Nearly 40 years ago, two Grammy Award-winning musicians didn’t bond over Bach or Brahams, Mozart or Beethoven. Cellist Zuill Bailey and pianist Awadagin Pratt bonded over ping-pong.
For seven years – between 2008 and 2015 – soprano Dawn Wolski and conductor Eckart Preu performed in a series of vocal recitals throughout the region. Attendance was primarily by invitation, and the homes of friends and supporters of the arts served as venues.
Nearly 40 years ago, two Grammy Award-winning musicians didn’t bond over Bach or Brahams, Mozart or Beethoven. Cellist Zuill Bailey and pianist Awadagin Pratt bonded over ping-pong.
Hailing from Southern California and named after a bowling league in a Los Angeles neighborhood, Winnetka Bowling League is fresh off its debut album and the group is heading to Spokane for the first time.
Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, better known as Hozier and hailing from Ireland, first found success with the release of “Take Me to Church” in 2013. The track would go on to be a massive global hit and has been certified 13-times platinum.
In Jeremy Saulnier’s fifth feature, “Rebel Ridge,” a Rambo-inspired riff on racial profiling and the insidious banality of evil baked into American policing, the filmmaker demonstrates his incredible mastery of the taut action thriller. His skill with this specific subgenre has been on display since “Blue Ruin” (2013), and throughout his oeuvre, from “Green Room” (2016) to “Hold the Dark” (2018), but in “Rebel Ridge,” Saulnier’s examination of space and pace transcends anything that has come before, as he coolly alternates extreme control with bursts of explosive fury over the course of 2 hours and 10 minutes.
Backbeat, the word is on the street that Oasis is finally reuniting after 15 years. After British newspaper the Sunday Times reported this weekend that feuding brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher were likely in the process of getting the band back together, Liam Gallagher seemed to confirm the rumors on social media.
Backbeat, the word is on the street that Oasis is finally reuniting after 15 years. After British newspaper the Sunday Times reported this weekend that feuding brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher were likely in the process of getting the band back together, Liam Gallagher seemed to confirm the rumors on social media.
At Spokane Symphony's helm since 2016, Jeff vom Saal is departing to take a job as Nashville Symphony's chief operating officer. Russ Lee, former symphony board chair, will step in as interim executive director until a search for vom Saal's replacement starts later this symphony season.
CHICAGO – When you think about the sights and sounds of a political convention, you might picture roaring crowds, fiery speakers and clamoring reporters. While all those elements are certainly present at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, music has also been shaping the tone.
