Sep 25 Blog Video: Kevin Cole Plays Gershwin Hear Kevin Cole’s performance on Lunchtime Classics and short video from the program. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/169201084″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] By Daniel Gilliam Sep 25 Blog Video: Kevin Cole Plays Gershwin By Daniel Gilliam
Sep 23 Artsbreak Lunchtime Classics: Kevin Cole Kevin Cole is sought after as one of the world’s leading Gershwin interpreters and for his performances of the Great American Songbook. In 2013, PBS included Cole in this tribute to Marvin Hamlisch, with Cole’s medley of songs from A Chorus Line. Kevin Cole will play live on Lunchtime Classics, this Wednesday at noon. By Daniel Gilliam Sep 23 Artsbreak Lunchtime Classics: Kevin Cole By Daniel Gilliam
Feb 27 Blog Blackness in Opera: Porgy and Bess The most famous African-American themed opera started out as a novel by DuBose Heyward. Composer George Gershwin read Porgy and contacted the author asking if he’d like to collaborate on what Gershwin referred to as a “folk opera.” That was in 1926. Nine years later, Porgy and Bess had its premiere in Boston at the […] By Alan Brandt Feb 27 Blog Blackness in Opera: Porgy and Bess By Alan Brandt