentucky Symphony Orchestra Connects Across the Region

Posted by Rebecca Bromels on 01/17/12

Music Director J.R. Cassidy says that the founding principal behind the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra was to make symphonic music attractive, accessible, and affordable. This desire to reach people outside of the traditional audience has driven the organization to experiment with a variety of settings, repertoire, and collaborators — and to reach over 500,000 people over the last 20 seasons.

 

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Making Waves: Kids' collaboration rings out across Clifton

Posted by Jenny Kessler on 01/27/12

Welders. Artists. Residents. A Hardware Store. Students. Dozens of people, all with different parts to play, have worked to create a new outdoor art installation at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center. Visitors passing the lawn at the corner of Clifton and McAlpin Avenues can see hand-shaped bells tinkling merrily in the breeze, sounding out news of the team that worked to create them for all to hear.

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