Oct 4, 2018 | All Posts, Musicians & Guest Artists
After years of singing with world-famous orchestras and opera companies in the US and Europe, Sylvia McNair faced a turning point. Two stacks of music sat on the piano before her. One, a pile of towering opera roles she needed to master. Next to it, tunes from the...
Oct 3, 2018 | All Posts, Musicians & Guest Artists
Kevin Cole garnered a reputation as a masterful Gershwin interpreter on the piano. So much so that he performed for the Gershwin family and George’s close friends. Kevin says, “About halfway through, I noticed that one by one, they were getting up and leaving the...
Oct 2, 2018 | All Posts, Musicians & Guest Artists
As a violin major at Wheaton College, Sylvia McNair couldn’t stand opera. She told BBC Magazine, “My first experience of opera was playing in the orchestra . . . I just couldn’t believe how ridiculous it was. I thought, what a ludicrous art form this is!” But when an...
Sep 27, 2018 | All Posts, Musicians & Guest Artists
Kevin Cole was exposed to George Gershwin at 7 years old. After seeing the 1945 movie, Rhapsody in Blue, he hit the library to learn more about Gershwin. The librarian led him to a book co-authored by Edward Jablonski, who was also a native of Kevin’s hometown Bay...
